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Fall 2004

Journalist’s Trade Africa: Stories to Be Told: Introduction By Melissa Ludtke, Editor; Seeking Balance in a Continent Portrayed By Its Extremes By Charles Onyango-Obbo; Africa Web Coverage By Charles Onyango-Obbo; Trapped in a Time-Warped Narrative By Fergal Keane; When Reporting a Story Turns Into Running From a Riot By Jason Beaubien; African Radio Reporters’ Tool Kit By Jason Beaubien; Weighing the Moral Argument Against the Way Things Work A photo essay by Marcus Bleasdale; The Numbers Game in African Reporting By John Donnelly; Revealing Lives Behind the Statistics By Davan Maharaj; Journalists and Humanitarian NGO’s By Hilaire Avril; War Crimes Tribunals in Africa and Sleeping Press Watchdogs By Thierry Cruvellier; Photographing a Nation Under Siege By Carolyn Cole; Journalism at a Crossroads in Liberia By Gabriel I.H. Williams; When Being a Photojournalist Is About Surviving By Gregory H. Stemn; Africa Through the Eyes of African Reporters By Geoffrey Nyarota; No Easy Life for Journalists in Africa By Shyaka Kanuma; When African Governments Stifle Press Freedom By Luckson A. Chipare; Transforming Journalism as Democracy Emerges By Pippa Green; Managing Media in Times of Crisis Edited excerpts from a speech by Gwen Lister; Priorities in the Struggle for Press Freedom By Gwen Lister; Lessons in Managing Independent Media By Gwen Lister; The Government Silenced Zimbabwe’s Only Independent Newspaper By Yvonne van der Heijden; International Network of Cities of Asylum By Yvonne van der Heijden; Using the Internet to Examine Patterns of Foreign Coverage By Ethan Zuckerman; African Stories In Need of Reporters Compiled by Sarah Hagedorn; Emotional Connections to African Reporting By Frank Green; A Mid-Sized Newspaper Connects Its Readers to Africa By Rex Smith; Hope in a Can of Green Beans Short story by Paul Grondahl; When Tragedy Is No Longer a Good Enough Story to Tell By Wilson Wanene
Curator's Corner: Transparency Benefits the Practice of Journalism By Bob Giles
Words & Reflections: War and Terror: Introduction By Melissa Ludtke, Editor; When Fighting is Glimpsed From a Different Perspective By Patrick Graham; Proposing a Variation on Embedded Reporting By Anne Hull; Documenting the Experiences of Military Families By Barbara Walsh; ‘Homeland’ By Dale Maharidge; CBS Lets the Pentagon Taint Its News Process By Stephen J. Berry; ‘Infoganda’ in Uniform By Charles Zewe; Documentaries Raise Questions Journalists Should Ask Themselves By Rose Economou; Protesting Doonesbury’s Dismissal By Bob Davis
Words & Reflections: Secrecy: The Steady March of Government Secrecy By Pete Weitzel; Journalists Act to Combat Government Secrecy By Pete Weitzel; The Associated Press Responds to Increased Government Secrecy Excerpt from a Lecture By Tom Curley; Using Public Records Laws to Expose Government Misdeeds By Seth Rosenfeld; When FOIA Requests Become a Reporting Habit By Rob Walters; Tips About FOIA Filings By Rob Walters; York Daily Record/Sunday News Stories Based on FOIA Requests By Rob Walters
International Journalism: Foreign Correspondence: Introduction By Melissa Ludtke, Editor; Foreign Correspondence: Evolution, Not Extinction By John Maxwell Hamilton and Eric Jenner; Caught Between the Cold War and the Internet By Fons Tuinstra; China and the Internet: A Reader Responds By Fons Tuinstra
International Journalism: Reporting on North Korea: Blogging North Korea By Rebecca MacKinnon; Focusing on Human Rights By Thomas Omestad; Taking Photographs in North Korea By Dermot Tatlow; The Hidden Stories of North Korea By Barbara Demick
Nieman Notes: Partnering With Young People By Jerome Aumente; Using a Camera to Shoot the Big Five By Hennie van Deventer

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African Radio Reporters’ Tool Kit

By Jason Beaubien

Lots of cash in hundred dollar bills, plus some fives to cover the small things. There’s no sense carrying twenties. Several thousand dollars in twenties gets bulky.
A headlamp flashlight for when the power goes out.
A Leatherman or Swiss Army knife to repair electronic equipment, reattach toilet seats, and slice bread.
A phone-line splitter and an extra cable to try to connect to the Internet in hotel rooms.
Biltong, a South African delicacy similar to beef jerky that withstands all temperatures and the absence of refrigeration.
Malarone, a GlaxoSmithKline prophylaxis against malaria.
Several packs of Marlboros to soften up twitchy militiamen at checkpoints.

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