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ARMENIA CONNECTION
Illinois Times, IL
Sept 12 2013
By Cap City Illinois Times helped to sponsor a week-long workshop
for 14 early-career reporters in Armenia, an emerging democracy and
former Soviet state that is nestled between Turkey, Iran, Georgia
and Azerbaijan.
The intensive workshop, held last week, aims to develop political and
economic reporting skills and contains ethics components focusing on
fairness and accuracy. Armenia's independent media, though plentiful,
have had to work hard to develop a base of balanced, insightful
coverage to match the country's democratic aspirations. Journalists
labor under poor pay conditions; most are driven by a calling to the
profession and little else.
Armenia boasts a highly educated workforce but has struggled to develop
economically since independence in 1991 due to lack of competitive
industry and infrastructure and an unresolved border conflict with
Azerbaijan.
With support from IT, the workshop was organized and cosponsored by
the Thomson Reuters Foundation and the Media Initiatives Center.
Thomas Atkins, who worked as an IT writer from 1988-89 and again
in 1993, led the workshop. He now works as a full-time journalism
trainer for Reuters News in Europe and the Middle East.
http://www.illinoistimes.com/Springfield/article-12838-armenia-connection.html
Illinois Times, IL
Sept 12 2013
By Cap City Illinois Times helped to sponsor a week-long workshop
for 14 early-career reporters in Armenia, an emerging democracy and
former Soviet state that is nestled between Turkey, Iran, Georgia
and Azerbaijan.
The intensive workshop, held last week, aims to develop political and
economic reporting skills and contains ethics components focusing on
fairness and accuracy. Armenia's independent media, though plentiful,
have had to work hard to develop a base of balanced, insightful
coverage to match the country's democratic aspirations. Journalists
labor under poor pay conditions; most are driven by a calling to the
profession and little else.
Armenia boasts a highly educated workforce but has struggled to develop
economically since independence in 1991 due to lack of competitive
industry and infrastructure and an unresolved border conflict with
Azerbaijan.
With support from IT, the workshop was organized and cosponsored by
the Thomson Reuters Foundation and the Media Initiatives Center.
Thomas Atkins, who worked as an IT writer from 1988-89 and again
in 1993, led the workshop. He now works as a full-time journalism
trainer for Reuters News in Europe and the Middle East.
http://www.illinoistimes.com/Springfield/article-12838-armenia-connection.html