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Archive · 03/10/2020March RIAS Berlin Commission programs to the USA postponedRIAS Berlin Commission deeply regrets to announce that its programs scheduled for March (standard journalist program and ERP student program) will be postponed until either the fall of 2020 or later due to the current di
Archive · 02/12/2020Peter Beyer, German government’s transatlantic coordinator, talks to RIAS alumni groupRIAS Berlin Commission board member Peter Beyer gave a riveting two-hour talk to a group of 28 RIAS Berlin alumni members. Beyer, a member of parliament for the conservative Christian Democrats, is also the German govern
Archive · 01/14/2020RIAS picks 12 journalists, 15 students for March-April exchange programs in USARIAS fellows from Germany in Washington DC in March 2019 The RIAS Berlin Commission has selected 12 journalists from Germany to take part in its three-week March program to the United States. Funding for two of the 12 jo
Archive · 12/24/2019RIAS concludes successful 2019 with 6 programs, 92 participants, & rising donationsTen American journalists visited Berlin, Erfurt, Cologne and Brussels on the September 2019 program to Europe. It was a successful year in 2019 for the RIAS Berlin Commission with 92 participants taking part in six transArchive · 12/13/2019RIAS fellows air series of stories from their fellowship in Brussels, Cologne, Erfurt and BerlinMonica Quintero from Fox KPEJ in Odessa, Texas and David Wagner from KLSTV TV in San Angelo, Texas worked together on their RIAS Berlin Commission fellowship in September for a 30-minute documentary on their experience a
Archive · 12/11/2019RIAS alumni chapters gather in New York City, Cologne and BerlinScores of RIAS Berlin alumni took party in good-spirited parties and get-togethers in New York City, Cologne and Berlin in recent weeks. The momentum for alumni activities has really picked up in 2019 with more and more 
Archive · 12/04/2019Dear RIAS Berlin Commission alumni and friends of RIAS,We’ve a really busy year with 92 participants on six transatlantic exchange programs — including 30 Americans on our first big group alumni program in Berlin in November as well as four standard two- to three-week progra
Archive · 11/18/2019Brief comments from US journalists after November alumni program in GermanyThe RIAS Berlin Commission recently completed its one-week November exchange program with 30 U.S. journalists in Berlin to report on the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. There were talks with former NBC n
Archive · 11/14/2019Record-breaking RIAS Alumni program in Berlin 2019The RIAS Berlin Commission completed its week-long senior editor and alumni program onNovember 11 for 30 US alumni — setting a record for the largest group. Monika Grütters, minister of state for culture and media in Ger
Archive · 11/07/2019RIAS alumni group hears former NBC anchor Brokaw talk about Berlin Wall fallRIAS alumni group hears former NBC anchor Brokaw talk about Berlin Wall fall scoops FF ormer NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw talked to RIAS Berlin alumni from the United States about the scoop of his lifetime in Berlin — the 
Archive · 09/27/2019Brief comments from US journalists after September exchange program in GermanyBrief comments from US journalists after September exchange program in Germany The RIAS Berlin Commission recently completed its two-week September exchange program with 10 U.S. journalists. They visited Brussels, Cologn
Archive · 08/27/2019New York Alumni Chapter get-together in Times Square“Build it and they will come” That is the working slogan for alumni chapters of the RIAS Berlin Commission that are spreading across the United States and Germany. Borrowing the idea from the line from the Kevin Costner 
Archive · 07/24/2019Brief comments from US students after summer exchange program in GermanyThe RIAS Berlin Commission recently completed its second annual summer exchange program for US students – a three-week tour of Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne, Leipzig and Potsdam. There were 51 appointments with German journal
Archive · 07/24/2019August newsletter for RIAS alumniThe RIAS Berlin Commission has had a really busy summer with two programs in Germany in June (13 participants) and July (14 participants) and another coming up in mid-September (10 participants) as well as a major alumniArchive · 07/22/2019RIAS announces dates for 2020 programs in Germany, United StatesThe RIAS Berlin Commission announced the dates for its six exchange programs in 2020 in the United States and Germany. The one-, two- and three-week fellowship programs are designed to expand horizons for broadcast journArchive · 07/20/2019Busy three weeks in Germany for US students on RIAS summer exchange programFourteen US students completed a busy three-week program in Germany to learn more about the roll of broadcasting during the Cold War and especially about the history of Radio in American Sector (RIAS). There were a total
