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Archive · 07/13/2022Impressions of American Journalism Students on ERP ProgramJuly 13 , 2022 Impressions of American Journalism Students on ERP Program The RIAS Berlin Commission’s ERP Transatlantic program was created thanks a grant from the German Economy Ministry. It connects American journalisRead more →
Archive · 07/09/2022RIAS ERP Transatlantic student program connects Germany, USAJuly 9 , 2022 RIAS ERP Transatlantic student program connects Germany, USA American journalism students in front of the Brandenburg Gate before meetings inside the US Embassy at Pariser Platz A group of young American jo
Archive · 07/03/2022American journalism students on 3-week fellowship to GermanyJuly 3 , 2022 American journalism students on 3-week fellowship to Germany The third annual RIAS Berlin ERP fellowship for American students in Germany got off to a busy start with dozens of meetings with German journali
Archive · 06/30/2022American journalism students on 3-week fellowship to GermanyJune 30 , 2022 American journalism students on 3-week fellowship to Germany A total of 14 American students of journalism and related fields are spending three weeks in Germany to learn more about the role of broadcastin
Archive · 06/18/2022American journalists visit Brussels, Cologne & Berlin on fellowshipJune 18 , 2022 American journalists visit Brussels, Cologne & Berlin on fellowship Ten American broadcast journalists from Atlanta to Salt Lake City and from Oklahoma City to New York City spent two weeks on a whirlwind 
Archive · 06/06/2022Good time had by all at annual RIAS Berlin Commission alumni partyJune 6 , 2022 Good time had by all at annual RIAS Berlin Commission alumni party A good time was had by all — that was once again the motto at the annual RIAS Berlin Commission party for alumni on June 3, 2022 at the Pus
Archive · 06/06/2022RIAS Germany Standard Program starts in Brussels – June 6 -17, 2022June 6 , 2022 RIAS Germany Standard Program starts in Brussels – June 6 -17, 2022 American RIAS fellows fresh off the airplane listen to Teri Schultz talking about NATO and life as a freelancer for NPR and Deutsche Welle
Archive · 05/31/2022Moving Balzer story on NY emerging from pandemic wins Fellow PrizeVladimir Balzer, a radio journalist at Deutschlandradio and RIAS alumni, won the RIAS Media Prize for best fellow award in 2022 for his story on New York City’s emergence from the difficult times in the Covid-19 pandemic
Archive · 05/03/2022Washington DC alumni chapter meets Goethe InstitutThe Washington DC alumni chapter of the RIAS Berlin Commission had a get-together with the Goethe Institut in Washington recently at which American journalists and some of the staff of the Goethe Institut had the chance 
Archive · 04/15/2022Impressions from German Students on ERP Program to the United StatesA group of 15 journalism students and young journalists took part in a newly created three-week fellowship to the United States in March and April. The students, 10 of whom were on their first trip to the United States, 
Archive · 04/07/2022On RIAS trip to USA, German students get involved in college life across countryFifteen German students were able to learn more about the United States and journalism training at eight leading American universities in the Midwest and Southwest on a newly created RIAS Berlin Commission program. Sever
Archive · 04/02/2022German students learn more about U.S. journalism in Midwest, SouthwestRIAS Berlin Commission students on ERP program Leonie von Randow, Tom Wagner and Simon Lanzerath (from left) visit WSIU TV news station in Carbondale, Illinois Eight groups of German journalism students and young journal
Archive · 03/31/2022German journalists’ impressions of USA after 3-week exchange programA group off 10 German journalists spent three weeks in the United States in March, learning more about the political, economic, cultural aspects as well as sports. They were in Washington and New York for one week each a
Archive · 03/28/2022German students explore New York, USA political landscape on ERP programFifteen German students on a new German-American exchange program spent a busy nine days in New York and New Jersey learning more about the United States, especially the political, economic and social aspects of the coun
Archive · 03/22/2022Students from Germany start three-week exchange program to USAA group of students from Germany on a newly created German-American exchange program to the United States began their three weeks in the United States with a meeting-filled week in New York. The program, which is support
Archive · 03/02/2022RIAS exchange programs resumes in 2022 with three-week U.S. fellowshipEleven broadcast journalists from Germany will spend three weeks in three U.S. cities on a RIAS Berlin Commission fellowship from March 7th to 25th. The exchange programs were idled for the last two years due to the Covi
Archive · 02/04/2022RIAS planning seven exchange programs in 2022 — 4 to USA, 3 to GermanyThe RIAS Building in Berlin as seen in February 2022. It’s now the home of Deutschlandradio but also the home of the #RIASBerlin Commission since 1992. More than 1,900 journalists from the United States and Germany have 
Archive · 01/12/2022RIAS Alumni Donations Bounce Back in 20 21Private donations to the RIAS Berlin Commission bounced back strongly in 2021 to a total of more than 8,600 E uros, with contributions coming from more than 6 0 alumni and friends of RIAS in Germany and the United States
Archive · 12/16/2021Meet Washington DC’s new alumni chapter leader — Larry MillerLarry Miller is an award-winning morning and midday anchor at WUSA9 in Washington DC — and a proud RIAS Berlin Commission alumnus. Miller has been an enthusiastic support of the alumni network for the last three years an
Archive · 12/05/2021RIAS Media Prize 2022 – Call for EntriesDecember 5, 2021 RIAS Media Prize 2022 – Call for Entries The RIAS Berlin Commission will hold its annual media prize again in 2022 and urges all journalists in the United States and Germany to submit entries for the pre
Archive · 11/22/2021Gargiulo named RIAS Berlin Commission Alumnus of YearNovember 22, 2021 Gargiulo named RIAS Berlin Commission Alumnus of Year Michael Gargiulo The RIAS Berlin Commission has awarded Michael Gargiulo, a morning anchor at WNBC TV in New York, with its new Alumnus of the Year Archive · 11/17/2021RIAS Media Prize Ceremony postponed, programs resume in MarchNovember 17, 2021 RIAS Media Prize Ceremony postponed, programs resume in March The RIAS Media Prize ceremony that was planned for December 1 has been postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The ceremony is now planned f
Archive · 11/08/2021Observations from RIAS program in USA for alumni, senior editorsNovember 8, 2021 Observations from RIAS program in USA for alumni, senior editors Thirty broadcast journalists from across Germany took part in a week-long RIAS Berlin Commission fellowship program in New York City in la
Archive · 11/03/2021Obama, Murphy highlight of RIAS Berlin Commission alumni program in USANovember 3, 2021 Obama, Murphy highlight of RIAS Berlin Commission alumni program in USA Meeting at New York Amsterdam News in the heart of Harlem with editor/publisher Elinor Tatum Thirty top journalists from across Ger