A HALF CENTURY OF PROMOTING EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM
The World Press Institute fosters understanding among international journalists about the role and responsibilities of a free press in a democracy and promotes excellence in journalism.
Through its fellowship program, WPI brings 10 international journalists to the United States each year to experience the complexities of U.S. life through the prism of a reporter working under First Amendment conditions. The fellowship provides immersion into the governance, politics, business, media, journalistic ethics and culture of the U.S. through a demanding schedule of study, travel and interviews throughout the country.
University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, acts as home for the fellows while they are in the Twin Cities. St. Thomas provides use of its faculty housing and conference facilities and offers the assistance of its Communication and Journalism Department.
Alumni Reporting
Siobhan Heanue, a 2011 fellow from Australia, has a story on the Iowa Republican caucuses on the front page of the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) news site Jan. 3. Many of her photos and quotes are from the WPI fellow's visit to Muscatine Iowa this past August 2011. Read the article
World Press Institute Reports
2011 WPI fellows blog about their experiences in the U.S.
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2011 Fellowship Winners
The World Press Institute chose 10 journalists from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, Egypt, Finland, India, Moldova/Romania, Pakistan, and Uganda to be fellows in its 2011 international journalism program.
The fellows completed their two-month stay in the U.S., where they were exposed to the free press system in this country and the social and cultural diversity of the country.
Read more about the fellows and view their photos.
Read the 2011 program schedule.
News of Former WPI Fellows
Andras Petho, a 2008 fellow from Hungary, has won an Hungarian investigative reporting award for his series on companies with links to Hungarian government officials. Read more
Shujaat Bukhari, a 2003 fellow, has been named editor in chief of Rising Kashmir, prominent English daily published from Srinagar, the capital of Indian part of Jammu and Kashmir. Read more
Anu Kuistiala, a 1995 WPI fellow, has been named editor in chief for online news and radio for MTV3, a major Finnish television. Read more
Vykintas Pugaciauskas, a 2008 WPI fellow, is the new spokesperson at the Lithuania's Permanent Mission with the European Union. Read more
