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Archive · 01/29/2019Call for applications for summer exchange program for studentsAfter its successful launch in 2018, the RIAS Berlin Commission’s three-week summer exchange program for college students will be back again in 2019. Students of journalism, international relations or associated subjectsRead more →
Archive · 01/18/2019RIAS Alumni Donations Doubled in 2018Private donations to the RIAS Berlin Commission nearly doubled in 2018 to a total of just under 8,000 euros with contributions coming from more than 50 alumni and friends of RIAS in Germany and the United States. Those d
Archive · 12/18/2018RIAS alumni chapters hold events in Hamburg, Berlin, New York and Washington DCAlumni groups in Germany and the United States have been busy holding good-spirited alumni meetings, seasonal get-togethers and fundraising activities for the RIAS Berlin Commission. The Hamburg alumni chapter recently h
Archive · 12/07/2018Observations from U.S. journalists on program studying migration, border security in EuropeLee Anderson , KTVZ, Bend, OR Thank you RIAS Berlin Kommission for a wonderful eye opening week in Germany and Croatia. I suppose Dr. Hildegard Boucsein put it best during our last “meeting” in the hotel bar in Zagreb, “
Archive · 12/04/2018RIAS Berlin Commission fellows from USA study border security, migration in EuropeA group of eight American journalists and law enforcement experts recently completed a busy seven-day RIAS Berlin Commission fellowship to learn more about border security and migration in Germany and the European Union.
Archive · 10/31/2018Brief comments from RIAS Berlin Commission fellows from Germany in the United States in October 2018Martin Richter, senior correspondent, Phoenix TV, Bonn Das RIAS Programm im Herbst 2018 in den USA war f ür mich eine unglaubliche Erfahrung und Bereicherung meines persönlichen und journalistischen Lebens. Die vielen Ge
Archive · 09/20/201813 American journalists tour Germany, Brussels on RIAS exchange programThirteen American journalists from 10 different states are visiting four European cities for briefings, interviews and talks with movers and shakers in the fields of politics, media, sports and the arts during a two-week
Archive · 08/27/2018RIAS Berlin Commission alumni reunion and panel discussion at RTDNA’s EIJ conferenceAll RIAS Berlin Commission alumni and previous media prize award winners are invited to attend the annual USA reunion at the RTDNA and SPJ’s Excellence in Journalism convention on Sept. 28 in Baltimore. The get-together Archive · 08/15/2018RIAS Berlin Commission sets exchange program dates for 2019The RIAS Berlin Commission announced the following dates for exchange programs in 2019: Germany Spring Program 2019: June 2–14, 2019 Application Deadline: February 1, 2019 Germany Fall Program 2019: September 15–27, 2019
Archive · 07/21/2018Fifteen American college students and recent graduates from 14 universities and 11 states across the United States recently completed a three-week summer exchange program in GermanFifteen American college students and recent graduates from 14 universities and 11 states across the United States recently completed a three-week summer exchange program in Germany for broadcast journalists organised by
Archive · 07/06/2018New RIAS summer exchange program for US college students up and runningFifteen U.S. college students and recent graduates heading into broadcast journalism spent the first week of their three-week summer exchange program on a whirlwind tour of media, political and cultural stops this past w
Archive · 06/29/2018Alumni chapter news — meeting in Cologne, more meetings planned for Berlin A dozen RIAS Berlin Commission alumni members met in Cologne recently for yet another chapter meeting in Alumni chapter news — meeting in Cologne, more meetings planned for Berlin A dozen RIAS Berlin Commission alumni members met in Cologne recently for yet another chapter meeting in the city where the first alumni chapter 
Archive · 06/05/201814 U.S. fellows selected for RTDNF/RIAS German-American exchangeRTDNF and the RIAS Berlin Commission have selected 14 producers, reporters, editors and academics from across the country to become Fellows in Europe in two two-week long exchange programs in June to study the political 
Archive · 05/31/2018Big RIAS alumni reunion in Berlin kicks off new RIAS get-together effortsMore than 60 RIAS Berlin Commission alumni took part in a panel discussion and alumni reunion recently at the historic RIAS Funkhaus building in Berlin. The 2018 RIAS media prize winners Jan Phillip Burgard, Lara Wiedeki
Archive · 05/16/2018RIAS alumni Zamperoni’s new book attempts to explain Trump’s popularity for GermansOne of Germany’s leading evening news anchors Ingo Zamperoni, a RIAS alumni and former ARD TV correspondent in Washington DC, just published a riveting new book in Germany called “ Anderland “ that makes a splendid effor
Archive · 04/20/2018New RIAS alumni chapter formed in Mainz-Frankfurt, Cologne alumni meetA new RIAS Berlin Commission alumni chapter was inaugurated in Mainz-Frankfurt on April 19 — adding to the list of alumni chapters already up and running in Cologne, Berlin, Hamburg, Washington DC and New York City. The 
Archive · 03/27/2018Alumni chapter events in March in Hamburg, Berlin, Washington DC and New YorkMarch was a busy month for RIAS Berlin Commission alumni chapters in Germany and the United States. RIAS Berlin Commission board member Melissa Eddy talks about her work for the Commission and at the New York Times in Ge
Archive · 02/02/2018Hamburg Chapter of RIAS Berlin Commission Alumni network createdA dozen RIAS Berlin Commission Alumni gathered at a pub in Hamburg on Friday, February 2 to inaugurate the RIAS Hamburg Chapter — an informal “no-strings-attached” group that plans to meet as a sort of “Stammtisch” every
Archive · 01/17/2018New summer exchange program for U.S. university studentsU.S. university students are invited to apply for a three-week intensive study program on journalism in Germany. Funded largely by a grant from the German government and organized by the RIAS Berlin Commission, up to 14 
Archive · 01/11/2018Berlin Alumni Chapter’s inaugural meetingTwenty RIAS Berlin Commission alumni came together on January 11 for the inaugural meeting of a Berlin alumni chapter at a restaurant in Berlin. Organized by 2017 fellows Anja Goerz and Benedikt Wenck, the Berlin-based R
Archive · 2018RIAS Berlin fall program to Germany finishes after busy 2 weeks in 4 citiesLearning more about media and politics in Germany and Europe, 13 American journalists from 10 different states finished a whirlwind RIAS Berlin Commission tour of four cities in 12 days. The Americans lived, traveled, an
Archive · 2018Blurbs from the RIAS Berlin fall program 2018Jessica Prater , CNN New York “I am thankful for all the journalists, politicians and everyone who took the time to speak with us. The RIAS fellowship allowed me to walk through neighborhoods and newsrooms to gain insigh
Archive · 11/10/2017Cologne alumni chapter created to network and keep RIAS spirit aliveA dozen RIAS alumni from Cologne and Bonn created the first-ever RIAS alumni chapter on Wednesday, November 8. The alumni group hopes to hold occasional meetings to network and talk about transatlantic issues with riveti
Archive · 10/28/2017German fellows complete 3 week tour of United StatesSome of the best and the brightest German broadcast journalists finished a three-week exchange program of the United States. The 12 TV and radio journalists took part in RIAS Berlin Commission tour that featured a wee in