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International Education Week: An American Student in China November 14, 2011 by Annie Curran Annie Curran is a senior at Annandale High School and the Editor-in-Chief of its newspaper. This past summer, she and five other Annandale students traveled to Lanzhou, China, to participate in an IREX journalism program with 100 of their Chinese peers.	IREX Releases 2011 Annual Report November 14, 2011 Our work today reaches and helps more people than ever before in our history. These stories highlight just a handful of the 300,000 people IREX has helped this year.
Reflections of a Voter November 6, 2011 by Bill Burke Reflections of a Voter in Liberia's presidential elections October 2011	Happy 50th Anniversary USAID November 4, 2011 by W. Robert Pearson Congratulations to USAID on its 50th Anniversary
Media and Civil Society Efforts Help Liberia Hold Free, Fair, and Peaceful Elections November 4, 2011 In October, for just the second time since its 14 year long civil war ended, Liberians went to the polls to elect a president and national legislature. This test was widely seen as a crucial step in sustaining democracy in a nation where fears of renewed violence have been widespread.	Kosovo Serb News Networks Continue to Expand Their Reach October 26, 2011 by Andrew Clayton "In the house we have two televisions. On one them the children watch cartoons, while on my TV in the kitchen I watch mainly local news. I do watch RTS, Prva TV and B92, but on these TV stations there are fewer reports from Kosovo. If I want to find out about the electricity supply, water, or heating I get the information from TV Most, while on TV Herc I like debates and news from southern Kosovo.” Maja Guberinic, Mitrovica
IREX Congratulates Our Partner, Tawakul Karman, and her fellow Nobel Peace Prize Winners October 7, 2011 IREX congratulates Nobel Peace Prize winners Tawakul Karman from Yemen, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, and Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee. They exemplify the power of women civil society leaders to be true peacemakers and embody the focus of IREX's work in gender, conflict resolution, media and civil society development.	Liberia Votes: IREX Works with Civil Society and Media for Peaceful Elections October 3, 2011 The world is anxiously watching to see how the October 11 presidential elections in post-conflict Liberia will proceed. The country has come far in its post-conflict recovery, but even with substantial international resources and development, the potential for violence remains a reality. IREX is working to sustain peace in Liberia through a program to inform and engage its citizens.
Right to Know Day: Access to Information Rights September 28, 2011 by Drusilla Menaker When I began working with journalists, editors and civil society leaders- and the public they serve- in countries where media freedom is not a given, one of the first things I noticed was the low expectations that government should be accountable to its citizens. As a taxpayer and voter in the United States, I have a very vivid perception that I own a share of what government does and that I have a right to know in almost all cases how it goes about it. This is more often not the case in many of the countries in which we work where free elections, strong independent media, and basic individual rights are lacking.	Engaging Local Communities in Chad through Radio September 16, 2011 by Jocelyn Grange Jocelyn Grange, a media consultant working for IREX in Chad, writes about two community radio stations and the dedicated journalists who keep them running in spite of limited resources.