JOURNALISM

2011 Daniel Pearl Journalism Fellows and Public Discussion

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   LECTURES AND DIALOGUES

9th Annual Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture at UCLA With Leon Wieseltier

Judea Pearl Lectures, Awards and Op-Eds

   TRIBUTES AND AWARDS

Daniel Pearl Award for Courage and Integrity in Journalism –
     Los Angeles Press Club – Los Angeles, California

Daniel Pearl Prizes – Wall Street Journal & Sciences Po – Paris France

Daniel Pearl Berkshire Scholarship – North Adams Transcript and
     Berkshire Eagle – Pittsfield, Massachusetts

Daniel Pearl Investigative Journalism Initiative Award – Moment
     Magazine – Washington, DC

2011 DANIEL PEARL JOURNALISM FELLOWS AND PUBLIC DISCUSSION
 

The Daniel Pearl Journalism Fellows come from countries in the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia, which Danny covered as a journalist, to work for six months at major U.S. newsrooms and experience the dynamics of a free press. Each Fellow also spends one week at The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles. The fellowship is run in partnership with Alfred Friendly Press Fellowships.

We are very proud of the achievements and courageous choices made by our Daniel Pearl Fellows. They have attained high level positions, received prestigious awards, made courageous stands that involved personal risk, and impacted their communities. For updates on our fellows from Yemen, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, UAE/Jordan, Nepal, Malaysia and Pakistan click here.

PEARL Youth News is a web-based journalism course and international youth news service for high school/secondary school students, who aspire to be PEARL Youth Reporters and publish articles on the PEARL Youth News Website. The course places an emphasis on truth and integrity in reporting, with Daniel Pearl serving as a role model. It also provides the students with the opportunity to interact with other student reporters worldwide. Students may register to become PEARL Youth Reporters by successfully completing an online certification course and publishing their first article on the PEARL Youth News website. The certification course aspires to take students beyond media literacy and help them get started as international correspondents by introducing them to the ethics of journalism and reporting techniques, such as writing leads, finding sources and conducting interviews. The class is offered multiple times throughout the year, with the first one to be launched shortly. For further information, visit www.pearlyouthnews.org.

9th ANNUAL DANIEL PEARL MEMORIAL LECTURE AT UCLA

On February 10, 2011, Leon Wieseltier, literary editor of The New Republic, delivered the 9th Annual Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture to a full capacity audience at UCLA on the topic “Peace Process or War Process? The Defeat of Reason in the Middle East.” Speaking during a period of transition and uncertainty in the Middle East (on the day President Mubarak resigned,) Wieseltier focused his lecture on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the two-state solution, the concept of nationhood, and presented thought-provoking insights on the current stalemate. He also addressed recent events in Egypt and the Middle East in a lively Q&A session with the audience. Wieseltier concluded the lecture with a moment of hope, stating that peace, while sometimes elusive, is possible. Press coverage and video and audio of the full lecture are available here.

DANIEL PEARL ANNUAL AWARD FOR COURAGE AND INTEGRITY IN JOURNALISM - LOS ANGELES PRESS CLUB - LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

On June 26, 2011, Richard Engel, NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent, received the 2011 Daniel Pearl Award for Courage and Integrity at the 53rd Annual Southern California Journalism Awards at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. Recently, Engel was with Libyan rebels south of Benghazi when they came under fire by Gaddafi forces. The inaugural presentation of this annual award was given posthumously to Daniel Pearl in 2002.

DANIEL PEARL PRIZES - WALL STREET JOURNAL AND SCIENCES PO - PARIS FRANCE

On May 30, 2011, The Wall Street Journal, in collaboration with the School of Journalism Sciences Po in Paris, presented Daniel Pearl Prizes to three students whose reporting best embodied Danny's commitment to journalistic excellence. First place winner Hugo Passarello Luna received 1000 Euros for “In Buenos Aires Slum, Dreaming of Paris.” Bruno Dusaussoy came in second place with “No Recession for the Soup Kitchens of the 6th Arrondissement,” and the third place prize went to Lauriane David for “Between France and Africa.”

DANIEL PEARL BERKSHIRE SCHOLARSHIP - NORTH ADAMS TRANSCRIPT AND BERKSHIRE EAGLE - PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS

Zachary S. Robarge was awarded the 9th Annual Daniel Pearl Berkshire Scholarship. This $1,000 scholarship is given annually to a Berkshire area high school student who intends to follow one of Daniel Pearl’s twin passions of music and journalism. Zachary plans to major in music and music education at the University of Massachusetts and hopes to use this universal language to “broadcast messages of peace to people from all over the world.” This scholarship was established by Danny’s friends and the North Adams Transcript / Berkshire Eagle, where Danny started his journalism career.

DANIEL PEARL INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM INITIATIVE AWARD - MOMENT MAGAZINE - WASHINGTON DC

Emily Keeler Alhadeff, Assistant Editor for JTNews in Seattle, was awarded the inaugural Daniel Pearl Investigative Journalism Initiative Award by Moment Magazine. This award is designed to provide young journalists with the opportunity to research and write in-depth stories about modern manifestations of anti-Semitism and other deeply-ingrained prejudices. The winner is assigned a mentor for eight months and receives a $5,000 stipend.

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