The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) is now preparing for Georgian journalists to participate in the final year of the Media Educational Exchange Program, funded by the U.S. Embassy in Georgia through the Public Affairs Section, and implemented by ICFJ.

Knight International Journalism Fellow Jody McPhillips completed nine months of journalism training in Georgia in 2005, partnering with the Caucasus Center for Journalism.

Knight International Journalism Fellow Paul Quinn-Judge completed one year of journalism training in Georgia and Kazakhstan in 2007.

Knight International Journalism Fellow William Jones completed two months of journalism training in Georgia in 1996, partnering with the Society of Georgian Journalists.

Knight International Journalism Fellows David Bloss and Jody McPhillips completed nine months of journalism training in Georgia in 2003, partnering with the Caucasus Center for Journalism.

Sponsored by the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, this program was designed to boost the capacity and motivation of journalists in the Caucasus region to report on conservation of biological diversity. The program was tailored to address the key issues facing each country, such as better management of protected areas, increasing the number and size of protected areas, controls on damaging activities, and other conservation issues of public interest.