Young Journalists "Think Transatlantic" in Washington DC 2012
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At the Newseum
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"Young Journalists Think Transatlantic" - This was the motto of a 4-day workshop in Washington DC (May 29- June 1), organized by the German Embassy for 15 students or recent graduates from leading journalism schools from the United States and Germany. How does reporting on the financial crisis differ on both sides of the Atlantic, what is work like for a press officer at the Pentagon and the beauty of TV news telling via images instead of talking heads were a few of the issues debated during the conference. Most of all, though, the young journalists were able to get to know each other, building a network that crisscrosses the pond.
U.S. Participants came from the journalism schools of the University of Missouri, Northwestern University at Medill, the University of Southern California (Annenberg School), the University of California at Berkeley, Arizona State University (Walter Cronkite School), and Howard University.
Participating German journalism schools were the Henri-Nannen-Schule (Hamburg), Deutsche Journalistenschule (Munich), Axel-Springer-Akademie (Berlin), and RTL Journalism School (Cologne).
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