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Foreign Correspondence is a podcast that brings you hour-long interviews with journalists around the world hosted by Jake Spring.
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Sean Collins Walsh - Philadelphia Inquirer - Politics
"To tab. Verb. To rewrite a news article in a tabloid-style." We learn a new word in this episode of the podcast from Sean Collins Walsh, a City Hall reporter at the Philadelphia Inquirer. Sean looks back on his first job at the tabloid Philadelphia Daily News and a career that has landed him reporting back in his hometown of Philly.
Countries featured: USA, Uganda
Publications featured: Philadelphia Daily News, Austin American-Statesmen, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Here are links to some of the things we talked about:
The first FoCo episode - https://bit.ly/44qOJyC
The Toner Prize - https://bit.ly/44lRQIb
Sean's story on the ethics board probe into Jeff Brown - https://bit.ly/44wjlPd
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Alden Wicker - Author of To Dye For
A promising journalism career briefly takes a dark turn down the path of Instagram influencing. Alden Wicker, a freelance journalist and author, managed to come out the other side. Her career as a sustainable fashion journalist - as the editor of EcoCult and freelancer for numerous big name publications - culminated with her book To Dye For. We also discuss manifesting, MDMA and sex parties.
Countries featured: U.S.A., Bangladesh, India
Publications featured: Huffington Post, LearnVest, Newsweek, EcoCult, WIRED, Quartz, Refinery29, Harper's Bazaar, Marie Claire, VTDigger
Here are links to some of the things we talked about:
My story in the Overseas Press Club Award-winning series - https://bit.ly/4ac8bBa
Alden's book To Dye For on Amazon.com - https://bit.ly/4afMBf5
EcoCult - https://ecocult.com
Alden's story for Newsweek - https://bit.ly/43ByRch
Her story about American Spirit cigarettes - https://bit.ly/4aCD5Cu
Her story on a startup sex party with a questionable founder - https://bit.ly/4cEZwcg
Her Harper's Bazaar story on toxic clothing - https://bit.ly/43FM5og
Sourcing Journal - https://sourcingjournal.com
Rebecca Solnit's story In the Shadow of Silicon Valley - https://bit.ly/4cD02Hw
Alden's story about Burning Man environmental impacts - https://bit.ly/3xknjOw
The book She Said - https://bit.ly/4aBJmP2
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Music: LoveChances (makaih.com) by Makaih Beats
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David Luhnow - UK & Mexico - Wall Street Journal
Born in Mexico to American parents, David Luhnow (@davidluhnow) returned to report on the country for decades. Luhnow talks about the tectonic shifts in Mexico and yet, how through all this time, the country's institutions continue to fail. The mental toll of years reporting on Mexico's drug war contributed to his leaving to become the current United Kingdom bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal. Also, he gets punched in the face.
Countries featured: Mexico, Panama, Iraq, Egypt, United Kingdom
Publications featured: The Mexico City News, Reuters, The Wall Street Journal
Here are links to some of the things we talked about
David's story on the UK university system - https://bit.ly/3szftyy
Yaroslav Trofimov on WSJ.com - https://bit.ly/47AewFv
David's story A Day in the Life of Baghdad - https://bit.ly/3SKiWoB
His story on the Treasure of Nimrud in Iraq - https://bit.ly/3SMB692
His story on the Iraq cigarette company - https://bit.ly/3R5jYKp
His story on murder in Acapulco - https://bit.ly/47ksI5f
His story on a high school kidnap ring - https://bit.ly/49KE8AY
Mexico's Reforma newspaper - https://bit.ly/49CUpb7
Letras Libras - https://letraslibres.com
The Rest is History podcast - https://bit.ly/49FBYlT
New Yorker story "How the Elderly Lose Their Rights" - https://bit.ly/3sFz3Js
José de Córdoba's story on the Russian yacht in Antigua - https://bit.ly/40K1fr4
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Music: LoveChances (makaih.com) by Makaih Beats
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Andrew Downie - Latin America & Sports
Leaving school at age 16 for a technical apprenticeship, Andrew Downie (@adowniebrazil) would stumble into his first journalism job while traveling in Mexico. Within five years he'd be working for The New York Times in Haiti. After decades of covering Latin America, Andrew now lives in Spain where he is working on a biography of soccer legend Pelé.
