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Archive · 10/24/2021RIAS Berlin Commission program resumes with USA visitThe RIAS Berlin Commission exchange programs resumed in October with the first standard three-week program in nearly two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Nine journalists from Germany took part in an eventful program Read more →
Archive · 10/01/2021Bright future for RIAS Berlin Commission thanks to vibrant alumniDear friends and alumni of the RIAS Berlin Commission Exactly five years ago I stepped into the very big shoes left behind by my towering predecessor Rainer Hasters, who was the first and only executive director of this 
Archive · 09/30/2021RIAS Berlin Commission exchange restarts with German electionsThe September 27 German election was a welcomed chance for 17 American journalists to spend a week in Berlin learning more about the campaigns, the issues, the six parties and the German election system — and what’s diff
Archive · 09/30/2021At RTDNA21, RIAS meets candidates for future exchange programsThe RIAS Berlin Commission took part in the RTDNA21 conference in Denver recently — a forum to meet potential candidates for future programs and meet RIAS Berlin Commission alumni members. David Wagner at the RIAS Berlin
Archive · 09/06/2021RIAS exchange programs resume with three in the fall programsThe RIAS Berlin Commission will emerge from its involuntary COVID-19 induced hibernation with three exchange programs for about 55 participants over the next eight weeks — two one-week long alumni programs for about 46 p
Archive · 07/18/2021RIAS alumni chapters meet in New York, Cologne & BerlinRIAS Berlin Commission alumni chapters held reunion meetings in New York, Cologne and Berlin in recent weeks — the first get-togethers in over a year. New York Alumni Chapter leader Michael Gargiulo (right) and six other
Archive · 07/07/2021RIAS alumni program planned for Berlin in SeptemberTom Brokaw talks to the November 2019 American alumni group in Berlin about his great 1989 scoop — covering the fall of the Berlin Wall for NBC as it happened The RIAS Berlin Commission is planning a one-week alumni prog
Archive · 06/29/2021St. Louis alumni chapter of RIAS Berlin Commission launched with 3 intrepid alumniThree RIAS Berlin Commission alumni in St. Louis got together recently to start a local chapter, following in the footsteps of chapters in New York, Washington DC, Texas/Oklahoma and Los Angeles. There are also chapters 
Archive · 06/10/2021RIAS Berlin Commission exchange programs to resume in SeptemberAmerican 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
Archive · 05/07/2021When will RIAS Berlin Commission exchange programs resume?German journalists on RIAS program to Washington DC in March 2019 The RIAS Berlin Commission is eager to resume its transatlantic exchange programs for German and American journalists as soon as it is possible. Unfortuna
Archive · 03/31/2021RIAS Berlin Commission exchange program outlook for 2021The RIAS Berlin C ommission in-person journalist exchange programs have been suspended since March 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The RIAS Berlin Commission has been tracking the situation in both the United States a
Archive · 01/13/2021RIAS Zoom Talks open 2021 with large group of alumni for Michael CohenMichael Cohen answers questions from a group of 100 RIAS alumni and friends of RIAS More than 100 RIAS Berlin Commission alumni and friends of RIAS took part in a riveting hour-long conversation with Michael Cohen, Presi
Archive · 12/11/2020RIAS alumni network helps journalists in USA, Germany in the fieldOliver Sallet, Deutsche Welle The alumni network of the RIAS Berlin Commission can be a treasure trove of journalists across Germany and the United States, as Oliver Sallet of Deutsche Welle and Ryan Delaney of St. Louis
Archive · 11/12/2020RIAS Berlin in-person programs cancelled to mid-2021, more online programs plannedRIAS Berlin in-person programs cancelled to mid-2021, more online programs planned All in-person RIAS Berlin Commission exchange programs between Germany and the United States will be suspended through the first half of 
Archive · 11/05/2020RIAS Berlin alumni invited to submit audio pieces for Goethe Institut “Big Ponder” seriesRIAS Berlin alumni invited to submit audio pieces for Goethe Institut “Big Ponder” series The RIAS Berlin Commission would like to draw your attention to a call for story/podcast proposals from Goethe Institut for a new 
Archive · 09/01/2020Berlin Alumni Chapter meets for Zoom Talk & mini reunion in BerlinBerlin alumni chapter of RIAS Berlin Commission meets for the second time this summer at outdoor restaurant in heart of Berlin. Fifteen members of the Berlin alumni chapter of the RIAS Berlin Commission met for an inform
Archive · 08/14/2020Klinsmann meets RIAS alumni, candidates in virtual Zoom TalkFormer USA and Germany soccer coach Jürgen Klinsmann talked to a group of 35 RIAS alumni and candidates for future programs in a lively RIAS Zoom conversation on Thursday, August 13. It was an open and wide-ranging discu
Archive · 08/05/2020RIAS alumni Wagner running for RTDNA Chair-ElectDavid Wagner RIAS Berlin Commission alumni David Wagner is one of two candidates to become the Chair-Elect of the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA board), which calls itself the world’s largest profession
Archive · 07/09/2020RIAS talks with U.S. general, German politician and alumni from Texas, Arizona, FloridaThe weekly RIAS Zoom talks continued into July with three riveting conversations connecting RIAS alumni and friends of RIAS with virtual transatlantic meetings. Retired U.S. Army Lt. General Ben Hodges talked about the s
Archive · 07/02/2020RIAS Berlin Alumni Chapter meets after long coronavirus hiberationAbout nine members of the #RIASBerlin alumni chapter in Berlin met — cautiously and with appropriate social distancing — for the first time in many months on Wednesday, July 1 at a restaurant in the center of Berlin. Wit
Archive · 06/04/2020RIAS zoom talks with alumni focus on tensions in USA, Germany’s Covid-19 responseNick Scheffler More than 60 RIAS Berlin Commission alumni members and candidates for future programs took part in three RIAS Zoom Talk sessions this week with distinguished alumni and leading journalists in Germany and t
Archive · 06/02/2020RIAS alumni from Minneapolis, POLITICO’s Karnitschnig at this week’s RIAS Zoom TalksTwo RIAS Berlin Commission alumni from Minnesota will take part in RIAS special zoom talks added to this week’s schedule to talk about the violent protests that have erupted in Minneapolis in the last week and answer que
Archive · 05/10/2020Virtual meetings with RIAS alumni groups in Germany, USADozens of RIAS Berlin Commission fellows from the United States and Germany took part in a series of lively virtual reunions in recent days. Many of the alumni shared stories about the situations at their networks, citie
Archive · 05/02/2020RIAS alumni group meets online for reunion after Fall 2018 programRIAS fall 2018 alumni group holds a virtual reunion from locations across the USA: from top left: Latest Clark, Erik Kirschbaum, Gitzel Puente, Bonnie North, Jessica Prater, Carol McKinley, Judith Synderman, Andrew Lapin