2011

TWO-WEEK GERMANY PROGRAMS 2011
Summer and Fall


RIAS Germany Program – Summer
June 13 – 26, 2011

14 U.S. journalists participated in the 2-week Germany program. With Berlin as starting point they also visited Leipzig, Cologne and the EU and NATO in Brussels.

 

 

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REPORTS OF PARTICIPANTS

Chris Cifatte, WINK-TV, Fort Myers, FL

Question from our producer during a recent newscast: Can you “adlib” something about the new loans to Greece and the debt crisis? My reply: Sure. And I’ll throw in something about NATO and the European Union.

So — already I’ve been able to use what I learned on the trip directly during one of our newscasts. I’m sure there will be other opportunities — but I found it gratifying to know that I was already using what I learned.

Additionally, several things still strike me from our two weeks in Germany. Like always, traveling reminds me of the common quests of all people. But I am now keenly aware of some differences in our cultures (and how they shape our “realities”) that I will carry with me for a long time.

The degree to which the Second World War is still a part of daily life in Berlin shocked me almost every day. At the Ministry of Defense, we heard that theme come up over and over again as it pertains to today’s military policy. It makes sense in a way because Germany both lost and won World War II. No one we heard could or would argue that Germany was on the right side of that war. So the loss was a win that helped shape the country into what it is today. But it clearly has a strong affect on the country’s psyche that makes it a real part of life even in 2011.

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RIAS Germany Program – Fall
October 3–16, 2011

11 U.S. journalists participate in the 2-week Germany program. Some of them will extend their stay for an additional week in Germany for research and reporting purposes.

During their first week in Berlin, they visited the Capital Bureau of the public TV group ARD and the private TV news channel N 24. Furthermore they met a.o. with Raimund Grafe, Chief of the Representation of Thuringia to the Federal Government, with Peter Altmaier, executive leader of the CDU parliamentary group at the German Bundestag, Dr. Bruce Armstrong, Chairman of the RIAS Berlin Commission and Minister Counsellor for Public Affairs at the U.S. Embassy and Karsten D. Voigt, former Coordinator of German-U.S. Cooperation at the Foreign Affairs Ministry.

In Dresden they visited Global Foundries, a microchip producer and important part of “Silicon Saxony” and had the opportunity to talk with Dr. Georg Milbradt, former Prime Minister of Saxony, and Prof Dr. Martin Gillo, former Economic Minister and now Commissioner for Immigration Issues of the Free State of Saxony.

The first picture below shows the U.S. participants in the Germany Fall Program 2011 of the RIAS BERLIN COMMISSION in front of the Brandenburg Gate from left to right: Brett Birkinbine, Ed Fillmer, Amanda Larsen, Mathew Friedman, Ariana Brocius, Lynne Adrine, Thomas Warren, Frank Ucciardo, Matthew Kaulbach, Jason Husong, and Heather Contant.

 

 

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REPORTS OF PARTICIPANTS

Lynne Adrine, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

For many years, Germany has lived with anxiety and craved stability. Now, we are moving toward less anxiety and more stability, while America is moving into a period of more anxiety and less stability.

Germans objectively are safer, surrounded by more potential friends than enemies.

Americans feel more unsafe, vulnerable to terrorism, and realize they cannot assure victory (safety) through war.

These comments are my paraphrase of observations offered by Karsten D. Voigt, former coordinator of German-U.S. relations at the Federal Foreign Ministry. Voigt joined the fall 2011 RIAS Fellows for lunch in Berlin at the end of our first week in Europe.

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