The Alfred Friendly Foundation is an American nonprofit foundation that awards

Alfred Friendly Alfred Friendly (December 30, 1911 – November 7, 1983) was an American journalist, editor and writer for ''The Washington Post''. He began his career as a reporter with the ''Post'' in 1939 and became Managing Editor in 1955. In 1967 he covere ...

Press Fellowships to journalists from nations in the developing world. The program is offered annually to approximately ten professional print journalists between the ages of 25 and 35, giving them a six-month, in-depth, practical introduction to the professional and ethical standards of the U.S. print media. The fellowships were created in 1984 by Alfred Friendly, a

Pulitzer Prize The Pulitzer Prize () is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made h ...

-winning reporter and former managing editor of the ''Washington Post''. Convinced that healthy democracies need strong, free media, Friendly conceived a fellowship program that would both impart American journalistic traditions and respond to worldwide interest in the dissemination of fair and accurate news. The

Daniel Pearl Foundation {{infobox organization , name = Daniel Pearl Foundation , image = Logo Daniel Pearl Foundation.png , size = 300px , abbreviation = , formation = 2002 , type = Non-profit , headquarters = Encino, CA, United States , ...

joined with AFPF in 2003 to offer special fellowships to honor the life and work of journalist

Daniel Pearl Daniel Pearl (October 10, 1963 – February 1, 2002) was an American journalist who worked for ''The Wall Street Journal.'' He was kidnapped and later decapitated by terrorists in Pakistan.' Pearl was born in Princeton, New Jersey, and rais ...

. Daniel Pearl Fellows have been placed with the Washington, D.C. bureau of the ''Wall Street Journal'', ''Los Angeles Times'', the ''Berkshire Eagle'' and ''North Adams Transcript''.

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Stephen Buckley Stephen Buckley (born 23 April 1959) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). His father, Brian Buckley, and brother, Mark Buckley Mark Buckley (born 25 ...

* Kenneth F. Bunting * Milton Coleman * Jonathan Friendly *

Nicholas Friendly Nicholas is a male given name and a surname. The Eastern Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Anglicanism, Anglican Churches celebrate Saint Nicholas every year on December 6, which is the name day for "Nicholas". In Greece, the n ...

Lucinda F. Murphy Lucinda may refer to: * Lucinda (given name), people with the given name ''Lucinda'' * Lucinda, Queensland, a town in Australia * ''Lucinda (steam yacht)'', a steam yacht of the Queensland Government * Lucinda (novel), ''Lucinda'' (novel), a novel ...

David Nalle David Nalle (November 2, 1924 – August 2, 2013) was an American diplomat, writer, lecturer, and the former editor of '' Central Asia Monitor''. Background Born in Philadelphia, Nalle interrupted studies in Engineering at Princeton Univer ...

* John M. Sirek *

Ellen Soeteber Ellen is a female given name, a diminutive of Elizabeth, Eleanor, Elena and Helen. Ellen was the 609th most popular name in the U.S. and the 17th in Sweden in 2004. People named Ellen include: *Ellen Adarna (born 1988), Filipino actress *Ellen A ...

* Randall Smith * Susan Talalay * Howard A. Tyner * Peter S. Young

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