Archive · 07/03/2019Second RIAS summer exchange program for US college students starts in BerlinFourteen U.S. college students and recent graduates heading into broadcast journalism spent the first week of their three-week summer exchange program on a busy tour of media, political and cultural stops in Berlin this 
Archive · 06/17/2019Journalists from the United States and Germany connected for several alumni get-togethers in Germany and Brussels during the last two weeks. The 13 US journalists were on a whirlwiJournalists from the United States and Germany connected for several alumni get-togethers in Germany and Brussels during the last two weeks. The 13 US journalists were on a whirlwind two-week trip to four different citie
Archive · 06/04/201913 US journalists take part in RIAS Berlin Commission program in Germany, Prague, BrusselsThirteen US journalists arrived in Berlin on June 2 for a busy two-week RIAS Berlin Commission program in Berlin, Dresden, Prague and Brussels. The American journalists are from TV and radio stations across the United St
Archive · 05/14/2019Alumni program planned for 30th anniversary of Berlin Wall fallingThe RIAS Berlin Commission is planning two big alumni events for US fellows this year and two big events for German alumni. All alumni are invited to annual RIAS Media Prize Awards ceremony in Berlin on May 23 at the RIA
Archive · 04/02/2019RIAS Berlin Commission fellows from Germany get crash course on trip to USAA group of 14 journalists and academics from Germany recently completed a three-week RIAS Berlin Commission fellowship to learn more about politics, media and life in the United States. At stops in Washington DC and New 
Archive · 03/15/2019RIAS fellows meet Oppenheim, Whitaker and Heusgen among others on US tripFourteen journalists from Germany have been meeting American journalists, politicians, Pentagon officials and experts from think tanks on a whirlwind three-week tour of the United States on a RIAS Berlin Commission fello
Archive · 02/22/2019Germany-based journalists heading to USA for March fellowshipRIAS fellows visit ARD studio and ARD Correspondent in Washington (and RIAS) alumni JP Burgard during October 2018 Fourteen broadcast journalists based in Germany are heading to the United States for a three-week RIAS Be
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Archive · 02/12/2020Peter Beyer, German government’s transatlantic coordinator, talks to RIAS alumni groupRIAS Berlin Commission board member Peter Beyer gave a riveting two-hour talk to a group of 28 RIAS Berlin alumni members. Beyer, a member of parliament for the conservative Christian Democrats, is also the German governArchive · 01/14/2020RIAS picks 12 journalists, 15 students for March-April exchange programs in USARIAS fellows from Germany in Washington DC in March 2019 The RIAS Berlin Commission has selected 12 journalists from Germany to take part in its three-week March program to the United States. Funding for two of the 12 joArchive · 12/24/2019RIAS concludes successful 2019 with 6 programs, 92 participants, & rising donationsTen American journalists visited Berlin, Erfurt, Cologne and Brussels on the September 2019 program to Europe. It was a successful year in 2019 for the RIAS Berlin Commission with 92 participants taking part in six transArchive · 12/13/2019RIAS fellows air series of stories from their fellowship in Brussels, Cologne, Erfurt and BerlinMonica Quintero from Fox KPEJ in Odessa, Texas and David Wagner from KLSTV TV in San Angelo, Texas worked together on their RIAS Berlin Commission fellowship in September for a 30-minute documentary on their experience aArchive · 12/11/2019RIAS alumni chapters gather in New York City, Cologne and BerlinScores of RIAS Berlin alumni took party in good-spirited parties and get-togethers in New York City, Cologne and Berlin in recent weeks. The momentum for alumni activities has really picked up in 2019 with more and more Archive · 12/04/2019Dear RIAS Berlin Commission alumni and friends of RIAS,We’ve a really busy year with 92 participants on six transatlantic exchange programs — including 30 Americans on our first big group alumni program in Berlin in November as well as four standard two- to three-week prograArchive · 11/18/2019Brief comments from US journalists after November alumni program in GermanyThe RIAS Berlin Commission recently completed its one-week November exchange program with 30 U.S. journalists in Berlin to report on the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. There