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RTNDF Selects 12 Journalists for Expenses-Paid Fellowship to Germany

WASHINGTON -- For the 15th consecutive year, the Radio and Television News Directors Foundation will be conducting a two-week expenses-paid fellowship to Germany this fall for broadcast and multi-media journalists.

The German/American Journalist Exchange Program will run from September 13–28, 2008. Sponsored by the RIAS Berlin Commission, the program features briefings with top-level political, business and media figures in Germany and with NATO and European Union officials in Brussels. Participants will travel to Berlin, Dresden, Prague, and then Brussels. During the program the American journalists will also meet with German broadcasters and tour German radio and television stations.

RTNDF administers the fellowship as part of its German/American Journalist Exchange Program with the RIAS Berlin Commission. RTNDF is a 501(c)(3) educational institution that promotes excellence in electronic journalism through research, education and training for news professionals and journalism students. Affiliated with the Radio-Television News Directors Association, RTNDF's programs are supported entirely by charitable contributions from individuals, corporations, foundations, RTNDA members and other individuals.

The RIAS Berlin Commission is a bi-national organization established in 1992 to promote German/American understanding in the field of broadcasting. All German/American Journalist Exchange programs are fully financed by the RIAS Berlin Commission, which is a non-profit, non-governmental organization.

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