by Hamdi Baala | Oct 1, 2019 | American Presidency, Journalism, Midterm Elections, Political Coverage, Politics, Presidential Election, WPI Activities
To enter the Paramount Theater last Saturday afternoon, you needed to stand in line for at least two hours in the Austin, Texas, heat. The star of the show was House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the Texas Tribune Festival’s closing guest. I did not want to stand in...
by Rosen Tsvetkov | Sep 22, 2019 | Journalism in the era of "fake news", Journalism in the Trump Era, Personal Reflections, WPI Activities
The Newseum, a museum dedicated to journalism and the First Amendment, and situated between the White House and the U.S. Capitol, will close at the end of 2019. “This was a difficult decision, but it was the responsible one,” said Jan Neuharth, chair аnd CEO of the...
by Hamdi Baala | Sep 10, 2019 | Personal Reflections, Police & Community Tensions, Policy, Politics, WPI Activities
“I hope you all feel safe while visiting the United States,” said a woman who works at the Minnesota State Fair during a discussion with WPI journalists on gun violence in the country. “When I was in Ghana, I saw the news on TV about shootings in the...
by Josefina Pagani | Oct 11, 2018 | Changes in Journalism, Journalism, Personal Reflections, Political Coverage, WPI Activities
Sunday, Oct. 7, was rainy and cold in St. Paul, Minn. Winter was approaching. The streets on the campus of St. Thomas University were still wet at 7 p.m. And mixed feelings surrounded the World Press Institute (WPI) fellows, Class of 2018. The desire to return home to...
by Yana Nikolova | Oct 11, 2018 | Personal Reflections, WPI Activities
https://youtu.be/AvM5tKhFS98 After this emotional speech – it’s time for me to give you my last useful tips! I will have to quote my fellow colleague from Malaysia here: “The last time that a Malaysian journalist participated in this program was more than 30...
by Joana Azevedo Viana | Oct 9, 2018 | Journalism in the Trump Era, Nuclear Threats and Security, WPI Activities
When it comes to nuclear policies and politics, President Donald Trump is viewed as an elephant in a china shop — at least by the majority of the experts who study this topic and who worry about the high risks of an atomic face-off between the world’s nuclear powers,...
