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IRP Fellows for 2008 Program Announced
Eight U.S. journalists have been awarded International Reporting Project (IRP) Fellowships in Washington D.C. for the 2008 program, including the first recipients of fellowships supported by the Stanley Foundation and the PBS program “FRONTLINE/World.”
The eight-week fellowships, which are designed to encourage coverage of international issues by the U.S. news media, will begin in late August 2008. The International Reporting Project, now in its 10th year, is based at The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of The Johns Hopkins University.
The 2008 IRP Fellows will report from Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Japan, Mexico, Russia, South Africa and Sweden. The IRP Fellows, their affiliations and the countries from which they will report are:
Stéphanie Giry, deputy managing editor, Foreign Affairs – Russia
Ruxandra Guidi, freelance writer and producer – Haiti
Macarena Hernandez, staff writer, Dallas Morning News – Mexico
Amelia Newcomb, deputy world editor, Christian Science Monitor – Japan
Betsy Rate, producer, “Bill Moyers Journal,” Public Affairs Television – Afghanistan
David Rochkind, freelance photojournalist – South Africa
Alisa Roth, reporter, “Marketplace,” American Public Media – Sweden (European Union)
Delphine Schrank, freelance writer – Democratic Republic of Congo
The fellowships awarded to Giry, Newcomb, Rochkind and Roth are supported by the Iowa-based Stanley Foundation as part of its “Rising Powers” initiative. The fellowship awarded to Hernandez is made possible with the collaboration and support of the PBS program “FRONTLINE/World.”
“We’re delighted to partner with ‘FRONTLINE/World’ and with the Stanley Foundation in supporting more overseas reporting at a time when so many news organizations have cut back on international coverage,” said John Schidlovsky, director of the International Reporting Project (IRP).
Since its founding in 1998, the International Reporting Project has enabled more than 250 U.S. journalists to pursue independent reporting projects overseas from more than 85 countries. Their stories have appeared in hundreds of U.S. media organizations, including online, TV, radio, newspapers and magazines.
The next deadline for applications for the IRP Fellowships is April 1, 2009 for the program to be conducted in the fall of 2009. For more information, call (202) 663-7761, fax (202) 663-7762, email irp@jhu.edu.
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