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<\/p>\nWelcome to Borderland, a project of students in Princeton University\u2019s global journalism seminar, \u201cReporting on the Frontlines in Greece.\u201d<\/p>\n
In June and July 2016, \u00a0students traveled to Athens and the island of Lesbos, notebooks and cameras in hand, to serve as eyewitnesses at a pivotal moment in world affairs. Their challenging assignment: Produce a compelling and rigorous first rough draft of history. Follow this site and #PrincetonGR in your social media, and join us on our journey along the border between \u00a0Europe and Asia, modern and ancient, affluent and wanting, Christian and Muslim. We call it the Borderland.<\/p>\n
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Several hundred refugees launched westward under cloak of darkness from a Turkish beach on March 15, 2016. They were picked up by this ship before sunrise and delivered safely to this dock on the Greek island of Lesbos.<\/em><\/p>\n ___________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n This course was designed and led byJoe Stephens, Ferris Professor of Journalism at Princeton University. It is co-sponsored by the Council of the Humanities, which is home to the Ferris Seminars in Journalism, and by the Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies, with the support of the Paul Sarbanes \u201954 Fund for Hellenism and Public Service.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Welcome to Borderland, a project of students in Princeton University\u2019s global journalism seminar, \u201cReporting on the Frontlines in Greece.\u201d In June and July 2016, \u00a0students traveled to Athens and the island of Lesbos, notebooks and cameras in hand, to serve as eyewitnesses at a pivotal moment in world affairs. Their challenging assignment: Produce a compelling<\/p>\n