Yesterday I watched two films — the documentary S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine, and the feature The Killing Fields (1984). I rented both DVDs from Netflix.
Yeah, this was not fun, popcorn-munching movie time. But what happened — what often happens when I travel — was that I got exposed to things I knew very [...]
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Cambodia and the Killing Fields
Posted in cambodia, journalism, video on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
At liberty in Hanoi
Posted in journalism, travel, vietnam on Sunday, June 15, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Friday was my last day teaching the Hanoi journalists. They organized a farewell lunch, and the U.S. embassy invited Larry Berman, author of the nonfiction book Perfect Spy. The embassy provided copies of the Vietnamese translation for all the journalists, and Larry signed copies (view slideshow).
Today my best friend and her family are due to [...]
Journalist training, week 2, day 1
Posted in journalism, training, vietnam on Monday, June 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Same basic schedule, new city. About 30 journalists here as well. We had some Internet connectivity problems, but people seemed to be very patient about that.
Two of the U.S. embassy employees told me their home costs for DSL Internet are very reasonable — between $3 and $7 per month. The price varies depending on the [...]
Journalism training, 1:31 slideshow
Posted in journalism, training, vietnam on Monday, June 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is a link to the Soundslides that the HCM City participants made to give to me on the last day:
Online Journalism for Vietnamese Writers
It makes me appear very interactive (ha ha). I was very touched by this — no other journalists whom I have trained ever gave me a slideshow!
Journalist training, Day 1
Posted in journalism, training, vietnam on Monday, June 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Today I had about 30 Vietnamese journalists in a training session at the Saigon Times building in Saigon. I had been told we would have an interpreter, but it turns out that everyone in the workshop has enough English language fluency — so no interpreter. It’s a good thing I always prepare too much [...]
Training schedule for Vietnam
Posted in journalism, vietnam on Tuesday, April 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
This is the outline for the week, with one three-hour session before lunch and 3.5 hours after lunch, each day. All those attending the sessions will be newspaper journalists, as far as I know now.
Monday
Morning: How U.S. journalists use and write blogs
Afternoon: How to make your own blog (hands-on)
Software needed: WordPress.com Web site (free)
Tuesday
Morning: Online [...]
Vietnam online news
Posted in journalism, vietnam on Sunday, April 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
News from Vietnam, in English:
Thanh Nien Daily (published from Ho Chi Minh City by the Vietnam National Youth Federation)
Viet Nam Net (published by VASC Software and Media Company, a state-owned IT company; see videos too)
Viet Nam News (national news agency)
Nhan Dan Online (party mouthpiece)
Vietnam Television (no news, but information about the national network)
Google News – [...]
Journalism, Internet, Vietnam
Posted in journalism, vietnam on Saturday, April 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Doing some research.
From Vietnam’s Internet freedom dilemma (BBC, 12 Dec 2006):
Wi-fi and internet cafes are full of students learning English, checking out overseas courses or chatting with new friends they’ve made online.
From BBC country profile: Vietnam:
Internet cafes must register the personal details of customers
18.6 million Internet users by end of 2007 (official figure)
Vietnam named as [...]
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