[1]History & Political Science faculty members Laura Albright and Edward Frantz speak this morning to foreign journalists on a State Department press tour.
A group of 24 foreign journalists came to UIndy today for a crash course in U.S. politics and next week’s Indiana primary.
Hosted by the State Department, the reporters are on a week-long U.S. tour to cover the presidential campaigns. They represent print, broadcast and online news outlets across Asia, Europe, Africa and South America.
History [2] Professor Edward Frantz and Assistant Professor of Political Science [3] Laura Albright delivered a 90-minute morning presentation to the group, which also heard remarks from UIndy adjunct instructor and local political pundit Abdul-Hakim Shabazz.
During lunch in Esch Hall with faculty, staff and students, the journalists also got a firsthand lesson in municipal government from former Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard, now a Visiting Fellow [4] at UIndy’s Institute for Civic Leadership & Mayoral Archives [5].
[6]UIndy Visiting Fellow Greg Ballard shares some stories with foreign journalists as well as faculty and students over lunch in the Esch Hall atrium.