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25 02 2008
At the training in Belgrade’s
Media Center BIRN’s Editor Aleksandar Vasovic and James Heintz, a Moscow-based
Associated Press news editor held three specialized sessions on different types
of reporting techniques to seven BIRN contributors for the In Brief section on
Balkan Insight's website.
Vasovic focused his presentation on reporting in crisis
situations. He explained news gathering techniques ranging from alerting the
public about ongoing developments, handling the news desk, organising
reporters’ teams and handling the story to its end. The discussion examined the
problems of reliability of the sources and witnesses, aspects of security for a
reporter in the field, interviewing techniques as well as the key differences
between urgent and detailed reporting.
Heintz introduced local journalists to AP standards and
explained the chain of information distribution from the spot to the editorial
desk. Heintz also demonstrated some key elements of AP writing style and in a
discussion highlighted usage and usefulness of press conferences and official
press statements as sources.
At the beginning of 2010 BIRN network published Digging Deeper - A Guide for Investigative Journalists in the Balkans, written in cooperation with Sheila Coronel, Director of the Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism and professor of professional practice at Columbia University, New York.
Komentari:
Pieter Feith speaking on Kosovo 6 months after Independence at Tufts University on October 22.
Poslao: 2008-09-15 20:57:34,
Pieter Feith, EUSR Kosovo will speak at Tufts University on October 22 at 4 PM (Cabot 206) on Kosovo six months after Indepedence. For more information contact Bruce.hitchner@tufts.edu.