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Alan Bjerga
Affiliation during program: Knight Ridder newspapers
Country Focus: China

	Program: Fall 2005 [email protected]

Alan Bjerga is a Washington correspondent for The Wichita Eagle, and has been based in the Knight Ridder Newspapers Washington bureau since 2001. He covers a wide range of issues of interest to his Kansas audience, including aerospace and agriculture. In 2005 he won the Glenn R. Cunningham award as the top farm writer in the United States. He is also lead editor of The Almanac of the Unelected, an annual guide to Capitol Hill staff, and contributes to The Washington Monthly magazine. Previously, he reported on aerospace and energy issues in Wichita, and also covered business for the Argus Leader of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He began his journalism career with the Saint Paul Pioneer Press. He holds a bachelor's degree in History and English literature from Concordia College and a master's in Mass Communication from the University of Minnesota.

Stories
	· Trade Ties that Bind
	· At First Private School, Chinese Learn to Fly
	· China Takes Flight
	· China Expands Aviation Work
	· China Link May Create Kansas Jobs
	· Fort Hays Gives Students in China a Foothold to Success
	· Mission Unlocks China Market
	· Kansas, China Build Trade Ties
	· China's Numbers Can Boggle the Mind
	· In China, Making Connections is Key
	· New Doors May Open for China
	· China Reaches for the Sky

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