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RIAS BERLIN KOMMISSION

1 week ago

This week we travel to the Midwest where RIAS fellow Jana Hennig spent her station week. During her weeklong visit, Jana visited multiple newsrooms including KMOV-TV, KSDK - 5 On Your Side, KTVI FOX 2 and St. Louis Public Radio. Thank you to RIAS alumni Deion Broxton, Suzie Herman and John Pertzborn for hosting Jana. And thank you to Jonathan Ahl, Fred Ehrlich and Brian Moline for introducing her to the world of public media at St. Louis Public Radio. Jana’s busy itinerary included accompanying Deion during his reporting, visiting the Gateway Arch with Suzie and joining John on the morning show at Fox 2. She also attended a STLPR event with NPR Political Correspondent Sarah McCammon, talking about her new book, The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church. The action-packed week even included ice cream! Jana made her on-air debut on Fox 2 with John Pertzborn during the segment on Blue Bell’s new ice cream flavor, Gooey butter cake! Jana’s verdict: Really good, it’s very good, very creamy. Blue Bell if you need someone to professionally taste your ice cream, we have someone in mind! Check out the clip here: fox2now.com/video/blue-bell-ice-creams-newest-flavor-gooey-butter-cake/9529206/ Hennig is the third German RIAS fellow to spend time in newsrooms in St. Louis. Tune in later this week for more station week adventures! ... Read MoreRead Less

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RIAS BERLIN KOMMISSION

2 weeks ago

Howdy, Y'all!As they say, Everything's bigger and better in Texas and German journalist Raphael Jung, a news editor for the ARD Morgenmagazin now understands the phrase first hand. The Spring 2024 RIAS fellow spent his station week in Tyler at KLTV with its streaming program East Texas Now. During his week-long visit in March, Jung experienced the innovative ways technology is embedded into the enhanced digital news gathering process at KLTV, learning from meetings with a dozen different journalists in the newsroom. The action-packed week was organized by RIAS Alum and KLTV anchor/reporter Lane Luckie. Raphael's schedule included political discussions with Mayor Don Warren, attending a County Commissioners Court meeting, touring a Christian Spanish-Language radio station and a stop at the American Freedom Museum in Bullard."I'm curious how the experiences I made during the program will impact my further reporting and my career as a journalist and I look forward to applying that knowledge acquired. At the moment, the only thing I know is that I really want to visit the U.S. again soon. This time, I'm very sure, it won't take another 15 years” he said. Jung was KLTV's ninth German RIAS fellow to spend time in their newsroom since 2017. Jung and nine other German RIAS fellows spent two weeks in Washington, D.C. and New York City before parting ways to experience television stations and news organizations in Texas, Florida, Missouri, Illinois and South Dakota. ... Read MoreRead Less

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RIAS BERLIN KOMMISSION

2 weeks ago

Kicking off showcasing our station weeks with RIAS fellow Janna Linke and her visit to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. RIAS alumni Kevin King and Sam Wright introduced Janna to their news operation at Dakota News Now. Janna also visited Mount Rushmore, spoke to students at Augustana University and visited Startup Sioux Falls. “We may not be Silicon Valley, but we are Silicon Prairie!“ That’s what the President of Startup Sioux Falls said to me and something that really stayed in my mind. I encountered this pride and confidence in many places there. Sioux Falls is the biggest city in South Dakota with only 200.000 inhabitants and it’s the place for my station week. I really enjoyed my time here in the so called “Flyover State“, because it’s much more than people inthe rest of the US or even the world think it is. —said Janna Linke, RTL/NTV Cologne After the March program, German journalists spend one week visiting newsrooms across the country. This year our fellows traveled to Texas, Florida, Missouri, Illinois and South Dakota. We will be sharing their experiences in the coming weeks! ... Read MoreRead Less

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RIAS BERLIN KOMMISSION

3 weeks ago

Congratulations to Christopher “Buzz” Conover of Arizona Public Media winner of the 2020 RIAS Media Prize! RIAS Commissioner and German government transatlantic coordinator in Foreign Ministry, Michael Link presented Conover with his award last week. Link traveled to Arizona to give Conover his award, after the 2020 Media Prize was canceled due to COVID-19. During the meeting Conover shed light on the pivotal challenges Arizona faces amid the upcoming election. While Link spoke about the rise in right wing extremism back in Germany, and the familiar challenge of division both countries are facing in media. Andrea Sasse, Germany‘s Consul General in Los Angeles. Fabrizio Micalizzi, Link‘s chief of staff at the Foreign Ministry and RIAS alum Samantha Morris were also in attendance. Thank you to Tom Denne of Arizona Public Media for the photos!Listen to winning piece here: www.azpm.org/s/71829-germany-immigration/ ... Read MoreRead Less

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RIAS BERLIN KOMMISSION

1 month ago

Congratulations to the outstanding winners of the 2024 RIAS Media Prize! 🏆✨The RIAS Berlin Commission is thrilled to announce the following well-deserved recipients:🏅 RIAS Grand Prize: Sigrid Faltin, MDR, for "Flucht in den Osten – G.I.s in der DDR" (Escape to the East – G.I.s in the GDR)🏅 RIAS TV Award: Heinke Schröder, SWR, for "Auswandern nach Amerika – Fluch oder Segen?" (Emigrating to America – curse or blessing?)🏅 RIAS Radio Award: Iska Schreglmann, Florian Kummert, Susi Weichselbaumer, BR, for "Deutsche in den USA" (Germans in the USA)🏅 RIAS Digital Media Award: Andreas Becker, Nicolas Martin, Deutsche Welle, for "Cannabis Cowboys – a story about big dreams, juicy money and never-ending hype"🏅 RIAS Fellow Award: Lane Luckie, KLTV, for series of seven spot news reports from Germany during a RIAS fellowship program to Cologne and MunichThese exceptional individuals will be honored at a gala ceremony on June 3rd in Berlin. 🎉A special thank you to our esteemed German-American jury for their contributions in selecting the winners:Co-chair Michael Gargiulo (WNBC TV, New York)Co-chair Anja Heyde (ZDF/MDR, Berlin/Magdeburg)Helge Fuhst (ARD, Hamburg)Melissa Eddy (The New York Times, Berlin)Larry Miller (WUSA9, Washington DC)Christian Wilp (NTV/RTL, Berlin) ... Read MoreRead Less

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