Making international coverage compelling for a local audience
Posted 5/20/2010 9:52:00 AM

David Rohde of The New York Times will draw on his experience covering conflicts in the Balkans, Israel-Palestine, Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan to suggest ways editors can promote international understanding through their journalism. Whether they edit a small or large newspaper and irrespective of whether they have international reporters, editors can make events abroad compelling, understandable and relevant to readers by combining classic storytelling techniques and new technologies. Rohde will describe how he did this in a five-part series he wrote for The New York Times last year on his seven month abduction by the Taliban.