Murrow participants open a discussion at the University of Minnesota

The “Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists” is a specialized International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) for emerging leaders in the field of journalism that relies on an innovative public-private partnership between the U.S. Department of State, the Aspen Institute, and leading schools of journalism for its support. Since its inception in 2006, the U.S. Department of State’s Murrow Program has brought more than 450 journalists from around the world to examine journalistic principles and practices in the United States. Each year, leading journalists are nominated for participation by the U.S. Embassies in their home countries.

The 2009 Murrow Program, will occur from September 26 – October 17, 2009, and will bring over 150 international journalists from 100 countries to participate in this prestigious program. The 2009 participants have already been nominated and selected. After initial programming in Washington, D.C., the participants travel in smaller groups for academic seminars and field activities with faculty and students at one of the partner schools of journalism. The partner journalism schools design specialized curriculum for their international counterparts and generously contribute their resources, time and talent to make this program possible. The visitors also travel to contrasting American cities to gain an understanding of media coverage of state politics and government and to observe American civic life and grassroots involvement in political affairs in smaller towns. The program concludes in New York City, with visits to major media outlets and a symposium to highlight current trends and challenges facing the media in the United States and around the world.

Murrow Alumni Spotlight

Gul Ayaz (Pakistan)*
Farah Farouque (Australia)*
Aziz Sejai Rami (Morocco)*
Smita Sharma (India)*


Private Partnership Spotlight

Dr. Albert R. Tims*, University of Minnesota
Dr. Peter Gross*, University of Tennessee

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