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Alaska: the land at the center of future geopolitical challenges
The sky is a sharp, cloudless blue, and the air is surprisingly warm. Sunlight filters through the silver trunks of a forest near Anchorage, where, just two months ago, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin met. It’s hard to imagine that in this quiet, remote landscape —...
A pleasant stay does not always belong to big cities
Through the World Press Institute fellowship, I discovered that small towns often tell bigger stories about what makes life worth living. Days ago, I was in Nogales, a small town in southern Arizona on the United States-Mexico border. Far from being quiet or...
Three strategies to securing the future of professional journalism learned on the road
The train is about to depart. I write these lines from the of the Washington, D.C., station waiting room, awaiting the journey to New York City—one of the most anticipated stops of our trip. The World Press Institute (WPI) fellows have already visited seven states...
Encountering America: A traveller’s reflection on warmth, race, bias and belonging
Over the past six weeks, my travels across the United States have offered me a tiny window into the American spirit: diverse, expressive, and often misunderstood from an outsider’s lens. As an African traveller and journalist, I have been fascinated by how people...
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2026 New Horizons in Journalism Conference
Join us in Sofia, Bulgaria, on May 14-15, 2026, for the sixth annual New Horizons in Journalism Conference: Truth Under Pressure Journalism today is rarely silenced outright. Instead, it is worn down through ownership structures, ...