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2020 World Press Institute Fellowship Program Postponed
The Board of Directors is committed to holding its next annual fellowship program, which will be its 57th consecutive program, as soon as practical once the pandemic is brought under control. The Board will meet again in late 2020 to assess the situation and decide when to commence WPI’s next fellowship program.
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No love lost for the “mainstream media”
David Taylor is fed up with the mainstream media. The 53-year-old Texan with long blond hair and dressed in cowboy garb lives with his pit bull and shih tzu in an old racquetball court in the town of San Marcos. He works in “property” and is a huge fan of Donald...
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2020 World Press Institute Fellowship Program Postponed
The Board of Directors of the World Press Institute (WPI) has decided to postpone the start of the next WPI fellowship program in the United States because of the uncertainties and difficulties created by the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
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