Commonwealth Press Union

The stories here were written by former CPU, Harry Brittain or Gordon Fisher Fellows as well as media consultants and journalists who have travelled overseas on behalf of the CPU

	Reflections on a 1961 Fellowship To say my 1961 Commonwealth Press Union (CPU) Founder's Fellowship changed my life personally and professionally in many ways, is not to wax lyrical with exaggeration, but simply to state the truth. Read Jonathon Stone's story

	Putting children's health on the news agenda in Pakistan What a welcome I received in Pakistan. I have run eight courses for CPU in the last decade and I have never been greeted more warmly. Jeremy Laurance reports

	The African paradise ravaged by roses Lake Naivasha in Kenya is where most of the flowers bought on Valentine's Day are grown. As part of the CPU's environmental reporting course in February, Ochieng' Ogodo and John Vidal filed this report on the ecological and human costs. Read their story.

	Carnival, Cocaine & Kidnap How a CPU course on sensitive reporting found a case study that was all too real. Simon Rogers reports.

Writing Wrongs By Andy Martin, News Editor, The Bournemouth Echo, UK 27 February 2007 Click here to read the article

Colin Chapman reflects on how much business journalism has grown in recent years. Click here to read the article

65 year old Felicia stands in a dustblown field in eastern Accra, proudly showing off the clinic named after her youngest child. Read Jeremy Laurance's story.

Investigative journalism in the newsroom. Gareth Weekes delivers another online newsroom management course for the CPU. Read his comments

	Of saris, sneakers and a kiss on the cheek If you ask me what the most diffficult part of this fellowship has been, I'd say leaving my three-year-old baby to travel half way across the world... Read the rest of HBF2005 Rachna Rawat's story, click here.

	The inspiring spirit of London Big cities have bigger vision and a big heart. It goes for London too. Read Farhat Anis' story.

10 years on - an aussie at the wedding AN AUSSIE AT THE WEDDING The Courier-Mail's associate editor Peter Charlton was one of 60 journalists from around the world inside St Paul's Cathedral for the wedding. He remembers that day well. By Peter Charlton (1978 Harry Brittain Fellow)

Northern Ireland vs South Africa
You say troubles, we said unrest. We had apartheid and you have religion, so different and yet so the same. Or is it?
Read the rest of HBF2004 Kay Karriem's story, click here.

Beware the sleeping giant in paradise
Francis Pabai, HBF2004, compares Northern Ireland with West Africa.

One week in Blackpool at the Gazette
HBF2004, Wilton Mamba from Swaziland, spends time by the sea for the first time in his life. Read his story here.

'Malawi - The Aids Nightmare'

Jeremy Laurance, Health Editor, The Independent, London conducted a regional workshop in Blantyre, Malawi, 9 to 13 February 2003.

Safety First

Glenda Cooper, BBC 24 journalist, went to Bangladesh for the CPU.