1. Ramma Explores Journalism in America

2. Fostering Change through Peace Journalism

   Building on the skills and interests he developed during his participation in the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program, Steven has become a leader in the field of peace journalism.

3. Mandela Washington Fellow Oluwatoyosi Ogunseye Receives 2014 Knight International Journalism Award

   Nigerian Mandela Washington Fellow Oluwatoyosi Ogunseye received the award two weeks before she embarked on her fellowship experience in the U.S. with the Young African Leaders Initiative.

4. Mentoring the Next Generation of Vietnamese Journalists

   After returning from her Fulbright exchange, Thuy saw a need for more training and mentoring for young journalists and journalism students in Vietnam.

5. Filipino Student Discovers America Beyond the Media

   “My views changed in a positive way..."

6. Lutfi Dervishi

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   Lutfi

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   Content created by Virtual Intern  Kristin Mitra

   Prior to his visit to the United States in 2002, Lutfi Dervishi was working as the Editor-in-Chief at "Albania," a newspaper in Tirana. When he came to the U.S., he participated in an International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) titled, "U.S. Foreign Policy Structures," during which he developed a stronger interest in U.S. foreign policy, especially as it relates to the Balkans. Dervishi describes the impact IVLP had on his career as "immense in a different way," noting that the experience magnified his interest in and understanding of foreign policy.

   After his return, Dervishi began working in public television, where he organized a series of talk shows about U.S.-Albania relations and dispelled existing rumors regarding American foreign policy. He is now one of Albania's leading media experts and helps mold future journalists as a professor at the University of Tirana in Albania's most prominent journalism program. His influence doesn't stop at the university level; Dervishi is a founding member of the U.S. Embassy-supported Investigative Journalism Lab, which focuses on teaching transparency and investigative journalism skills to aspiring young journalists.

   Through his teaching and experiences, Lutfi Dervishi has improved the quality of Albanian journalism and built a more transparent way to keep citizens informed.

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   Albania

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   Dervishi

   IVLP Alumni

7. Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists

   Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists brings 75 emerging leaders from around the world to examine journalistic practices in the United States.

8. A Lesson in Politics and Compassion

   It’s just amazing to learn how the government works here. I was a legislative page for two weeks in the state legislature and that was something I never imagined.

9. Photographer in Bangladesh

   Interactive Media teacher Geoffrey Hiller reflects on his time in Bangladesh.

10. Ellada Mustafayeva

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    Ellada

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    Ellada Mustafayeva is a media project manager, trainer, and highly respected public relations professional working with both public and private sector clients in Azerbaijan. Mustafayeva graduated from Baku State University with a Master’s degree in International Journalism and was selected to participate in a 2017 International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) on Sports Management and Sports as a Tool for Social Change in the United States. Mustafayeva says her IVLP was a life-changing experience, and she returned home bursting with new ideas and the confidence to take on the biggest challenge of her career – co-founding the first Master’s in Sports Journalism program in the Caucasus region.

    Since its inception, the program has made significant progress on its main three goals: to deliver world-class English-language journalism education, to meaningfully assist the development of Azerbaijan's sports sector, and to establish Baku as an international center of excellence for sports journalism. Graduates of the program have secured positions with media outlets, and the overall master’s program has won awards for innovation in education.

    Mustafayeva maintains contact with many of her fellow participants from the IVLP and looks forward to returning to the United States to renew connections. As a member of the U.S.-Educated Azerbaijani Alumni Association, Ellada Mustafayeva is using sports journalism as a platform to build effective networks and bring our countries closer together.

    Edited by Virtual Interns Regina Navarro-Gomez and Kristin Mitra

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    Ellada's IVLP was about Sports Management and Sports as a Tool for Social Change in the U.S. Her objectives were to gain exposures to federal laws to ensure representation from disadvantages populations, examine the best practices for public private partnerships in developing local sport leagues, fundraising strategies, and the role of sports media in events, explore the role of sports education programs in the sports industry, and observe programs that are aimed at women/people with disability representation.

    Through IVLP, she has gained skills that helped her with managing the first Sports Journalism master's program in Caucasus.

    Home Country

    Azerbaijan

    Last name

    Mustafayeva

    IVLP Alumni

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