Grantmakers in the News
July 1, 2003
Daniel Pearl Fellowship Established To Train Foreign Journalists Under
Auspices of Alfred Friendly Press Fellowships Program
The Alfred Friendly Press Fellowships (AFPF), and the Daniel Pearl Foundation, recently established a fellowship to honor the life and work of journalist Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal South Asia bureau chief who was kidnapped and murdered in Pakistan last year. The purpose of this special fellowship is to promote press freedom and foster East-West understanding.
Fasih Ahmed, an editor from Pakistan for the Friday Times and Daily Times, was awarded the inaugural Daniel Pearl Fellowship in June. For five months, Ahmed will be a member of The Wall Street Journal’s Washington, D.C. bureau where Daniel Pearl worked as a reporter from 1993 until 1996.
Ahmed, and nine other journalists, comprise the 20th class of Alfred Friendly Fellows. Like their 214 predecessors, including six from Pakistan, these journalists will learn firsthand the practical realities of journalism in the United States and the role it plays in society. The Fellows are exposed to new and different journalistic ideas and apply what they learn to the operations of their own news organizations once they return home.
The Alfred Friendly Foundation
is located at:
1645 31st Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20007
Telephone: 202-416-1691
E-mail: AFPF@aol.com
URL: http://www.pressfellowships.org/
Application address:
c/o Alfred Friendly Press Fellowships
2000 L Street, N.W., Suite 200
Washington, DC 20036
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