Nonprofit for new media approaches

Schnellinger and Willard have long supported efforts to raise the standards in media. Their work with NearMedia and before has always highlighted raising the bar…

Senior Adviser to UPI Next

Schnellinger served as senior adviser to the media development division of United Press International in Washington, D.C., from January 2011 to July 2014. Designed strategy…

Building the media in Afghanistan

In 2002-04, as Country Director and Training Director for IWPR in Afghanistan, Schnellinger: Conceived, designed, and supervised startup of Pajhwok, first independent Afghan news agency, funded…

Coverage of Afghanistan’s first presidential elections

In the year of Afghanistan’s first presidential elections, Schnellinger created a team of Afghan journalism trainers, and led efforts to train dozens of journalists across…

Armenia and Georgia voter education

During national and local elections in 2002, Schnellinger organized and managed production of print supplements in Armenian on issues and platforms as a voter education…

Voter guide for Cambodian local elections

As managing editor, Schnellinger supervised the production and publication of a 24-page print supplement in Khmer, covering the issues and party positions in Cambodia’s local…

China, Indonesia and other work

Schnellinger’s first work with journalists overseas was in China, in 1991-92, when she worked as a visiting editor at China Daily. Although the walls of…