IRP Fellows for Spring 2007 Program Announced

Seven U.S. journalists, including the third recipient of the NPR-Bucksbaum International Fellowship, have been awarded International Reporting Project (IRP) Fellowships in Washington D.C.
for the Spring 2007 program.

The 14-week fellowships, which are aimed at encouraging coverage of
international issues by the U.S. news media, begin in January 2007 at The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of The Johns Hopkins University.

The U.S. journalists will focus on stories in Afghanistan, China, Lebanon, Liberia, Mexico, Senegal and South Africa.