Former President Leonel Fernandez has signed a memorandum of understanding with the City University of New York (CUNY) journalism school on behalf of the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (Funglode) for the future signing of cooperation agreements between both institutions.
The CUNY Graduate School of Journalism and Funglode agreed to explore ways of working jointly on educational programs.
On Tuesday, 26 April 2016, CUNY J-School Dean Sarah Bartlett and Leonel Fernandez signed the “Statement of Shared Interest” that could lead to a future agreement for developing curriculum and training journalists in the Dominican Republic or at CUNY.
The statement also mentions the possibility of finding students and scholarship funding for the CUNY J-School’s new Spanish-language concentration, which will train bilingual journalists to cover Hispanic communities both in the US and abroad.
CUNY J-School Inks Agreement with Dominican Foundation to Explore Joint Educational Pursuits
http://www.elnuevodiario.com.do/app/article.aspx?id=476054
http://www.journalism.cuny.edu/academics/subject-concentrations/spanish-language-journalism/
