On a grant from the U.S. Embassy in Moldova, Julia Barton worked as a consultant to help the town of Giurgiulesti set up a journalism program at its local school. The project is in conjunction with the Peace Corps and the journalism program at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Giurgiulesti, on the border with Romania and Ukraine, is remote from much of Moldova and lacks local media. The website RadioGiurgiu.com (in Romanian, English translation available) represents the first attempt at doing local stories since Soviet times.

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