Ryan Delaney, St. Louis Public Radio, Missouri,

The RIAS program was a great opportunity to stretch a different part of my brain, away from my normal journalism assignments, and ask big questions on European and German international relations. It has motivated me to take the experience back to my newsroom and now think more globally while I continue to report locally. The other journalists I traveled with and interacted with while on the trip were all amazingly inspiring, kind and wonderful people.