For the 14th year in a row, the Radio and Television News Directors Foundation will conduct a two-week, expenses-paid fellowship to Germany this fall for broadcast journalists. Sponsored by the RIAS Berlin Commission, the German/American Journalist Exchange Program will run from September 29th through October 13th, featuring 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.
The following 12 individuals have been selected to participate in the program this fall:
Cheryl Bacon, video editor, KTTV/KCOP TV
Doris Bergman, producer, NY1 News
Deb Brunswick, news assistant, CNN
Noel Cisneros, reporter, KGO-TV
Kathy-Ann Gobin, producer, WTNH-TV
Deanne Goodman, anchor/reporter, KTVZ-TV
David Louie, business editor, KGO-TV
Paul Martella, associate producer, KTTV
Petra Mayer, associate producer, NPR
Sandy Rathbun, reporter, KVOA-TV
Marilyn Torres, reporter, RCN News
Robert Wilson, reporter, KSFY-TV
