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International Educators Meet President Carter June 13, 2007 On May 13th, International Education Program (IEP) fellows currently studying at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia traveled to the town of Plains, where they met with President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn. While in Plains, IEP fellows had the opportunity to attend President Carter's Sunday School Class at Maranatha Baptist Church.	Grants available to Arab TV companies to produce local content March 29, 2007 Independent Arab television news producers will be able to obtain financial support for their research and productions again this year. The TV Production Fund Small Grants awards will be made under the MENA MEDIA program, administered through IREX and AmmanNet and funded by the US Department of State Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI).
Eighteen Arab Media Managers to be selected for a six-week fellowship in the United States March 26, 2007 Arab media managers and supervisors will have a unique opportunity this fall to enhance their leadership skills and find innovative solutions to the challenges they face in media management through a comprehensive six-week fellowship that will include intense training at the prestigious Northwestern University Media Management Center in the Chicago suburb of Evanston, Illinois and on-site placements at US media outlets across the country.	MENA MEDIA Emerging Leaders Fellowship: Twelve mid-career Arab media professionals to win a three-month fellowship in the United States April 11, 2006 Arab journalists and editors will have a unique opportunity this fall to improve their media management skills through a comprehensive three-month fellowship that will include academic training with the prestigious Northwestern University in Chicago and on-site assignments at American media companies.
MENA MEDIA TV Production Fund: Small Grants Available to Arab TV Companies to Produce Local Content March 16, 2006 Independent Arab television news producers will be able to obtain financial support for their research and productions this year. The TV Production Fund Small Grants awards will be made under the MENA MEDIA program, administered through the International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX) and AmmanNet, and funded by the US Department of State Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI).	Access to Information in Morocco: Centre for Media Freedom Report Recommends Steps towards Reform November 11, 2005 The Casablanca-based Centre for Media Freedom in the Middle East and North Africa (CMF MENA), an IREX grantee, has published a report "The Right of Access to Information in Morocco."
International Media Conference in Morocco Promotes Free and Professional Media May 24, 2005 A producer from the Aljazeera Arabic news satellite channel debates with a young Afghan journalist about reporting in conflict environments.	IREX Organizes Middle East Conference on Development of Independent Media December 9, 2004 by Michael Clarke IREX recently organized and hosted a State Department Middle East Partnership Initiative and USAID-funded workshop, “Strategies for Sustainable Media Development for the Middle East and North Africa,” in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE).