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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Dear friends,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Today we are writing to you to share some exciting news and ask for your support. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>We bid to host the Global Investigative Journalism Conference (GIJC) 2019 in Hamburg and have partnered with Netzwerk Recherche and Correctiv on this. The location of the 2019 Conference will be decided at this year’s GIJC in Johannesburg in mid-November.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>You can find out more and have a closer look at the bid <a href="https://interlink.academy/global-investigative-journalism-conference-in-hamburg"><span style='color:windowtext'>here</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>We hope that those of you who are members of the Global Investigative Journalism Network (<a href="https://gijn.org/"><span style='color:windowtext'>GIJN</span></a>) will vote for Hamburg. And if you know other members, please prompt them to vote for Hamburg, too. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>We are looking forward to hopefully seeing you in Hamburg in two years’ time.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Stay in touch via <a href="https://www.facebook.com/interlink.academy"><span style='color:windowtext'>Facebook</span></a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/interlinkaca"><span style='color:windowtext'>Twitter</span></a>, or our <a href="https://interlink.academy/"><span style='color:windowtext'>website</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The Interlink Academy Team<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:DE'>Tamara Nehls<br>Administration Officer<br><br>Interlink Academy for International Dialog and Journalism gUG<br>Blücherstraße 11 (office)<br>22767 Hamburg/Germany<br></span><a href="http://www.interlink.academy/"><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:DE'>www.interlink.academy</span></a><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:DE'><br></span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/Interlinkacademy"><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:DE'>www.facebook.com/Interlinkacademy</span></a><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:DE'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="www.twitter.com/InterlinkAca"><span style='color:#2E74B5;mso-fareast-language:DE'>www.twitter.com/InterlinkAca</span></a><span style='color:#2E74B5;mso-fareast-language:DE'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>