''America Abroad'' was a monthly documentary radio program produced by America Abroad Media (AAM), a
Washington D.C.
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-based
non-profit organization
A nonprofit organization (NPO) or non-profit organisation, also known as a non-business entity, not-for-profit organization, or nonprofit institution, is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, in co ...
. The program was distributed by
Public Radio International (PRI) and broadcast on
public radio stations around the United States. Former hosts include
Madeleine Brand
Madeleine Brand is an American broadcast journalist and radio personality. Brand is the host of the news and culture show ''Press Play'', on KCRW-FM (89.9), one of Los Angeles' two National Public Radio (NPR) affiliates. The show made its debut ...
,
Hari Sreenivasan
Hariharan "Hari" Sreenivasan, born in 1974, is an American broadcast journalist.
Biography
Sreenivasan was born in Mumbai, India, around 1974.[Ray Suarez
Rafael Suarez, Jr. (born March 5, 1957), known as Ray Suarez, is an American broadcast journalist and author. He is currently a visiting professor at NYU Shanghai and was previously the John J. McCloy Visiting Professor of American Studies at Am ...]
. Each month, ''America Abroad'' worked with independent reporters from several countries.
''America Abroad'' began broadcasting on February 1, 2003, with a program on the
invasion of Iraq
The 2003 invasion of Iraq was a United States-led invasion of the Republic of Iraq and the first stage of the Iraq War. The invasion phase began on 19 March 2003 (air) and 20 March 2003 (ground) and lasted just over one month, including 26 ...
. The program was broadcast six times per year until it became a monthly program in September 2007. AAM was awarded $600,000 in 2007 by the
Hewlett Foundation
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, commonly known as the Hewlett Foundation, is a private foundation, established by Hewlett-Packard cofounder William Redington Hewlett and his wife Flora Lamson Hewlett in 1966. The Hewlett Foundation ...
for its radio programing particularly America Abroad.
''America Abroad'' ended in 2018.
References
External links
America Abroad Mediaat
Public Radio International
Public Radio International programs
2003 radio programme debuts
Documentary radio programs
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2018 radio programme endings