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Karl Idsvoog

@idsvoog

Since 2001, Karl Idsvoog, a 1983 Nieman Fellow and professor of journalism at Kent State, has trained student and professional journalists in the Republic of Georgia. He developed the broadcast portion of the masters program at the Caucasus School of Journalism and Media Management and returns there often to teach.

Medical and Public Health Concerns: Off-Limits in the Russian Press

‘The problem facing public health reporters is not the police; it’s a medical system with little transparency and fear of unemployment.’
March 20, 2009

Georgian Journalists Send Word of Their Fate

‘The situation is insane.… My friends—both journalists—were killed in Ossetia. Just confirmed that..am devastated..’
September 15, 2008

Circumventing Censorship With Technology

When news stations in Georgia refused to broadcast an investigative report about a high government official’s actions, the news story found a home on the Internet.
March 15, 2008

Adapt or Die of Irrelevance

The clash between academic requirements for professors and the education students of journalism need to have grows more intense.
September 15, 2007

Journalism Education That Succeeds

Students at Tbilisi’s Caucasus School learn by immersing themselves in the skills and work of journalism.
June 15, 2005