Word: thomson
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...Thomson said he was not aware of Bok's statement but that he felt journalists "can and should travel anywhere." He added the committee was concerned with how such travel would affect the Nieman sabbatical year...
...James C. Thomson Jr., Curator of the Nieman Foundation, said Monday, that when he brought up the proposal of a trip to Saudi Arabia, members of the Nieman Advisory committee expressed their strong opposition to foreign travel as a part of the Nieman program...
...Thomson said this will possibly be the last year that the program would consider trips to Japan, which have been made annually for the past five years...
...possibility of a trip to Saudi Arabia "provoked the decision to restrict foreign travel in the future," Thomson said, adding that there had been no discussion of possible political complications concerning travel restrictions of the Saudi Arabian government which does not permit Jews to enter the country...
...Thomson sent a memo to the fellows on Nov. 19, saying that he was "struck, though not entirely surprised, by the intensity and unanimity of the committee's reaction" to the possible invitation to visit Saudi Arabia...