A senior journalist, who works with a national daily, has been selected 2018 fellow for the Alfred Friendly Press Partners (AFPP) programme, a media announcement said on Tuesday. Gulam Jeelani is among the seven journalists from around the world selected for the six-month long Alfred Friendly fellowship programme in the US.
The fellowship includes training at the prestigious Missouri School of Journalism and working for a major US news organisation.
Six other journalists are from Ukraine, Sudan, Jordan and Mexico.
Jeelani, who is HT's part of the national news team, covers politics, development and socio-economic issues such as housing for the poor. He earned a Bachelor's degree and a Master’s in Journalism and Mass Communication from Aligarh Muslim University.