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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“bearing witness”, but existing foreign correspondents and the organisations they work for will have to let go of some outdated features of the job and embrace others to survive in the future.
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.
Winners of the 2010 Rory Peck Awards; Mexican honoured
India’s street children, the Taliban and this year’s protests in Thailand were the focus of the winning films at last night’s Rory Peck Awards, which recognize the achievements of freelance filmmakers working around the world. Crucially, the Martin Adler award (which honours a freelancer who has played an exceptional role in the telling of a [...]
International reporting no longer monopolised by the British press
That window of opportunity Moore mentions for newspapers to make advances in this area is already closing as they cease to be the sole journalistic authorities out there. I’m not sure that’s such a bad thing.
Jon Snow on the future of journalism: It’s all out there to be grasped, and we will do it
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
Another piece of good news for indy VJs
The lowering of the barriers to entry on both ends of the scale can only be a good thing for new talent wanting to come into the digital film-making and news production world, be it TV, online video or multimedia storytelling.
In praise of iPhone film “Apple of my Eye”
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.
Build your own online editorial brand
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.
How to make freelance foreign reporting pay…
In the room were half a dozen journalists, pretty much all of whom were interested in being able to travel to different parts of the world and uncover human rights abuses and report on development issues – and get paid to do it.
Hostile regions training can induce a useful paranoia
I’m in a paranoid frame of mind after spending a week in Wales. I had to fight the temptation to get the TV director who kindly gave me a lift back to London to check his glove compartment for hidden weapons and to produce his credentials and references, not to mention a valid driving license, [...]
Innovative Interactivity features MexicoReporter.com project
Tracy Boyer, founder of the excellent Innovative Interactivity (II) blog got in touch with me to about my foreign reporting exploits, and I answered her questions for a piece she’s published today on the site. It might be of interest for those of you out there planning to do anything along these lines, and it’s [...]
Video: Mexico’s Rivera murals get restoration treatment
Mexico City’s Diego Rivera murals are undergoing restoration treatment.
Nearly 10,000 migrant kidnappings in Mexico in 6 months
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.
Video: Training Day
My breath is tearing out of my lungs and my leg muscles are screaming for a reprieve. I just scaled a 60-degree hill coated in thorny brambles and poisonous plants whilst being pounded by rain. In the dark. I thought it couldn’t get any worse, but it did. Later that night, my fellow journalists and I were kidnapped by masked guerillas who jumped onto our bus.
Video: Military’s drug museum shows narco tactics
The installation was designed as an educational tool for military personnel who have been tasked with fighting Mexico’s narco-trafficantes and organized crime networks.
Video: Gabriel Orozco opens solo show in Mexico City
Gabriel Orozco, the Mexican contemporary artist, has opened his first solo show in three years in Mexico City. Crowds turned up last month to the unveiling at the Kurimanzutto art gallery despite the H1N1 flu alert alarming the city at the time.
Video: Swine flu outbreak brings quiet to Mexico City
– Deborah Bonello in Mexico City for La Plaza.
Talking violence in Texas
Last week, I was invited to speak at the University of Texas Pan America about MexicoReporter.com, violence against journalists, the drug war coverage and how new technologies are contributing to the journalism beast. So I went.
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