Journalist’s Trade

‘Issues of press freedom and independence … burn into your consciousness and touch your heart.’

RELATED ARTICLE“Lessons in Teaching Foreign Journalists”– Jerome AumenteMany organizations contribute to international training efforts. In the past, funding has come from a variety of sources, some private, others governmental. The…

RELATED ARTICLE“Lessons in Teaching Foreign Journalists”– Jerome AumenteDecades of experience in assisting journalists in foreign countries offer insights into what works best. In a book I am writing about training…

Due to cultural and language differences, trainers can be ‘regarded as a sort of extraterrestrial as they deliver their advice and lessons.’

‘Until overseas trainers get to know the interests of the particular individuals with whom they’ll work, they are unlikely to be able to specify terms of success.’

With concerns about safety, ‘our interpreters became something much more than translators.’

A network of international journalists produced multimedia reports on the consequences of privatizing water.

Newspapers use them to bring enterprise reporting to a new audience on the Web.

After seeing some online videos I did for an independent study project to complete my masters in documentary filmmaking, Carol Hanner, the project editor for “Dividing the Waters,” suggested I…

Developing the narrative thread relied on finding key characters and weaving their experiences into the article’s focus on water.