Professional Workshops

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Program Director

Join us for our summer workshops on science, journalism, energy, migration and poverty. Led by the Institute’s program directors and their skilled teams, the workshops offer content-rich, hands-on sessions for mid-career professionals.

We’ll hear the latest research and opinions from public, private and academic experts working in the region. Then we’ll head for the U.S.-Mexico border and Tijuana so you can see firsthand the massive flow of trucks, cars and people that make San Diego-Tijuana the world’s busiest border crossing. But that’s not all. We’ll host social events, too, so you can meet the vibrant people who live and work in our border region.

We conduct our workshops in Spanish and they are designed especially for Latin American participants. You’ll meet journalists, legislators, non-profit leaders, academics, researchers, government officials and company executives from countries such as  Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Peru and Nicaragua.

Last year, more than 125 professionals joined us at IOA workshops.

Applications are now being accepted for Summer 2008.

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Winners of Jack F. Ealy Scholarship announced

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The Institute of the Americas announces the winners of 15 full scholarships to the fifth annual Jack F. Ealy Workshop on Science Journalism to be held July 9-18.

This year’s winners of the scholarship funded by the Fundacion Ealy Ortiz were chosen from among 275 print, radio and television journalists reporting throughout the Western Hemisphere.

 The workshop and the Ealy scholarship, which are designed to encourage in-depth, comprehensive coverage of science, health and environmental issues, were initiated by Juan Francisco Ealy Ortiz, president of the board of Mexico City-based El Universal in honor of his late father, Jack F. Ealy.  

To see the complete list of this year’s winners, click here

To read news stories by this year’s Ealy winners, click:
Environment Stories   |   Health Stories

To view television stories broadcast by this year’s winners, click:
Sábalos de la Maldad Parte1  |  Sábalos de la Maldad Parte2
Orlando debe Nacer/Seccion Salud © Televisa,2008

To view a video of last year’s Jack F. Ealy Science Journalism Program, click:    Part 1  |   Part 2 

The migration of HIV/AIDS: Reporting the human side from the
U.S-Mexico border
August 9-11, 2008
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Courtesy of PrevenCasa,Tijuana, Mexico 

They won’t be in Mexico City in August at the global HIV/AIDS meeting.

Those most vulnerable to AIDS, tuberculosis, and sexually transmitted diseases -- the drug users and the prostitutes -- will be living in storm drains and on the streets of Tijuana, places reporters and policymakers rarely visit. 

Join us in Tijuana to cover the human side of the story during our three-day field reporting workshop with health care workers and investigators and meet those most vulnerable to these rapidly rising diseases in the
border region.

Why Poverty Persists and What we Can do About It
August 17-23, 2008
Innovative Local Programs to Address Poverty
Contact: Lee Tablewski
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Photo by Luis J. Jiménez

We all agree that poverty plagues our region, that the gap between rich and poor is widening despite globalization. But what can be done to improve the lives of millions in Latin America and the Caribbean?

We’ll meet with experts, government officials, business leaders and representatives of NGOs who have built successful anti-poverty programs. They’ll help us come up with new ideas for developing realistic community-level programs to create jobs and reduce poverty. We’ll talk with specialists about micro-credits and training programs and we'll have sessions with leaders who can explain how they’ve helped people in their communities take control of their economic lives.

 
The Latino Vote: Why it will Affect the Outcome of the U.S.
Presidential election
 Sept. 8-12, 2008
Contact: Daniela Kelly
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Latinos, who now number 46 million or roughly 15 percent of the U.S. population,  account for 9 percent of this country’s eligible voters. That’s why political analysts say Latinos could be the “swing vote” in the fiercely fought presidential election.

We’ll turn our attention in the timely session to this pivotal block of voters who will help choose the next U.S president. We’ll get the latest polls, commentary and research from our panel of experts, who are taking the political pulse of the nation’s Latino communities.

Some 57 percent of registered Latino voters call themselves Democrats or identify with the Democratic Party. Roughly 23 percent say they favor the Republican Party.

How will they vote on Election Day? Will they help send presumptive Republican candidate John McCain to the White House? Or will Latinos choose the Democratic candidate for president?

Come and hear what political analysts, reporters, pollsters and academics have to say in these final weeks before the election.