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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 Read more →
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 · 07/01/2019Here are some observations from a group of RIAS Berlin Commission journalists who spent two weeks in Germany, Prague and Brussels in June 2017Jeremy Chen, Reporter/MMJ, KESQ NewsChannel 3, Palm Springs, California Being a part of the RIAS Berlin Kommission was an incredible experience that far exceeded the high expectations I had for the program. Being able to
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 StArchive · 06/02/2019Application Deadline February 1, 2019June 2-14, 2019 – Application Deadline February 1, 2019
Archive · 05/24/2019[R-slider id=”73″]RIAS more important than ever, according to speakers at Media Prize Awards ceremony About 200 RIAS Berlin Commission alumni, board members, former employees and friends of the legendary Cold War-era radio and TV station 
Archive · 05/20/2019RIAS Media Prize Awards Ceremony takes place on May 23The RIAS Berlin Commission will hold its annual RIAS Media Prize Awards ceremony on May 23. The annual awards ceremony celebrating 27 years of the German-American exchange program and the best of transatlantic broadcast 
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 · 02/27/2019The RIAS BERLIN Commission is proud to announce the winners of this year’s RIAS Media Prize Awards. The annual awards ceremony celebrating 27 years of the German-American exchange The RIAS BERLIN Commission is proud to announce the winners of this year’s RIAS Media Prize Awards. The annual awards ceremony celebrating 27 years of the German-American exchange program and the best of transatlantic br
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
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 subjects
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 dArchive · 01/07/2019Deadline nears for RIAS Media PrizeThe deadline for entries for RIAS Berlin Commission Media Prize awards is rapidly approaching — January 15. The RIAS Berlin Commission annually presents awards for excellence in reporting on German-American or transatlan
Archive · 2019Marcel Machill, University Leipzig„Die Mischung macht’s! Es war genau diese Kombination aus Politik, Hintergrundgesprächen und Medien, die die Zeit in den USA so wertvoll gemacht hat. Wertvoll deshalb, weil ich aus erster Hand in den Gesprächen mit Kongr
Archive · 2019María Luz Moraleda, Deutsche Welle, Station week in San Antonio, Texas“For my first time in the US, I couldn’t have had a better start then with the RIAS program. Every appointment we had was unique and gave us the opportunity to understand a little bit more about such a big country full o
Archive · 2019Andreas Teska, WDR Köln, Station week in Bloomington, Indiana„Geht das? Ein Land in drei Wochen, Theorie und Praxis? Politiker, Vertreter der Zivilgesellschaft, Wissenschaftler, Medienschaffende in den Filterblasen in Washington und New York? Und dann auch noch ganz normale Mensch
Archive · 2019Christoph Tanneberger, ARD-aktuell, Hamburg – Station week Cincinnati, Ohio„Wer über ein Land berichten will, der möchte es sich natürlich auch erschließen. Am allerbesten geht das, indem man eigene Erfahrungen sammelt. Das Rias-Programm hat dazu unzählige Gelegenheiten geboten: Begegnungen mit