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Mr. Porsch, Director of the Axel Springer School of Journalism
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May 11, 2005. Hamburg's Public Affairs Section hosted 21 young journalists and trainees of Axel Springer School of Journalism for a full day workshop. The journalists are staff writers at Springer Group dailies (Bild, Die Welt, Hamburger Abendblatt), weeklies (Bild am Sonntag, HörZu, Bildwoche, AutoBild, Bild der Frau, SportBild), and bi-weeklies (ComputerBild). The workshop covered U.S. public diplomacy, foreign policy, how a consulate works, and IRC and PA resources available to journalists. Highlights were a lively forum on the U.S. in the world with Consul General Duane C. Butcher and a one-hour DVC with Washington Foreign Press Center director Paul Denig. Denig explained how the Foreign Press Centers help foreign journalists and answered questions about how the State Department and U.S. government deal with the media in Washington. The school has already asked PA for a repeat session later in the year.
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