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Archive · 09/27/2023Pam Ortega named RIAS Alumna of the Year 2023Pam Ortega , an immigration researcher in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was honored by the RIAS Berlin Commission as Alumna of the Year 2023 for her indefatigable efforts to bring American and German journalists and students Read more →
Archive · 09/25/2023RIAS Berlin Commission director to step down, search for replacement startsErik Kirschbaum, the executive director of the RIAS Berlin Commission since 2016, said he will be stepping down by the end of the first quarter in 2024 after leading the German-American exchange program for broadcasting 
Archive · 09/18/2023In Cologne, American journalists start one-week special alumni programAmerican journalists who took part in RIAS Berlin Commission exchange programs over the last 25 years came together in Cologne for the start of a special one-week “short/alumni” program designed to take an updated look a
Archive · 09/14/2023Third American RIAS alumni program starts in Germany on September 16September 14, 2023 Third American RIAS alumni program starts in Germany on September 16 A group of 33 RIAS Berlin Commission alumni members from the United States will spend seven days in Germany learning more about the 
Archive · 09/11/2023RIAS group from USA visits Cologne, Brussels, Erfurt and BerlinSeptember 11, 2023 RIAS group from USA visits Cologne, Brussels, Erfurt and Berlin A group of eight mid-career American journalists spent a busy first week of their RIAS Berlin Commission fellowship learning more about G
Archive · 08/29/20238 American journalists heading to Europe for 2-week RIAS fellowshipAugust 29, 2023 8 American journalists heading to Europe for 2-week RIAS fellowship Eight mid-career American broadcasting journalists will be spending the first two weeks of September on a fast-paced RIAS Berlin Commiss
Archive · 08/14/2023US journalism students complete 3-week RIAS fellowship to GermanyAugust 14, 2023 US journalism students complete 3-week RIAS fellowship to Germany A group of 13 American students from universities across the United States took part in a jam-packed three-week RIAS Berlin Commission fel
Archive · 07/17/2023Impressions of American journalism students after their 3-week fellowship to GermanyJuly 17, 2023 Impressions of American journalism students after their 3-week fellowship to Germany Here are some impressions from 13 American journalism after a three-week fellowship with the RIAS Berlin Commission to Be
Archive · 07/03/2023American journalism students on 3-week fellowship to GermanyJuly 3, 2023 American journalism students on 3-week fellowship to Germany The fourth annual RIAS Berlin ERP fellowship for American students in Germany got off to a flying start with dozens of meetings with German journa
Archive · 07/02/2023Impressions of American journalists after RIAS program to GermanyJuly 2, 2023 Impressions of American journalists after RIAS program to Germany Here are some impressions from 10 American journalists after a two-week fellowship with the RIAS Berlin Commission to Brussels and Germany fr
Archive · 06/02/2023Wolf Blitzer recalls recent harrowing discovery in speech at RIAS awards ceremonyJune 2, 2023 Wolf Blitzer recalls recent harrowing discovery in speech at RIAS awards ceremony Wolf Blitzer said he was deeply honored that his documentary film about the Holocaust Memorial in Washington DC told masterfuArchive · 06/02/2023Images from the 2023 RIAS Media Awards Prize ceremony in BerlinMore than 200 journalists, politicians, board members, alumni and friends of the RIAS Berlin Commission joined US Ambassador Amy Gutmann and Grand Prize Winner Wolf Blitzer at the 2023 RIAS Berlin Commission awards cerem
Archive · 05/25/2023Interview with RIAS Berlin Commission Grand Prize winner Wolf BlitzerMay 25, 2023 Interview with RIAS Berlin Commission Grand Prize winner Wolf Blitzer Wolf Blitzer, a CNN reporter and anchor, talked about his documentary film “Never Again” for CNN that won top honors in the 2023 RIAS MedArchive · 05/24/2023Images from RIAS Berlin Commission ERP student program to USAMay 24, 2023 Images from RIAS Berlin Commission ERP student program to USA Fifteen German students spent three weeks learning more about politics, media and life in the United States in March and April during a European 
Archive · 05/09/2023RIAS New York guest speaker Gordon Huie visits RIAS group in BerlinMay 9, 2023 RIAS New York guest speaker Gordon Huie visits RIAS group in Berlin Gordon Huie, who has told his moving personal story of survival on 9/11 in New York to RIAS groups for the last three years, had the chance Archive · 04/19/2023Images from German standard program in the USA March 2023April 19, 2023 Images from German standard program in the USA March 2023 Ten German journalists spent two weeks learning more about politics, media and life in the United States in March during a RIAS Berlin Commission f
Archive · 04/15/2023Impressions of German students from 3-week ERP exchange program to USAApril 15, 2023 Impressions of German students from 3-week ERP exchange program to USA Here are some impressions from 15 German journalism on a three-week European Recovery Program (ERP) Transatlantic fellowship with the 
Archive · 04/10/2023Two weeks in USA gives German students insights into heartland statesApril 10, 2023 Two weeks in USA gives German students insights into heartland states A group of German journalism students spent two weeks at U.S. universities in the Midwest, Southwest and Mountain states on a RIAS Berl
Archive · 04/06/2023Impressions from German Journalists on USA Standard Program March, 2023Impressions from 10 German journalists on a two-week RIAS Berlin Commission fellowship to the United States from March 5, 2023 to March 18, 2022 Madeleine Hofmann, ZDF TV & Deutschlandfunk, Berlin The two weeks in the US
Archive · 04/03/2023German students discover American Midwest, Southwest on RIAS ERP student programFifteen German journalism students have been spending two weeks in the Midwest, Southwest and Mountain states to learn more about how American students learn the journalism trade at universities, college campus radio and
Archive · 04/02/2023RIAS Berlin alumni at Netflix premiere of “Transatlantic” with Ambassador GutmannA group of RIAS Berlin Commission alumni attended an advance premiere screening of a new Netflix seven-part film series called “Transatlantic” in Berlin together with American ambassador Amy Gutmann and the film’s makers
Archive · 03/25/2023German students start 3 -week ERP Transatlantic Program fellowship in New YorkThe second annual RIAS Berlin ERP fellowship for German students to the United States got off to a flying start in New York City during the first week with journalists, editors, directors, politicians, community leaders,
Archive · 03/22/2023RIAS group tours New York at end of busy USA fellowshipA busy two-week fellowship to the United States for 10 German journalists concluded with a week in New York for more talks about politics, media culture and life in the United States after the group spent four days in Wa
Archive · 03/13/2023German journalists explore Washington, Pennsylvania on exchange programA group of 10 German journalists spent a week in Washington DC learning more about they way politicians and journalists from both Germany and the United States do their work. The 10 Germans from public broadcasting and c