Archive for the ‘Shoptalk’ Category
Calling journos in the developing world: Come cover the UN
This came to my inbox today. If you’re 25-35, already working full time as a journalist, and interested in covering the UN, you’re perfect. Give it a go! APPLICATIONS INVITED FOR UNITED NATIONS JOURNALISM FELLOWSHIPS The Dag Hammarskjöld Fund for Journalists is now accepting applications from professional journalists from developing countries for its 2012 fellowship program. [...]
Updates from the cave where I’m hiding
Some combination of way too much work, too much travel, and too few hours in the day has made me neglect this little nook of the Internet. Sorry for that. But I’m more sorry for barraging your email box with fake blog posts yesterday when I was trying to do some site maintenance and set up [...]
Your Crib Sheet for Covering African Elections, in Congo and beyond
We’re all watching the DR Congo with baited breath. The recent presidential election, or process that has borne the name, has sparked unrest and violence, inside the country and in the diaspora. It’s a grave situation, certainly, and a gloomy one. But I’m having total post-electoral depression, especially when I read this piece in Foreign [...]
Right on, David Newhouse. Or, “How to report on Penn State”
It would usually be a bit uncouth for editors to question each other in public, but David Newhouse did the right thing in
Cool projects by cool people
I spent last week in San Diego, at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, talking about women, media, power and peace. The three-day conference brought together a kick-ass group of creative, dedicated women from across the media sphere — traditional journalism, documentary film, crisis mapping, blogging, and more. Here are a few [...]
I am a freelance journalist and multimedia producer who covers human rights, Africa and foreign affairs. [