Archive for December, 2010
Central American Migrants in Mexico Fill The Frame
“Los Invisibles’ (the invisibles) series is beautifully produced and shot, giving voice to a community rarely asked it’s opinion.
FT Seasonal Appeal: Malnutrition in the Central African Republic
Every year the Financial Times supports a charity, and this year Action Against Hunger was the chosen organisation. I traveled to the Central African Republic with cameraman Steve Ager, photographer Charlie Bibby and the FT’s West Africa correspondent Tom Burgis to make the following three films.
The foreign correspondent of the future
There will always be a need for “ground truth” and “bearing witness”, but existing foreign correspondents and the organisations they work for will have to let go of some outdated features of the job and embrace others to survive in the future.
Call centre closures hit Italy’s south
Call centres were encouraged to set up shop in Italy’s poorer south by government and EU incentives. But the end of those boosts have seen some fly-by-night companies shut up shop and their managers arrested as investigations continue.
Better rules for multinationals in China may not help
Sep 15 2010: Premier Wen Jiabao made some surprisingly reassuring promises at this weeks World Economic Forum in Tianjin to foreign corporate executives worried about the difficulty of doing business in China. But growing competition from domestic companies could mean that conditions remain tough for foreign investors in the years to come. Stefan Wagstyl, emerging [...]
Hong Kong’s property extremes cage the poor
Hong Kong’s property extremes show that many of being left out of the city’s boom. Without the development of low-income jobs as part of it’s rapid economic development, thousands will continue to live in dismal conditions. Produced by Deborah Bonello and Justine Lau for the Financial Times. Filmed and edited by Deborah Bonello. Watch the [...]
Foreign correspondents are not redundant, says Sambrook
Although the report acknowledges that journalism is going through a lot of changes and media owners have had to cut foreign bureaus, Sambrook is optimistic.
Covering Wars and Making it Pay: WarIsBoring.com
David Axe, a freelance war correspondent and founder and editor of WarIsBoring.com, is one of them. He was kind enough to switch on his video camera and answer some of my questions about his work – how he does it, and how he funds it.
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