Category: editorial

Jon Snow on the future of journalism: It’s all out there to be grasped, and we will do it

Jon Snow on the future of journalism: It’s all out there to be grasped, and we will do it

The Video Reporter | July 20, 2010 | Comments (1)

You’ve got to have people like ourselves telling each other what’s going on, and you can’t just depend on Twitter to do that. We have a future – we’re the best, the very best

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The making of the iPhone movie

The making of the iPhone movie

The Video Reporter | July 1, 2010 | Comments (1)

For those of you video geeks out there who admire the focus of this post about a great movie recorded and edited with the new iPhone, the ‘behind the scenes’ is now live.

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In praise of iPhone film “Apple of my Eye”

In praise of iPhone film “Apple of my Eye”

The Video Reporter | June 29, 2010 | Comments (2)

My feeling is that although it might get more people in general shooting more video, this is even better news for us as visual storytellers – which yes, still is a skill – by bringing down the costs and bulk of the equipment we might sometimes use to report.

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Build your own online editorial brand

Build your own online editorial brand

The Video Reporter | June 27, 2010 | Comments (3)

If you’re in the least bit entrepreneurial and want to be known for your work rather than just the media you work for, then the web is huge opportunity for you. Yes, you may have to work for free to build up a volume of content, but it’s a much better way to spend your time than sitting in a newspaper office as an ‘intern’ waiting for someone to throw you a bone.

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Talking heads online are death?

Talking heads online are death?

The Video Reporter | June 4, 2010 | Comments (3)

When I started in online video, I thought that the correspondent model was old-fashioned and patronizing to the viewer. And I do find that using the traditional VJ model gives one, as a journalist, more of a sense of documenting than producing.

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Journalism that questions the powers alive and well, Amnesty shows

Journalism that questions the powers alive and well, Amnesty shows

The Video Reporter | June 2, 2010 | Comments (0)

There was some great work on show, and it was encouraging to see that despite the doom and gloom attitude being exuded by many these days around our profession, there are plenty of journos who are just getting on with doing what we should be doing – questioning the powers.

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‘Hold the front page, I haven’t got a clue’

‘Hold the front page, I haven’t got a clue’

The Video Reporter | May 17, 2010 | Comments (2)

Thanks to friend and multimedia colleague Adam Westbrook to this response to a thoroughly annoying article in this weekend’s Sunday Times by Ed Caesar, which says that new journalism graduates might as well give up if they don’t have ‘luck, flair, an alternative source of income, endless patience, an optimistic disposition, sharp elbows and a [...]

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Video: Filmmakers document consequences of U.S. immigration raid

Video: Filmmakers document consequences of U.S. immigration raid

MexicoReporter | September 25, 2009 | Comments (0)

Back in May 2008, U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials rounded up 389 undocumented workers in the Agriprocessors Inc. kosher meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa. The raid was the largest in U.S history. Two weeks later, filmmakers Jennifer Szymaszek and Greg Brosnan started filming “In the Shadow of the Raid.”

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Death in El Salvador

Death in El Salvador

MexicoReporter | September 7, 2009 | Comments (1)

The killing of documentary maker Christian Poveda represents a sad loss for a region much in need of greater understanding.

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In Mexico, Outgunned and Underpaid

In Mexico, Outgunned and Underpaid

MexicoReporter | August 17, 2009 | Comments (0)

For those of you who read the account of my trip to the Yucatan and my experiences with Mexico’s military checkpoints, I thought that you might find this op-ed column in the New York Times of related interest. Written by Kelly M. Phillips, a petty officer third class in the United States Coast Guard, it [...]

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On the road with Mexico’s young military

On the road with Mexico’s young military

MexicoReporter | August 7, 2009 | Comments (2)

It was disconcerting to see the age of the soldiers executing Calderon’s stop and search policy.

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Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma spotlights Mexico

Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma spotlights Mexico

MexicoReporter | August 4, 2009 | Comments (0)

The Dart Center, a Colombia University project for journalists who cover violence, got in touch with me after I published a video report on survival training for journalists in Mexico earlier this year.

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Video: Canadian Embassy besieged by Mexicans

Video: Canadian Embassy besieged by Mexicans

MexicoReporter | July 16, 2009 | Comments (0)

The Canadian Embassy in Mexico City’s posh Polanco neighbourhood has been descended upon by thousands of Mexicans since the Canadian government announced on Monday that Mexican nationals now need a visa to travel to Canada.

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Money from Mexican migrants to Mexico continues to fall

Money from Mexican migrants to Mexico continues to fall

MexicoReporter | July 2, 2009 | Comments (1)

The money that Mexicans living abroad send home to their families here in Mexico fell again in May, in what the Associated Press calls the biggest monthly decline on record. “Money sent home by Mexicans working abroad fell by 19.9 percent in May, the biggest monthly decline on record as the U.S. recession slashed jobs. [...]

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Foreign ramifications of local drug wars

Foreign ramifications of local drug wars

MexicoReporter | June 30, 2009 | Comments (1)

It’s not often you see something in the press that makes you think, Yes! I KNOW! But sometimes it happens, and there were two pieces in the media this morning that gave me that sense. The first was this column in the Guardian by George Monbiot, who came back to an issue we touched on [...]

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Intersections of Mexico City and Los Angeles

Intersections of Mexico City and Los Angeles

MexicoReporter | June 25, 2009 | Comments (0)

For those of you who follow other bloggers here in Mexico City, or are a regular visitor to my links, you will know Daniel Hernandez, creator of Intersections, and an author and journalist living here in Mexico City. Daniel is currently in Los Angeles where he is going to be speaking at MOCA as part [...]

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Graphic amusement: What a wonderful country

Graphic amusement: What a wonderful country

MexicoReporter | June 19, 2009 | Comments (1)

Blumpi: What a wonderful country

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Cafe Tacuba Uncut

Cafe Tacuba Uncut

MexicoReporter | June 19, 2009 | Comments (1)

For the hardcore Cafe Tacuba fans out there, here is the uncut material from the interview that I did with two of the band members.

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More jump ship from The News

More jump ship from The News

MexicoReporter | June 17, 2009 | Comments (2)

Only four of the original 14 people rehired by Grupo Mac to man the News, Mexico City’s struggling English-language newspaper, remain at the title.

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Nearly 10,000 migrant kidnappings in Mexico in 6 months

Nearly 10,000 migrant kidnappings in Mexico in 6 months

MexicoReporter | June 17, 2009 | Comments (0)

During that period, 9,758 migrants were deprived of their liberty. More than 60 percent of kidnappings involved groups of migrants travelling together. The majority of those kidnapped were from Honduras (67 %). ¡8% oer the victims were from El Salvador and 13% from Guatemala.

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How Cafe Tacuba sprained my ankle

How Cafe Tacuba sprained my ankle

MexicoReporter | June 16, 2009 | Comments (4)

This is probably the least exciting location from which I have filed a dispatch. My sofa, in my third-floor apartment, my snowball-like foot propped up on a couple of cushions as I look out onto the cloudy Mexico City panorama this morning. What happened? Well, it’s all Cafe Tacuba’s fault really. I interviewed two of [...]

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Latest editor at the News laid off

Latest editor at the News laid off

MexicoReporter | June 9, 2009 | Comments (2)

The most recently appointed editor at the English language newspaper here in Mexico City the News has left the title after just a week in the job.

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