Former RIAS honorary Chairman Murphy elected New Jersey governor

Congratulations to former RIAS Berlin Commission honorary co-chairman Philip D. Murphy, who on Tuesday was elected governor of New Jersey. Murphy was an enthusiastic supporter of RIAS Berlin Commission during his term as US ambassador to Germany from 2009 to 2013.

“By promoting excellence in journalism, RIAS is not only keeping memories of its glorious past behind, which it is, it is building new models of cooperation for the future,” Murphy said in a speech at the RIAS media prize ceremony in 2012.

“Today the RIAS commission provides opportunities for journalists on both sides of the Atlantic to research and report on aspects of each other’s country around us. The uncomfortable uncertainties of east-west ideological conflict have been replaced by the opportunities and challenges of a rapidly changing world.”