News

  • Jun 32010

    Reporting From Iraq: Why It Still Matters

    by Frederik Pleitgen (Burns 2005)

    During Frederik Pleitgen's business visit to Iraq, he was faced with daily unpredictable obstacles that hampered the effectiveness of his reporting. The country's economic development is moving, but there are many still many social and political issues surrounding the Iraqi populace. The next weeks will be telling as the political powers attempt to form a government. And we must remember that more than 90,000 U.S. troops are still on the ground here, seemingly on their way out, but not home yet.

    Program: 
    Arthur F. Burns Fellowship
  • Jun 12010

    Squatters Given Permanent Home

    Citizen Journalist Jimmy Leow reported on this issue following a tip from an activist. Once the video was published on Malaysiakini, the state government organized a program to resettle the residents to a neighboring area. “In front of everyone,” recalled Program Director Maran Perianen, “the Chief Minister announced that they are going to look for a way to bring all of these old folks to a landed property where they can stay more comfortably.”



    Program: 
    Online Video for Citizen Journalists in Malaysia
  • May 312010

    Video: Anna Zhou Discusses Her Experience in the GBJ Program

    by Joi-Marie McKenzie

    Global Business Journalism student Anna Zhou discusses the impact of the program in her studies and how it has helped her attain more experiences outside of the classroom.

    Program: 
    The Tsinghua Global Business Journalism Program (GBJ)
  • May 252010

    Government Resumes Building Highway

    Another video featured an abandoned highway that had remained unfinished for 3-4 years. “The moment one of our CJs, Jim Leow, highlighted the issue,” explained Perianen, “the following day it was picked up by the mainstream media, then subsequently it was picked up by our editorial floor.” The state government was forced to defend itself to the public, and since then, it has resumed the construction of the highway.

  • Mar 242010

    The Silent Majority

    by Hani Hazaimeh

    By Hani Hazaimeh

    Writing for an Israeli newspaper about the visit I took late last year to the Israel was perhaps one of the toughest decisions of my entire life, not to mention a move that could affect the future of my entire career.

    Following the publication of my personal opinion piece in the Jerusalem Post last week, I received a wide range of feedback from friends, colleagues and officials. Some were supportive while others were outright angry at me for being published in a right-wing Israeli media outlet.

    Program: 
    Reporting Across Cultures: Freedom of Expression in the Digital Age
  • Mar 232010

    Two Israeli and Jordanian Journalists Tell the Story No One Else Will

    Jerusalem/Amman - It was supposed to be an exercise in cross-cultural reporting: find a story that would highlight the common humanity shared by all nations and peoples. As a Jordanian and an Israeli we were a logical pairing. Our countries are neighbors supposedly at peace, yet both are part of a regional conflict that has raged for so long.

    Program: 
    Reporting Across Cultures: Freedom of Expression in the Digital Age
  • Mar 182010

    My Mideast Conference in Madrid

    by Ruth Eglash

    By Ruth Eglash

    It looks like any other shopping mall. Colorful window displays pull in patrons already overloaded with shopping bags, promotional stands selling mobile phones cater to customers searching for an upgrade and tired shoppers rejuvenate their intense outing with a coffee at one of the central cafés.

    Program: 
    Reporting Across Cultures: Freedom of Expression in the Digital Age
  • Mar 182010

    Why We Can't Write This Story

    by Ruth Eglash and Hani Hazaimeh

    By Ruth Eglash and Hani Hazaimeh

    It was supposed to have been an exercise in cross-cultural reporting; to find a story that would cut across borders and highlight the common humanity shared by all nations and peoples.

    As a Jordanian and an Israeli, we felt we were a logical pairing...

    Program: 
    Reporting Across Cultures: Freedom of Expression in the Digital Age
  • Mar 172010

    Participant Hani Hazaimeh Explores the Lack of Contact Between Jordanians and Israelis

    by Hani Hazaimeh

    In a story in the Jerusalem Post, ICFJ's program participant Hani Hazaimeh asks why Israelis and Jordanians have so little contact 15 years after a peace deal.

    Program: 
    Reporting Across Cultures: Freedom of Expression in the Digital Age
  • Mar 12010

    Post-Copenhagen: Innovative Local Approaches to Climate Change

    by Nina Keck (1995)

    In January, a month after the world climate summit in Denmark, a diverse group of nearly 50 journalists, experts and entrepreneurs traveled to Berlin, Hamburg and Copenhagen to discuss climate change, energy and their global economic impact. Most of them were alumni of transatlantic exchange programs like those sponsored by the Bosch Foundation, the Rias Berlin Commission, the German Marshall Fund and Fulbright Commission. Four were Burns alumni.

    Program: 
    Arthur F. Burns Fellowship