Newsroom/Programs & exchange·June 10, 2021·2 min read

RIAS Berlin Commission exchange programs to resume in September

American journalists on RIAS program take part in meeting with then-US ambassador Richard Grenell on top floor of US embassy in Berlin with view of Reichstag and Brandenburg Gate in background.

The RIAS Berlin Commission’s board of directors approved on Thursday, June 10 plans to resume the in-person exchange programs in the fall of 2021 following the widespread relaxation of restrictions in the United States and Germany after the Covid-19 pandemic that idled the programs for the last 15 months.

The first in-person exchange program for up to 30 American alumni members is tentatively scheduled for September 20 to September 27 in Berlin — timed to coincide with the September 26 German federal election. The second program for 10 to 12 German broadcast journalists would start on or about October 4 or October 11 and run for three weeks.

German journalists on RIAS exchange program meet for a talk with New Jersey governor Phil Murphy in Trenton, NJ.

Most of the journalists on that October 2021 program were scheduled to take part in a March 2020 program that was cancelled at the last minute. A third program tentatively scheduled for one week in late October would be for up to 30 German alumni members in either New York or Washington DC. Those and other details still have to be decided.

All alumni in the United States and Germany who are interested in either the September one-week program in Berlin or the October one-week program in the United States should contact their local alumni chapter leaders or write to info@darkseagreen-dog-940501.hostingersite.com.

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