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Archive · 10/30/2021Observations from Fall 2021 RIAS Berlin Commission participants in USABrief observations from RIAS Berlin Commission participants in the October 2021 exchange program to the United States: Frauke Holzmeier, RTL, ntv I’m really happy to be part of the RIAS community now. In two weeks in theRead more →
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 
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 · 09/27/2021American RIAS group follows German federal elections in BerlinA group of 17 American journalists spent a week in Berlin learning more about the 2021 German elections ahead of the vote on September 27. It was the first RIAS Berlin Commission in-person exchange program in nearly two 
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 · 08/06/2021Former NBC correspondent and long-time RIAS Media Prize juror John Dancy diesJohn Dancy, a long-time NBC News correspondent and RIAS Media Prize juror, has died, according to a former colleague at NBC News in Washington. Dancy, who passed away recently at the age of 84, served as an integral memb
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 · 04/13/2021RIAS Media Prize winners take part in weekly Zoom talks from April 14 to May 26The RIAS Berlin Commission will be resuming its program of Zoom talks on April 14 with WNBC TV morning co-anchor Michael Gargiulo, who was the co-chair of the RIAS Berlin Commission Media Prize jury. Gargiulo, a veteran 
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 · 03/26/2021Jury commendations for RIAS Media Prize winnersAn independent panel of American and German journalists issued the following commendations for the six RIAS Berlin Commission 2021 prize winners. The jury for the 29th annual prize was made up of three Americans and thre
Archive · 03/19/2021Six German, American stories picked as RIAS Media Prize winners in 2021RIAS Media Prize ceremony in 2017 with Jan Böhmermann collecting his award The RIAS BERLIN Commission is proud to announce the winners of this year’s RIAS Media Prize Awards. The 29 th annual award is presented by the Ge
Archive · 01/27/2021Deadline nears for RIAS Media Prize submissionsThe deadline for entries for the 2021 RIAS Media Prize is nearing on January 31. Journalists from the United States and Germany are encouraged to enter their best stories for the annual competition that puts a spotlight Archive · 01/24/2021IMPORTANT! Call for Entries 2021DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: JANUARY 31, 2021 Download PDF
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, PresiArchive · 2021Ingo Zamperoni, Birgit Wärnke – NDR: “Trump, meine amerikansiche Familie und ich”“Trump, My American Family and Me” by Ingo Zamperoni and Birgit Wärnke is an outstanding film about an American family and is, at the same time, a film about American society. It shows the political divisions of the coun
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. LouisArchive · 12/04/2020NEW PRIZE MONEY, NEW FOCUS FOR 2021 RIAS MEDIA PRIZE AWARDSThe RIAS Berlin Commission’s Media Awards will be relaunched in 2021 with new prize money, a new focus and new categories. There will be a total of up to 10,000 EUR in prize money awarded for exceptional radio, televisio
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