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The WPI blog offers an insider’s look at the fellows’ journeys, capturing their unique experiences and insights as they travel the country navigating the immersive program.
Freedom of the press: one small step forward, two huge steps back
On almost the same day, two events happened in two countries in the lowest half of Freedom House’s global press freedom index, Russia and Myanmar....
WPI report 3: from the refugee camp to Congress – meet Ilhan Omar
We are back in Minneapolis! For the next story, I want to take you to a very interesting place, which is not usually included in booklets like “10...
As a journalist, you don’t want to be on a president’s naughty list (or maybe you do?)
I remember a day when all the reporters in my newsroom were staring at the TV. Some sat behind their desks, while others stood for a better view...
Should all American eyes be further southeast?
It’s easy to dismiss Donald Trump’s supporters as a bunch of far-right anti-immigration ultra conservatives, but reality – like history – is in no...
Huge influx of hungry Venezuelans challenges Brazil’s responsibility
South American power and a nation founded upon immigration, Brazil fails to address its neighbor’s humanitarian crisis, say experts, with citizens and politics echoing the recent rise of xenophobia in Europe and USA
Is it really an overstatement blaming Potus for the death and imprisonment of journalists worldwide?
Donald Trump is serving as U.S. president for two years already. It’s well known and observed that Trump bitterly criticizes the news media,...