Tag: foreign reporting

War reporters face a different battle back home

While the security of returning home can be a relief for journalists, some find that containing professional and personal emotions is a difficult balance to maintain. (Susan Soosay/Flickr)

How journalists facing trauma can take care themselves after covering conflict

Temporarily live from Moscow

Image by Allison Baker

Last week, CBC journalists Susan Ormiston, Corinne Seminoff and Jean-Francois Bisson made the 12-hour trek to CBC’s new pocket bureau in Moscow, Russia, where they’ll spend the next three months documenting the transformation of Russian society under Vladimir Putin’s leadership. “Moscow is a place we haven’t been for many years,” says CBC managing editor Greg… Continue reading Temporarily live from Moscow

The Question of Rape

On Day 11 of the Egyptian uprising against the 30-year rule of President Hosni Mubarak, Globe and Mail correspondent Sonia Verma and her colleague Patrick Martin were walking through what she describes as the “nouveau riche” neighbourhood of Mohandeseen. Verma was filming a pro-Mubarak crowd marching in the streets. At first this all-male crowd seemed friendly,… Continue reading The Question of Rape

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