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Announcement of 2022 WPI International Fellows
2017 WPI class at Google Headquarters in Mountain View, California
After a year and a half hiatus, the World Press Institute (WPI) will resume its annual journalism fellowship program and has chosen 9 journalists from Argentina, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, China (Hong Kong), Finland, Germany, India, Iran and Nigeria to participate in the program.
The program will begin on March 18, 2022 and conclude on May 21, 2022.
Learn more about the 2022 program, or see photos and read more background on the 2022 WPI Fellows.
New Horizons in Journalism Conference
The New Horizons in Journalism conference in Sofia, Bulgaria September 24-25, 2021 was a success. If you were unable to attend in person or tune in to the livestream, you can watch the conference recording in full or by individual session.
Many thanks to our partners, the America for Bulgaria Foundation and the Association of European Journalists – Bulgaria, for making this conference possible.
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