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This group is open to everyone - journalists and those interested in dialogue about/with media.

Does the mainstream media suck at covering aid and development? "Yes", you may well say, "pretty much." So how can we make it better? AidSource can help make it better.

Tom Paulson is the admin for this group.

Location: Global
Members: 31
Latest Activity: Mar 7

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Is there a global health agenda?

Every year, the WHO puts out its annual report focused on one particular problem.

I decided to use the occasion to focus on the lack of focus with this post:

World health report highlights chronic disease, and lack of global health strategy

Lots of folks tell me I'm off-base -- mostly saying we don't really need a consensus or some generally agreed-upon strategy. I'd welcome anyone's thoughts on this. Is this actually a problem? Or am I obsessed with trivia?

Discussion Forum

Hurricane Sandy story

Started by Mythili Sampathkumar Nov 16, 2012. 0 Replies 0 Likes

Cross posting this from the Port-au-Prince Aid Workers group: I'm a journalist based in NYC and writing a story regarding the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in Haiti. I would like to get a first-hand…Continue

Tags: aid, worker, change, climate, Sandy

Need your help

Started by Lauren R. May 14, 2012. 0 Replies 0 Likes

I am hoping this is the right forum to post this request and if not I apologize ahead of time to the administrators. My friend Julie Colombino runs an organization called Rebuild Globally which works…Continue

Where are the humanitarian journalists?

Started by J.. Last reply by Tom Paulson Apr 10, 2012. 3 Replies 0 Likes

I recently heard through the informal network of gossiping aid workers that Stephanie Strom recently had her job description changed at NYT. Previously she'd been the last (or only?) full-time…Continue

Tags: Kristof, humanitarian journalism, NYT, Stephanie Strom, aid journalism