What the legacy project has taught me about teamwork
We’re in our final week of class, and our legacy project is incredibly close to being finished. The website is awaiting the last couple of elements before it is ready …
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Leadership lessons from Katharine Graham
I’m working on my leadership paper for the second week now, and I’ve been writing about female journalists whose leadership styles inspire me. Last week, I talked about Nellie Bly; …
Read MoreLeadership lessons from Nellie Bly
As I work on my leadership paper for class, I’ve been thinking about one of the ways I learn best, which is through watching others. I look at the lives …
Read MoreOn Becoming a Leader
The leadership book I read for this class was On Becoming a Leader by Warren Bennis. A friend recommended it to me, and my honest first impression of the book …
Read MoreThe spirit of activism and the KONY 2012 movement
We talked a little bit last class about the motivation behind volunteerism in America. Various explanations were offered from Fellows and attaches alike: We do it because we care about …
Read MoreWhat Russia, China and the Occupy movement have in common
Alex and Evgeny on Wednesday led an enlightening discussion about the influence of social media in the world’s two giants: China and Russia. China is the largest country in terms …
Read MoreJournalism and humanitarianism in Syria
Some tragic news came out of Syria this week that reminded me of our discussion last Monday about the separate but sometimes overlapping roles of journalists and human-rights workers. On …
Read MoreRevolution and social media in Africa
Taati and Mona both gave riveting presentations today about their home countries — Namibia and Egypt, respectively. I was amazed by how little I really knew about both of these …
Read MoreLeadership and citizen journalism
“My job is to help make the people around me better at what they do.” Of all the wise words Stephen Buckley of the Poynter Institute shared with us last …
Read MoreKeeping a global perspective in journalism
As someone who aspires to be a journalist proficient in nearly every aspect of the craft, from writing to editing to programming, I place a lot of worth in the …
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