Commending TFAS for an Exemplary EJI 2009

01Sep

Commending TFAS for an Exemplary EJI 2009

By Rhea B. Peñaflor

I am so happy to be an official alumna of The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) after completing the 2009 European Journalism Institute (EJI). TFAS did a great job in organizing EJI and I commend the EJI Staff and Faculty namely Laura Kelly, Michelle Jeffress Le and Martina Marečková for an exemplary journalism program.

It is both a privilege and a responsibility to be chosen as among the EJI scholars recently held in Prague, Czech Republic from July 11-18, 2009.

Being the first-ever Filipino recipient of the EJI, I tried to prepare myself for the program as we were given some readings by Prof. Laura Kelly on Principles of Journalism, Core Values of Global Professionalmore than a week. And that was what I did when I was in Prague.
The European Journalism Institute

The European Journalism Institute was launched in July 2004 by The Fund for American Studies (TFAS), a non-profit educational organization based in Washington, DC. It was founded in 1967 to instill in college students an appreciation for the traditional principles that underlie the American political and economic systems. TFAS sponsors eleven institutes that educate more than 700 students each year. More than 10,000 students from over 100 countries have attended TFAS programs. The EJI is created in response to a growing recognition that journalists must be empowered with the knowledge and skills needed to objectively and ethically report stories with credible and meaningful information. EJI believes that as economic growth advances,