Countries featured: Brazil, Haiti, Mexico, Spain, Scotland
Publications featured: The Mexico City News, UPI, New York Times, The Houston Chronicle, Time magazine, Reuters
Here are links to some of the things we talked about:
Andrew's website - https://bit.ly/3rdleRx
His biography of Socrates - https://bit.ly/44RTmA9
The Instagram dedicated to Socrates - https://bit.ly/3PxT9xO
Tariq Panja on Twitter - https://bit.ly/3EBn3Ln
Always Take Notes podcast - https://bit.ly/3sJQ4Sl
Unofficial Partner podcast - https://bit.ly/3LiNqt0
Tommy Tomlinson substack - https://bit.ly/45PWQof
Wright Thompson on Longform - https://bit.ly/3Ew7hRS
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Music: LoveChances (makaih.com) by Makaih Beats
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Liana Baker - Mergers & Acquisitions - Bloomberg
Business is a lot like sports. It's competitive and stock prices keep the score. Also keeping score is one of the world's highest powered business journalists: Liana Baker (@LianaBaker), managing editor for the Bloomberg deals team in the United States. She talks about how dabbling in sports, foreign reporting and environment eventually led her down the path of hardcore business reporting on the M&A beat.
Countries featured: United States, Israel, Brazil, South Korea
Publications featured: MarketWatch, Reuters, Bloomberg
Here are links to some of the things we talked about:
Ringette on Wikipedia - https://bit.ly/45ndwTK
The Media Line website - https://bit.ly/3qRwSRX
Liana tells how she got the story on Soft Bank selling Sprint to T-mobile - https://bit.ly/45kcNTy
Her story on Broadcom buying VMWare - https://bit.ly/3OM23pO
Dealreporter - https://bit.ly/45HWe3u
Barstool Sports - https://bit.ly/45ASoK9
The House of Gucci by Sara Gay Forden - https://bit.ly/3ONWqYn
Megan Twohey on Twitter - https://bit.ly/3lVRUIO
The Dropout on Hulu - https://bit.ly/45iVtyj
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Music: LoveChances (makaih.com) by Makaih Beats
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Gloria Dickie - Reuters / Author of Eight Bears - London
Can you name the world's eight bear species? Gloria Dickie (@GloriaDickie), a London-based Climate & Environment Correspondent for Reuters, has documented them all in her book Eight Bears. Gloria tells the improbable story of how she conceived and reported the book while working as a freelancer and living on the road as she traveled the world in search of each bear.
Countries featured: USA, Canada, Vietnam, China, India, Peru, Ecuador, UK
Publications featured: National Geographic, Mongabay, New York Times, Reuters
Here are links to some of the things we talked about:
Where to buy or pre-order Gloria's book Eight Bears - https://bit.ly/3NzkCwQ
Chasing Ice documentary - https://bit.ly/46ugiYr
The Human Element documentary - https://bit.ly/3CXPDWA
Her story on the end of grizzly bear hunting in British Columbia - https://bit.ly/3XynWgc
Her story on maggot farming - https://bit.ly/46rwycR
Her AirCanada story on pandas - https://bit.ly/3CTsCE6
Her NatGeo story about sloth bears - https://bit.ly/3XBYIOa
Her NYT story on Indian tigers maybe getting COVID - https://bit.ly/3XyxW9k
Her story about honey bees on U.S. public land - https://bit.ly/3XBEKmv
A Private War on IMDb - https://bit.ly/3XBwgMn
Fire of Love on IMDb - https://bit.ly/3pwlMBm
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Music: LoveChances (makaih.com) by Makaih Beats
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