Showing posts with label travel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label travel. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Day 3 - HIV & AIDS

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(Dateline: Johannesburg. Posting from the World Summit on Media for Children) The theme of Day 3 of the World Summit on Media for Children i...
Monday, March 26, 2007

Informal Journalism Mentoring

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(Dateline: Johannesburg. Posting from the World Summit on Media for Children) Although I am still attending panels on topics of interest and...

Cultural Exchange is Breaking Out All Over!

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(Dateline: Johannesburg. Posting from the World Summit on Media for Children) The excitement of kids talking to other kids is creating an en...

Orsil, from Palestine

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(Dateline: Johannesburg. Posting from the World Summit on Media for Children) This morning we also heard from a teenager from the Palestinia...

Peace is more than the absence of war.....

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...(peace) is about tolerance and understanding." These words were spoken by a teen, addressing a room full of journalists here in Joha...
Sunday, March 25, 2007

Meet Richmond Moses

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This 16-year-old approached me and asked if he could interview me. I said, “You can interview me if I can interview you.” His response: “Of ...

Child Speakers at the World Media Summit

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(Dateline: Johannesburg. Posting from the World Summit on Media for Children) Along with the dignitaries and media experts, three teenagers ...

A Study in Contrasts

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(Dateline: Johannesburg. Posting from the World Summit on Media for Children) The King of the Pedi People made a grand entrance, with entour...

Opening of the 5th World Summit on Media for Children

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Sunday in Johannesburg, and the opening session is underway. The theme of this year’s Summit is “Media as a Tool for Global Peace and Democr...

Teen Voices from Africa

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I AM AN AFRICAN I am carved from the branch of the Baobab And refreshed from the waters of the Nile And it is below the equator where my anc...
Sunday, February 04, 2007

Iraq War Spurs Massive Migration [Washington Post 2/4/07]

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The Washington Post today is reporting that more than 2 million refugees have fled Iraq since the start of the war. WP: Iraq war spurs massi...
Sunday, March 30, 2003

Back in the US of A

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Having been outside of the country for a full week, I'm struck by the over-wrought tone of the American media covering the WAR IN IRAQ! ...
Thursday, March 27, 2003

From Provence

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This trip I'm staying in Mougins - the ancient, mountaintop village that overlooks Cannes. It was a beautiful spring morning, and I sta...

The Netherlands Weighs In

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This note is from my friend Thé Lau in Amsterdam. He is a recording artist and poet, so I've been eager to hear his thoughts on the cur...
Tuesday, March 25, 2003

British Perspective

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Annie, my friend from London, has a unique point of view on the current world situation, in several respects. As she learned at her mum`s k...

Les français e Gli Italiani

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Today is a quiet day on the war front - activity is stalled due to dust storms. So, the networks are doing background coverage. It was so ...

Investigating the Oil Cartel

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German United Distributors announced here in Cannes that they have sold a one-hour topical program called The Cartel, "investigating U...
Monday, March 24, 2003

War Protesting

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Before leaving New York, Chris, Jules and I went to the Peace demonstration in New York City. It was a great day - sunny, spring-like weath...
Sunday, March 23, 2003

Bon Jour

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It's Sunday morning in Cannes. I think my entries from here will be pretty short - I forgot how annoying it is to type on a French keyb...
Friday, March 21, 2003

War is On - I am Traveling

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I will be posting for the next week from France, where I'm attending the MIP-TV conference. I was supposed to go with (and have my trip...