All entries tagged: Kimberly Abbott
Milton Wolf Seminar: NGOs as newsmakers, journalists and aid workers as Facebook friends
VIENNA — When a massive earthquake rocked Haiti on January 12, there was only one foreign correspondent — a writer for the Associated Press — in the country to cover the disaster. In the following days, media from around the world parachuted in, relying heavily on NGOs for sources and context.
Two weeks later, most media [...]
Kimberly Abbott: Working together, NGOs and journalists can create stronger international reporting
[This is the first essay in our series examining the evolving relationship between NGOs and journalism, produced with Penn's Center for Global Communication Studies. Kimberly Abbott of the International Crisis Group leads off by exploring the pros and cons of established news organizations relying on NGOs for help in their reporting. We're collecting the entire [...]
