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David Coffey (left) accepts the American University-Associated Press Foreign Internship Award from School of Communication Professor Bill Gentile. Coffey, who is finishing a graduate degree in Journalism at AU, is leaving this week for a three-month internship with the AP in Bangkok, Thailand.

An Iranian-American journalist who was sentenced to eight years in jail on charges of spying for Washington was released Monday after an appeals court reduced the sentence, her lawyer said.
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Ever since it launched 30 months ago, the Al Jazeera English news channel has been embraced widely, picking up viewers in more than 100 countries. The notable exception: the United States, where AJE -- an offshoot of the pioneering, pan-Arabic al-Jazeera network -- has been all but ignored by cable and satellite companies, some apparently concerned about al-Jazeera's alleged anti-American bias.

Iran has sentenced an Iranian-American journalist, Roxana Saberi, to eight years in prison after convicting her of spying for the United States, her lawyer said Saturday.
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Almost every violent national conflict is retained in the public consciousness through an emblematic image which captures the essence of the story.
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SOC graduate Danielle Desnoyers arrived in Cairo in September 2008 with no job and only the contacts she made through Prof. Gentile's Foreign Correspondence class. Shortly after she began working as a freelance photojournalist with the Associated Press. She also began to freelance with the International Herald Tribune's paper in Cairo, the Daily News Egypt. Making connections through Cairo's tight-knit expat community, she was able to start proofreading and editing at a few magazines, as well.

Our Ted Delaney interviewed NBC News digital journalist Mara Schiavocampo recently about her leap into working in multiple media.
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Foreign correspondence, I explained, is not as foreign as it used to be. “There, not here,” is over.
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Kelly Moynihan graduated from American University in 2008 with a major in Journalism and a minor in Spanish Language. Originally from New Jersey, Moynihan moved to Costa Rica in January to improve her Spanish skills. She is currently freelancing for the Tico Times, an English language newspaper in founded in 1956 by U.S. newswoman Elizabeth Dyer.
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As editor of Barricada in the 1980s, Chamorro said he practiced self-censorship in defense of the revolution.
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