January 23, 2012
IBB Director Richard Lobo appointed to RIAS Berlin Commission Richard Lobo has been appointed by the US ambassador to Germany, Philip Murphy, to the RIAS Berlin Commission… read
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New Video about the RIAS Germany Program for U.S. Broadcast Journalists RIAS Fellow Ed Fillmer produced a new video about the RIAS Germany program during his tour in Fall 2011. See video on left (can be enlarged).
New Year’s Message from the Chairmen In case we ever doubted it, 2011 demonstrated very convincingly how closely interconnected our planet has become. read
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October 17 – November 4, 2011 12 German Radio and TV Journalists participated in the U.S. Fall Program 2011 read
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October 3–16, 2011 11 U.S. journalists took part in the 2011 Germany Fall Program
The participants stayed for one week in Berlin and then traveled on to Dresden, Prague, and finally Brussels in their second program week. Some of them extended their stay in Germany for an additional week for research and reporting purposes. read
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September 24/25, 2011 Record attendance at 2011 U.S. meeting of RIAS Fellows in New Orleans. More than 100 guests and fellows attended this years U.S. meeting of RIAS Fellows in New Orleans on September 24 and 25, coinciding with the 2011 RTDNA/SPJ annual convention from September 25 to 28, 2011.read
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September 12 – October 7, 2011 Two German journalists sponsored by the RIAS BERLIN COMMISSION participated in the Duke University Media Fellowship in fall 2011. They also attended the US RIAS Fellow Meeting on September 24/25, 2011 in New Orleans and took part of the 2011 RTDNA/SPJ convention in New Orleans. read
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July 14–16, 2011 Five RIAS Fellows attended the Round Table USA Conference in Washington, D.C.
This year’s theme was "Societies in transition — facing the facts on political participation”. READ MORE…
June 13–26, 2011 14 U.S. journalists participated in the 2-week Germany program.
With Berlin as starting point the group also visited Leipzig, Cologne and finished the tour at the EU and NATO in Brussels. read
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March 27 – April 16, 2011 Twelve German journalists participated in the U.S. Spring Program 2011 of the RIAS BERLIN COMMISSION: first week in Washington D.C. for briefings with politicians as well as business and media representatives; in the second week they visited U.S. radio and TV stations for an individual internship; last program week in New York with a visit to United Nations and additional political talks.read
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March 21 – April 5, 2011 Three German Journalists sponsored by the RIAS BERLIN COMMISSION participated in the Duke University Media Fellowship in spring 2011.read
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RTDNA Chair Elect Kevin Benz reported from the RIAS Germany Fall Program 2010 in his Blogs from Germany
“The Spy in my Bed,” an article about the Stasi and the German reunification by RIAS Fellow Robert Jamieson, a participant of the RIAS Germany Summer Program 2010.
October 18 – November 12, 2010 Five German Journalists sponsored by the RIAS BERLIN COMMISSION participated in the Duke University Media Fellowship in fall 2010, with a special focus on the U.S. mid-term elections 2010. A field trip to Washington D.C. gave them the opportunity to observe the midterm elections on November 2nd, and to discuss the results and consequences for the next two years of the Obama administration with politicians and journalists. read
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October 24–31, 2010 Four German Journalists took part in a special RIAS U.S. midterm election program with visits in Washington D.C. and Texas.read
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October 17 – November 6, 2010 12 German journalists participated in the U.S. fall program 2010 of the RIAS Berlin Commission: first week in Washington D.C. for briefings with politicians as well as business and media representatives; second week they visited U.S. radio and TV stations for an individual internship; last program week in New York gave them the opportunity to observe the midterm elections and to discuss the results and consequences with politicians and journalists. read
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September
25 – October 10, 2010 13 U.S. radio and TV producers and reporters participated in the Germany fall program of the RIAS BERLIN COMMISSION. The program featured briefings with top-level German political business and media figures in Berlin, a visit to Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty in Prague, Czech Republic, and meetings at EU and NATO in Brussels, Belgium. One highlight of the program were the festivities on the 20th anniversary day of German Unification on Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010 which the participants witnessed in Berlin. read
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June
13–27, 2010 13 U.S. journalists participated in the 2-week Germany program. After their first week in Berlin, they attended the Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum “Climate Change and the Media” in Bonn from June 21–23 and visited the EU and NATO in Brussels on June 24 and 25. Eight U.S. journalists are staying for a third week for research and reporting purposes. read
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May
30, 2010, Ritz Carlton Berlin Claus Kleber (ZDF) wins the TV-Award
2010 of the RIAS BERLIN COMMISSION
The 2010 Radio Award goes to Marion Fuchs (BR), the New
Media Award to Christoph Lanz and Max Hofmann (DW). Christine
Dobbyn (KTRK Houston) received the second TV award, Liam Moriarty
(KPLU Seattle) the second Radio Award. read
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PRESS INFORMATION…
March
22 – April 16, 2010 The
Duke Visiting Media Fellowship Program was attended by
three German journalists, sponsored by the RIAS BERLIN COMMISSION.
