The Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program at University of Maryland

Scholarships available for foreign journalism students studying for their Master's in the United States

You can learn more about the mission here: https://foreignpresscorrespondents.org

More about the awards here: https://foreignpresscorrespondents.org/foreignpressawards

And, about last year’s awardees here: https://foreignpresscorrespondents.org/scholarshipawardees2019

Foreign Press Correspondents Association in the USA The Association of Foreign Press Correspondents in the United States represents the foreign press and foreign correspondents working in the USA.

FYI Fellows

The Forensic Methods Reporters Are Using to Reveal Attacks by Security Forces - Global Investigative Journalism Network The excessive force used against anti-racism protesters around the world, in the wake of the killing of George Floyd in the US, reveals the need for more visual forensic skills in newsrooms to hold police to account. GIJN identified 12 tools and 12 methods that proved effective in several recent inv...

Marty Baron, Executive Editor of The Washington Post mentions our Humphrey Fellow Andras Petho during his Harvard University Commencement Speech!!! Congrats Andras! who is currently a Neiman Fellow at Harvard University.

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How To Recognize A Fake News Story 9 helpful tips to stop yourself from sharing false information.

A two part series written by our Fellow Hitender Rao published on Voice of America

How Indian Doctors Get a Medical License in the US In India, it is quite an achievement to graduate from medical school, given that many students come from modest socio-economic backgrounds. It’s an even higher hurdle for foreign medical graduates to turn that degree into a license to practice medicine in the U.S. “For a [foreign medical graduat...

A two part series written by our Fellow Hitender Rao published on Voice of America

Doctors from India Frustrated by Visa Issues NOTE TO READERS: This story is Part 1 of a two-part series. Bijender Kumar, the son of a farmer in India's northern state of Haryana, came to the U.S. on an H-1B visa in 2007 after graduating from medical school in India. Dr.

Our Fellow Maggie Michael has a new investigative story published by the Pulitzer Center.
Congratulations Maggie!

European Money Spawns more Misery for Migrants in Libya The misery of migrants in Libya has spawned a thriving and highly lucrative business, in part funded by the EU and enabled by the United Nations, an Associated Press investigation has found.

Our Fellow Ana María Avila (09-10) has been selected as a Knight-Wallace Fellow and will spend the next year at the University of Michigan. Ana is one of Mexico's best journalists and is the deputy director of Newsweek in Mexico. We are so very happy and proud... huge congratulations Ana!

University of Michigan names Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellows ANN ARBOR—The University of Michigan has named 17 journalists as Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellows for the 2019-20 academic year. The accomplished group includes journalists from countries facing extreme political upheaval, cities facing transformational change, and organizations confronting shif