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USC Annenberg’s 2025 Specialized Reporting: Religion Cohort

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Ten students traveling to Germany to examine and write articles about extremism, authoritarianism and antisemitism through studying religion, culture and politics. Follow our starter pack to learn and read more:

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Benjamin Royer @thebenroyer.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Spent the afternoon at TuS Makkabi Berlin e.V., a fifth-division football club and the only with Jewish identity in Berlin. Makkabi Berlin defeated TSG Nuestrelitz 3-2. Story to eventually come on football and Jewry in modern-day Germany.
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USC Annenberg’s 2025 Specialized Reporting: Religion Cohort @usc-585.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
On Friday, we traveled to Abgeordnetenhaus Berlin, the state parliament building. We spoke to and interviewed Ronald Gläser, an AfD state parliamentarian, as well as the CDU’s Roman Simon, an MP for Germany’s leading party.
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USC Annenberg’s 2025 Specialized Reporting: Religion Cohort @usc-585.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
We met tonight with Deborah Feldman, the writer of “Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots” and “Judenfetisch.”
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USC Annenberg’s 2025 Specialized Reporting: Religion Cohort @usc-585.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Walking tour to start our first full day in Berlin:
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Benjamin Royer @thebenroyer.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
We made it to Berlin — and are on our way to dinner with the Irish Times’ Berlin correspondent Derek Scally.
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USC Annenberg’s 2025 Specialized Reporting: Religion Cohort @usc-585.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
We ran into Annenberg professor Afua Hirsch before boarding our flight to Munich, Germany! Next up: Berlin ✈️🇩🇪
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