The program included a field trip to Washington D.C. for political
and media appointments. read
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March
–April 3, 2010 U.S. Spring Program
12 German journalists participated in the US Spring Program
2010. They visited Washington D.C. the first week of their
program for political appointments, followed by individual internships
at US radio- and TV stations the second week. For the
third week they spent again in New York for
political and media appointments. read
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April
10 & 11, 2010 Meeting
of U.S. Fellows in Las Vegas coinciding with the 2010 RTDNA
convention READ
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January 27 – February 3,
2010 RIAS Fellows Miguel Marquez, Susan
Stone, Brent Goff, and Tracy Berry were among the 47 participants
of the seminar "Energy, Climate, and Oceans — Impacts
on the Global Economy" in Berlin, Hamburg, and Copenhagen,
organized by the Körber Foundation, Hamburg, for the Round
Table USA. ABOUT
ROUND TABLE USA
November
2009
RIAS Fellow Karl Hinterleitner (USA fall program 2009)
is honored with the “Georg von Holtzbrink Preis für
Wirtschaftspublizistik”
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November
9, 2009 Celebrating the
20th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall in Texas READ
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October
18 – November 7, 2009
U.S.
Fall Program 2009 12 German journalists participated in the US Fall Program
2009. They spent the first week in Washington D.C. for political
appointments and split up for individual broadcast internships
at stations all over the United States. For the third and last
week they got together again in New York for political and media
appointments. read
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October
22, 2009 German RIAS Fellows visit the German
Embassy in Washington D.C.
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November
2, 2009
At its 26th meeting in Washington D.C. the RIAS BERLIN COMMISSION
reaffirmed its commitment to its core mission of German-American
exchange programs and network building. read
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October
4–11, 2009
10 U.S. News Directors and Gatekeepers participated in a special
Berlin program read
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September
13–27, 2009 16
US broadcast journalists participated in the 2009 Germany Fall
Program with stays in Berlin, Dresden, Prague and Brusselsread
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June
14–28, 2009 16 US broadcast journalists participated
in the 2009 Germany Summer Program with stays in Berlin, Leipzig, Cologne and Brusselsread
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Fall
& Spring
2009
Seven German journalists participated in the 2 Spring and 2 Fall
Duke Fellowships 2009. Duke Visiting Media Fellowship Program read
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June
7, 2009 Peter Kloeppel (RTL)
received the 2009 TV Award of the Rias Berlin Commission
for his documentary film "Amerika zwischen Angst und Aufbruch
–Peter Kloeppel unterwegs in einem zerrissenen Land."
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June
7, 2009
RIAS Media Awards Ceremony & Meeting of German Fellows
at The Ritz-Carlton, Berlin
June 5, 2009
RIAS workshop at the Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum RIAS workshop on media and conflict
prevention: German/American coverage of terrorism issues —
a transatlantic media comparison
Deadline: extended to January 31, 2012
