2014

TWO-WEEK GERMANY PROGRAMS 2014
Summer and Fall


RIAS Germany Program – Summer
June 9–21, 2014

Thirteen U.S. journalists participated in the 2-week Germany program. With Berlin as starting point they also visited Dresden, Prague, and Brussels. Individual extension program for five participants.

 

 

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REPORTS OF PARTICIPANTS

Vivian Chakarian, Voice of America, Washington, D.C.

When I think about the RIAS Fellowship in which I participated in June 2014, my reflections are underscored by the perceptions I had of Germany before the program — the openness of the German people; their friendliness; the stereotypical German qualities of punctuality, efficiency and love of order; and the weight of the past, which seemed to permeate the entire narrative of the trip — and how my understanding of the country has since increased. While I had not spent any considerable amount of time in Germany since my childhood, when I lived in Kaiserslautern as the daughter of a U.S. soldier, these were my perceptions, as well as those gained academically and professionally as that of a nation that in the last five years has emerged as an economic powerhouse and Europe’s reluctant leader. As a result of my RIAS experience, I can now say I have a more comprehensive and insightful understanding of Germany, its people, its government, its media systems and its culture.

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RIAS Germany Program – Fall
October 6–18, 2014

Twelve U.S. journalists participate in the 2-week Germany program. With Berlin as starting point they also visit Leipzig,Cologne, and Brussels. Four will use an extension of up to one week for research and reporting activities.

See a photo report on facebook by Sharon Raifer, WNBC-TV, New York, NY

 

 

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REPORTS OF PARTICIPANTS

Anthony Advincula, New America Media, New York, NY

Oranienberg is the last stop.

That was echoing in my head as I sat by the window of S1-Bahn train, watching suburban houses and buildings awash with stark graffiti. Three days after our RIAS fellowship ended in Belgium, I found myself heading for the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, an hour north of Berlin. It was overcast late Tuesday afternoon.

Squinting at the small map above my head, I had about 10 more stops before the end of the line. German transit is on the honor system, but the trip was long enough that a random ticket inspection might occur at some point.

This could be a test, I thought, of whether the system actually works. I was up for the challenge because I knew I had a validated ticket in my pocket. But the train passed all the stops and finally reached Oranienberg, and I felt oddly disappointed that no inspection had happened along the way.

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