Exploring the world through servant leadership
10 archived articles
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 to go, and everyone is …
What the legacy project has taught me about teamwork Read MoreI’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; this week, I want to …
Leadership lessons from Katharine Graham Read MoreAs 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 of people I look up …
Leadership lessons from Nellie Bly Read MoreThe 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 was that it was going …
On Becoming a Leader Read MoreWe 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 others; we do it to …
The spirit of activism and the KONY 2012 movement Read MoreAlex 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 of population, and Russia is …
What Russia, China and the Occupy movement have in common Read MoreSome 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 Wednesday in Syria, two journalists …
Journalism and humanitarianism in Syria Read MoreTaati 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 countries. I learned more today …
Revolution and social media in Africa Read More“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 Monday, these stood out to …
Leadership and citizen journalism Read MoreAs 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 concept of versatility. All too …
Keeping a global perspective in journalism Read More