Congratulations on your selection as an East-West Center Jefferson Fellow. The Jefferson Fellowships were established in 1967 with the vision of bringing together journalists from Asia, the Pacific and the United States for cooperative study and exchange in order to enhance public understanding through the news media of the issues and trends in this vital region. We believe that this vision is as important today as ever, with constraints on newsrooms for first-hand international experiences, and globalization creating even more need for understanding and knowledge of one another.