Berne, 19 Nov. -Anthony Adornato, an associate professor of broadcast and digital journalism (BDJ) in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, has been named a Fulbright Specialist to train journalists in Kosovo on best practices for reporting across platforms, announces the Swiss newspaper in Albanian Le Canton27.ch.
The BDJ department chair, Adornato will travel to the southeast European country in the summer of 2025 for the nearly three-week Fulbright Specialist assignment. Adornato will train staff at Radio Television of Kosovo on new trends in media and communication.
According to the Swiss newspaper Le Canton27.ch, the Specialist Program, which is part of the larger Fulbright Program, was established in 2001 by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. It is designed to provide opportunities for short-term academic collaboration (two to six weeks) for faculty and professionals from the United States.
Previously, Adornato was named a Fulbright Scholar in 2020 and spent a semester teaching and conducting research at universities in Milan. Adornato explored the impact of mobile and social media on journalism and journalism education in Italy.