were talks with former NBC nArchive · 11/14/2019Record-breaking RIAS Alumni program in Berlin 2019The RIAS Berlin Commission completed its week-long senior editor and alumni program onNovember 11 for 30 US alumni — setting a record for the largest group. Monika Grütters, minister of state for culture and media in GerArchive · 11/07/2019RIAS alumni group hears former NBC anchor Brokaw talk about Berlin Wall fallRIAS alumni group hears former NBC anchor Brokaw talk about Berlin Wall fall scoops FF ormer NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw talked to RIAS Berlin alumni from the United States about the scoop of his lifetime in Berlin — the Archive · 09/27/2019Brief comments from US journalists after September exchange program in GermanyBrief comments from US journalists after September exchange program in Germany The RIAS Berlin Commission recently completed its two-week September exchange program with 10 U.S. journalists. They visited Brussels, ColognArchive · 08/27/2019New York Alumni Chapter get-together in Times Square“Build it and they will come” That is the working slogan for alumni chapters of the RIAS Berlin Commission that are spreading across the United States and Germany. Borrowing the idea from the line from the Kevin Costner Archive · 07/24/2019Brief comments from US students after summer exchange program in GermanyThe RIAS Berlin Commission recently completed its second annual summer exchange program for US students – a three-week tour of Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne, Leipzig and Potsdam. There were 51 appointments with German journalArchive · 07/24/2019August newsletter for RIAS alumniThe RIAS Berlin Commission has had a really busy summer with two programs in Germany in June (13 participants) and July (14 participants) and another coming up in mid-September (10 participants) as well as a major alumniArchive · 07/22/2019RIAS announces dates for 2020 programs in Germany, United StatesThe RIAS Berlin Commission announced the dates for its six exchange programs in 2020 in the United States and Germany. The one-, two- and three-week fellowship programs are designed to expand horizons for broadcast journArchive · 07/20/2019Busy three weeks in Germany for US students on RIAS summer exchange programFourteen US students completed a busy three-week program in Germany to learn more about the roll of broadcasting during the Cold War and especially about the history of Radio in American Sector (RIAS). There were a totalArchive · 07/03/2019Second RIAS summer exchange program for US college students starts in BerlinFourteen U.S. college students and recent graduates heading into broadcast journalism spent the first week of their three-week summer exchange program on a busy tour of media, political and cultural stops in Berlin this Archive · 06/17/2019Journalists from the United States and Germany connected for several alumni get-togethers in Germany and Brussels during the last two weeks. The 13 US journalists were on a whirlwiJournalists from the United States and Germany connected for several alumni get-togethers in Germany and Brussels during the last two weeks. The 13 US journalists were on a whirlwind two-week trip to four different citieArchive · 06/04/201913 US journalists take part in RIAS Berlin Commission program in Germany, Prague, BrusselsThirteen US journalists arrived in Berlin on June 2 for a busy two-week RIAS Berlin Commission program in Berlin, Dresden, Prague and Brussels. The American journalists are from TV and radio stations across the United StArchive · 05/14/2019Alumni program planned for 30th anniversary of Berlin Wall fallingThe RIAS Berlin Commission is planning two big alumni events for US fellows this year and two big events for German alumni. All alumni are invited to annual RIAS Media Prize Awards ceremony in Berlin on May 23 at the RIAArchive · 04/02/2019RIAS Berlin Commission fellows from Germany get crash course on trip to USAA group of 14 journalists and academics from Germany recently completed a three-week RIAS Berlin Commission fellowship to learn more about politics, media and life in the United States. At stops in Washington DC and New Archive · 03/15/2019RIAS fellows meet Oppenheim, Whitaker and Heusgen among others on US tripFourteen journalists from Germany have been meeting American journalists, politicians, Pentagon officials and experts from think tanks on a whirlwind three-week tour of the United States on a RIAS Berlin Commission felloArchive · 02/22/2019Germany-based journalists heading to USA for March fellowshipRIAS fellows visit ARD studio and ARD Correspondent in Washington (and RIAS) alumni JP Burgard during October 2018 Fourteen broadcast journalists based in Germany are heading to the United States for a three-week RIAS Be