RIAS Berlin Commission 2022 fundraising drive

Dear RIAS alumni members and friends of RIAS,

Thanks to your continued support, the RIAS Berlin Commission has had a record-breaking year in 2022 with seven exchange programs and 114 participants. Alongside our two standard programs to the USA for German journalists and two standard programs to Germany for American journalists, we also had two student programs in a busy year capped by an alumni program for Germans to the Washington DC and Pennsylvania. Thanks to all the alumni who shared their time and contacts to help make all of these programs so outstanding.

We are hoping to have eight programs in 2023, including a one-week alumni program to Munich and Cologne for 30 American alumni (September 16-24) along with a one-week alumni program for 30 German alumni to Los Angeles (October 15-21). Please let us and your local chapter leaders know if you are interested in taking part in an alumni program.

With our programs now back in full swing after two difficult years slowed by Covid 19, we are renewing our appeal for donations from alumni and friends of RIAS. We are hoping that you might also be able to help with even a modest contribution. We use your tax-deductible donations entirely for added spots on the programs and will continue to devote donations to that good cause.

Click the link on the top right “Make a Donation” for tax-deductible donations 

Or on the RTDNA homepage: https://rtdna.networkforgood.com
(Click on the red ‘Support Journalism’ on the banner near the top of the page and then enter the amount you would like to donate. Then support RIAS Berlin Commission by scrolling down and choosing ‘The RIAS Program’ as the recipient of your donation)

We also really appreciate your spreading the word about the RIAS Media Prize and encouraging journalists in the USA and Germany to enter their work into the competition. We are planning to have the annual awards ceremony in Berlin in early June along with an alumni party celebration the following evening and hope you can join us.  Here is more information about the RIAS Media Prize: /rias-media/2022/11/RIAS-Call_MediaPrize_2023__Flyer.pdf

We also have two new alumni in the USA who are helping to coordinate our programs. Michael Gargiulo in New York gargiulo@darkseagreen-dog-940501.hostingersite.com and Pam Ortega in Oklahoma ortega@darkseagreen-dog-940501.hostingersite.com Please reach out to Pam or Michael if you are interested in the alumni programs, have any questions or suggestions. Thanks again for your support and we look forward to seeing you.