The Truth Wins Hearts and Minds: Journalist Exchange Shifts Views of U.S.

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Murrow participants from Africa work with a University of Minnesota student to make banners for the Gophers game that afternoon. Photo by Cynthia Norcross Willson

The world has never needed truth more than it does today, Secretary of State John Kerry remarked to a group of journalists earlier this month. His remarks came in early November 2016 at the beginning of the U.S. Department of State’s Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists, a 3-week professional exchange for journalists from around the world. Journalists are our truth-tellers and purveyors of nuance in a world becoming increasingly polarized. Continue  

Program Theme Spotlight: The Changing Face of Journalism

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IVLP visitors gather behind the newsdesk at KOMU Television in Columbia, Missouri.

Support for free and independent media has long served as a cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy. In releasing the 2015 U.S. Department of State Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, Secretary of State John Kerry focused on this point when he said “Far from threatening the democratic process, a free press and open civil society are the release valve and life blood of a thriving democracy.” Continue