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| East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao is challenged by fellow panelist Knight International Journalism Fellow Maria-Gabriela Carrascalao-Heard |
DILI, EAST TIMOR - When East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao blasted the press last month over stories he said were false, ICFJ and its local partners jumped into action.
They organized a forum on press freedom and responsibility, inviting Gusmao to explain his remarks as one of the panelists.
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By Eric Schwartz, Knight International Journalism Fellow in Russia
Western commentators understandably worry about growing restrictions on press freedom in Russia, but in the eyes of new journalism students in Moscow I see bright signs of hope. At the Moscow newspaper office of Moy Rayon, we are holding journalism classes for about a dozen young students, who exhibit much of the same fire found in journalism students in the United States. They want to find and tell the stories in their neighborhoods. They want to help their society address serious problems that are manifested on the local level. How is a recent murder being investigated? Why is trash in a particular neighborhood such a problem? What is the story behind a never-ending construction project?
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This Web chat took place on January 22 and was hosted by the U.S. State Department's "Ask America" service.
Hello to everyone around the world. I’m looking forward to talking with you about some of the exciting changes that are happening in journalism because of new technologies and the opportunity they bring to help get more people involved in shaping their societies. Please feel free to send your questions.
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 This interview was originally posted on the SAJA Forum
"I'm not pretending to be a know-it-all, and I don’t want to be there telling Indian journalists how to do things. Remember, you have the world's fastest growing media there. Compare that to the state of the media here, especially print. So it's an opportunity for me to step back and see what is happening there – both in the media and in the environment arena, and to see how together we can do things better and make use of the new opportunities. It's going to be a learning experience for me, as well, and a chance to develop myself."
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 By Charles S. Rice
“Don’t embrace obstacles,” became the mantra for ICFJ’s first class of in-depth investigative reporting in Baku. Ayten Farhadova says those three words, mouthed by one of her trainers, have made a difference in the way she approaches her stories now. “I used to start my story planning with “this will be impossible, this interview will be a problem, but now, I always interrupt myself and say why should it be a problem. And I always find a way to do it,” she said.
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