Your Crib Sheet for Covering African Elections, in Congo and beyond
We’re all watching the DR Congo with baited breath. The recent presidential election, or process that has borne the name, has sparked unrest and…
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Right on, David Newhouse. Or, “How to report on Penn State”
It would usually be a bit uncouth for editors to question each other in public, but David Newhouse did the right thing in
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The Myth of the Maverick
New York — It’s that time again: stump speeches and town-hall meetings, policy debates, and primaries about to kick off.
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Leadership: A constructive rebel bucks hierarchy
New York — The highlights reel of Dennis Jett’s foreign-service career would screen like an action film – saving journalists from warlords, calling out…
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Leadership: For this non-profit organization, leaving was leading
New York — Successful mavericks can have more in common than vision: Often, they’re obsessed. Their drive keeps them focused and convinces others to…
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How to Love Languages You Don’t Even Know
For many people foreign languages are confounding to those who don’t know them. But Jina Moore finds beauty in words she doesn’t know –…
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I spent last week in San Diego, at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, talking about women, media, power and peace….
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We Meant Well
Peter Van Buren is not a writer, and he admits as much from the beginning of his memoir, We Meant Well: How I Helped…
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I’ve been neglecting the blog lately — so busy with work, the thing is so insatiable, other et cetera that make me understand why…
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