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ICFJ In the News :
Dan K. Thomasson: Bringing Light Amid the Blight
November 27, 2006
Here are men and women struggling under the most difficult conditions to shine the brightest light possible on ignorance and intolerance and injustice for the benefit of their countrymen. Miss al-Jubori is a highly intelligent, young Iraqi woman who is willing to sacrifice much of her youth to perform a public service. It is exactly what we should be recognizing as achievement of the highest merit.
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Kevin Ferris: The Philadelphia Inquirer
November 26, 2006
Bukharbayeva is studying U.S. journalism as part of a training program sponsored by the International Center for Journalists. I hope that, with all the talk of decreasing circulation and ad sales, debates about media bias, disputes between unions and management, she was able to learn as much about the profession as she taught.
Read more in the Philadelphia Inqurirer (external link)
Georgie Anne Geyer: Yahoo!News Opinion
November 20, 2006
At the annual dinner of the International Center for Journalists this week, Fareed Zakaria, the thoughtful Newsweek columnist, spoke touchingly of what America should do. "We may not be a great empire," he said, "but we're a great nation-state. But we can't do anything if we keep playing the last act of the British empire over and over." Read more in Yahoo!News (external link)
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