WFIU-Public Radio from Indiana University is currently airing two series that highlight Indiana in global news.
WFIU News Director Stan Jastrzebski is traveling with Holocaust survivor Eva Kor to Poland to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp (January 27, 2010).
Kor’s childhood experience as a prisoner of the camp led her to found and guide the C.A.N.D.L.E.S. Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Terre Haute.
In daily reports, Jastrzbeski will share his conversations with the students and teachers from Bloomington and Terre Haute who are making the trip and reporting on how the experience is shaping their understanding of history. The reports will air on WFIU the week of January 25th. Coverage can be found at wfiu.org/Poland/.
Additionally, throughout January WFIU is airing the second installment of Cultivating Afghanistan. This series features reports from author and journalist Douglas Wissing, who has been given extraordinary behind-the-scenes access as he covers the Indiana National Guard’s Agribusiness Development Team (ADT) pursuing their mission in Khost Province, one of the Afghan-Pakistani border region’s most dangerous hotspots.
The ADT’s men and women have used their varied civilian expertise—especially in agriculture—to win the trust of the Afghan rural population wavering between the influence of the Taliban and Kabul’s American-backed national government.
Reports air weekly on WFIU and can be heard online. Through the coverage of the Hoosier citizen-soldiers’ experiences, listeners gain unique insights into the U.S. counterinsurgency in Afghanistan, as well as an understanding of the challenges the soldiers and their families face.
About both projects, WFIU Station Manager Christina Kuzmych writes “These projects show how effectively public radio can tell the Hoosier story both locally and abroad.”
Both projects are funded through various grants.
Support for the Auschwitz project comes from the following Indiana University programs: the West European Studies Center, the Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism of the Robert A. and Sandra S. Borns Jewish Studies Program, the Germanic Studies Program, the Polish Studies Center, the Russian and East European Institute, Annette Alpert and Darrell Haile, and the Department of History.
Support for Cultivating Afghanistan comes from the Indiana University Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center, the Office of International Programs, and the Center for Languages of the Central Asian Region (CELCAR)
About WFIU:
WFIU—Public Radio from Indiana University—is your local source for classical music, jazz and news. WFIU is an NPR affiliate serving central and southern Indiana and is committed to quality broadcasting without commercial interruption. WFIU is a member of Indiana Public Broadcasting Stations (IPBS), a consortium of public radio and television stations dedicated to serving the citizens of Indiana.
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