Parth Nikhil covered the last leg of Rahul Gandhi’s march across India to explain his effort to challenge Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dominance. Gagandeep Singh examined an economic survey of Punjab to explain where India’s far north state is leading ...
It’s typical for Alfred Friendly graduates to attain more substantial roles in journalism after returning home, but the Class of 2022 is in a class of its own. In December and January, four of the Fellows landed better jobs: Gagandeeop ...
The Kyiv Independent expected harsh criticism for publishing a negative story about foreign soldiers defending Ukraine from Russia’s onslaught. “This story is very complicated, and not something the government probably wants to hear and see,” Kyiv Independent staffer Olena Goncharova ...
This spring in Mexico, Juan Luis García founded a network of environmental journalists focused on marine issues, which is particularly important in a country with 6,800 miles of ocean coastline. García’s initiative exemplifies the outstanding work done recently by Alfred ...
Alfred Friendly/TRACE Fellow Jody García was part of a team that won Latin America’s most prestigious journalism prize for their project investigating and analyzing the events before, during and after an orphanage fire that killed 41 girls in Guatemala City. ...
When Issac Imaka was a child living in Uganda’s Busoga region, his mother called him “the “village journalist” and other adults called him “the quick one.” “I started stationing myself at the village court to listen to cases of which ...
When Kamala Harris came to Guatemala City in June of last year, Jody García covered the story — particularly the vice president’s comments on corruption and migration — for a small monthly magazine called La Cuerda. With Guatemala’s President Alejandro ...
Members of the Class of 2022 completed their fellowship in Washington, D.C., with a final training session and a ceremonial dinner, where they received certificates for completing the program. At the Missouri School of Journalism offices in the National Press ...
“Hi, I’m Jody García, a journalist from Guatemala, currently working for Plaza Pública and as a stringer for The New York Times. I’m part of the Alfred Friendly Fellowship Program, sponsored by the University of Missouri School of Journalism. As ...
After training at the Missouri School of Journalism, the Alfred Friendly fellowship Class of 2022 produced a range of incisive stories during their first month in host newsrooms. Somesh Jha and Parth Nikhil are reporters from India and fellows from ...
