Sarah Wildman (Burns 2008) won the Peter R. Weitz Prize for excellence and originality in reporting on Europe for a series she wrote for Slate. She conducted research for the series during her Burns fellowship. The $10,000 prize is awarded by the German Marshall Fund of the United States, and will be presented at an awards luncheon in July in Washington, D.C.

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.

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.

In celebration of Press Freedom Day, members of the public and more than 100 citizen journalists (CJs) gathered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on May 1st and 2nd, 2010 to attend the first annual Citizen Journalism conference in Malaysia. Citizen journalists from all over the country attended the workshops, dinners and seminars, focused on redefining the role of citizens in the media. Watch four CJs reflect on their experiences.