by Ben Harris | Feb 12, 2021
Because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic we were forced to postpone last year’s edition of the New Horizons in Journalism Conference in Sofia, Bulgaria. The World Press Institute, in partnership with the America for Bulgaria Foundation and the Association of...
by Ben Harris | Sep 21, 2020
Surrounding the much anticipated 2020 U.S. presidential election, the World Press Institute (WPI) offered a two-part webinar series on the subject. Part One In the first webinar, longtime journalist James Fallows of The Atlantic talked about how the election was...
by Ben Harris | Feb 11, 2021
Nelson Castro, WPI 1985, a radio broadcaster, has been named one of the top ten most respected journalists in Argentina, in a nationwide poll reported in La Nacion, the country’s most respected newspaper. Castro also has a widely watched weekly TV news show on public...
by Ben Harris | Jan 19, 2021
On Tuesday, February 2, the World Press Institute (WPI) presented its first webinar of 2021: The Impact of the COVID Pandemic on Press Freedom. The moderator was Kaius Niemi (Senior Editor-in-Chief, Helsingin Sanomat in Helsinki and WPI board member) and the panelists...
by Ben Harris | Jun 22, 2020
The Board of Directors of the World Press Institute (WPI) has decided to postpone the start of the next WPI fellowship program in the United States because of the uncertainties and difficulties created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Typically, the annual WPI fellowship...