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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.
Tight race to 2018 midterm elections
It was set to be an exciting day when the Minnesota chairs of both the Democratic and Republican parties paid the 2018 World Press Institute fellows...
Turbulent times demand new kind of leadership
“Too often we tend to follow the leaders who have big egos and great ambition.”
WPI report 2: Meet the 11th WPI fellow
I think it's about time to introduce you to your eleventh WPI fellow - the red van or Berta, as I call it, is going to be your long-term companion...
Farm Legacy: immigrants follow the American Dream
A few cars and some trucks are moving along Highway 14, an east-west route that goes through Tracy, Minn. Through the window of the van one can see...
Shrinking the achievement gap in education
A couple’s vision battled the achievement gap between black and white students in Minneapolis and helped children of Somali immigrants, but overcoming racial inequality in education remains one of several challenges in America – and also in Brazil
Journalism is an increasingly dangerous job, but at what cost?
Reporting from conflict zones is the most dangerous — and the most resource-demanding — of all forms of journalism. Publishers are increasingly reluctant to pick up the bill — but can we afford to leave it to self-interested magnates and governments with an agenda?