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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 · 03/18/2022RIAS group on discovery tours in Washington DC, New York, across USARIAS Berlin Commission journalists outside White House press room A group of 11 broadcast journalists from Germany are in the midst of a three-week exchange program to the United States. The best and brightest of German 
Archive · 03/08/2022Jury commendations for 2022 RIAS Media Prize winnersThe RIAS Berlin Commission’s independent jury has picked five winners from the United States and Germany for its 2022 RIAS Media Prize competition and came to the following conclusions below about the winning entries. ThArchive · 03/07/2022Five German, American stories picked as RIAS Media Prize winners in 2022The RIAS Berlin Commission announced the winners of this year’s RIAS Media Prize Awards on Monday, March 7, 2022. The 30th annual award is presented by the German-American exchange program and celebrates the best of tran
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 · 02/14/2022Why RIAS makes a difference – excerpts from two recent applicant essaysThe RIAS Berlin Commission receives more than 100 applications each year for its seven exchange programs to the United States and Germany. Some of the essays are especially memorable, in particular when journalists descr
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 · 01/19/2022Deadline nears for entries 2022 RIAS Media PrizeThe January 31 deadline for entries for the 2022 RIAS Media Prize is quickly approaching. Journalists who have broadcast or produced radio, TV or digital stories that were aired or published in the United States or Germa
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 StatesArchive · 2022RIAS Media Prize Winners — Best Digital Video 2020 goes to NDR in GermanyArchive · 2022https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0yZQgDwn1A
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