Knight International Press Fellowships | South Africa & Malawi

Journalism teacher for radio reporters co-author of radio news reporting handbook. Long-term individualized mentoring of working journalists at community and commercial stations, workshop leader for reporting seminars, university lecturer. Based in Cape Town, South Africa in partnership with the Bush Radio Broadcast Training Institute and WorldSpace Radio Foundation’s Africa Learning Channel: January-August 2002 & February-April 2003. Based in Blantyre, Malawi in partnership with the Malawi Institute of Journalism: April-July 2003. Funded by the International Center for Journalists in Washington.

Article: Community Radio Training in South Africa
Article: Training Democratizes Airwaves in Malawi

Article: Map Making Seminar Makes Better Reporters

Article: Hollywood Movies Teach Journalistic Values

United Nations international labor organization | Sri Lanka, Uganda, Ghana

Developmental journalism trainer for television and radio reporters who produce programs to assist small and micro- enterprise businesses. Author of 40-page training manual for business journalists, facilitator for intensive week-long reporting workshops. Sri Lanka: May 2006 & September 2007 Uganda: August 2003 & July 2004 Ghana: November 2003.

IREX Media Innovations Program | Republic of Georgia

Leader of two-person training team to organize television and radio coverage of the parliamentary election campaign in the former Soviet Republic. Project included workshops on fairness in political coverage, extended on-site consulting at eight television and seven radio stations involving studio setup, control room equipment operation, production team training and program critiques. Broadcasts ranged from simple two-candidate radio interviews to a multi-camera televised town-hall debate in a civic auditorium. September- October 2003.

Article: Training Shapes Georgia Election Coverage

Search for Common Ground Talking Drum Studio | Sierra Leone

Mentor for the launch of a cooperatively-produced community radio national news magazine. Project included program- format design, pilot-program development and testing, extensive individualized training for program staff and workshop training for news editors from 16 contributing stations. March-April 2007. Also: trainer for coverage of presidential and parliamentary elections. Project included training for political candidate debates, support for parallel vote tabulation database, formatting of election weekend coverage and logistical organization for team of 400 field reporters. August 2007. Contracted by Developing Radio Partners USA.

Article: Radio Network Helps Keep the Peace

International Center for Journalists | Washington D.C

Co-author of 50-page radio news handbook to be used by journalism trainers worldwide and distributed to radio newsrooms in developing countries. Sections on reporting, producing, talk shows, magazine shows, ethics, law. February- March 2006.

Makerere University | Uganda

Leader for multi-week “training of trainers” course in radio news production and feature/documentary techniques. Attended by working reporters and university journalism faculty. Daily classroom seminars, hands-on workshops in field recording and computer digital editing. Also: development consulting at upcountry rural radio stations. Funded by a U.S. State Department media development grant. September- October 2002.

www.kosovalive.com | Kosovo

Start-up trainer for independent news agency providing stories to Kosovo’s newspapers, radio stations and television channels. Coaching reporters in the field on real assignments in post-war environment, daily seminars on journalism fundamentals, website design consulting. Training funded by U.S. State Department Professional-in-Residence Program. October 2000 and May-August 2001.

Article: Kosovo's Post-War News Service Thrives

Katalyst | Bangladesh

Month-long project to launch television and radio business news programs covering small and medium enterprises. Project included workshops and mentoring of journalists who produced program pilot episodes. Sponsored by British, Swiss, Swedish & Canadian international development agencies. April- May 2008.

Center for International Private Enterprise | Pakistan

Two- day workshop on improving television coverage of business and economic news. May 2008.

Parliament | Zambia

Two-day workshop to improve parliamentary media communications skills on HIV-AIDS issues. Organized by National Democratic Institute USA and Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum. February 2008.

Transnet Port Authority | South Africa

One-day corporate training workshops to prepare executives for television and radio news interviews. February 2008 & July 2007.

Ministry of Information & Arts | Maldives

Week-long workshop for print and broadcast reporters to improve coverage of parliament, politics and courts. February 2007.

International Monetary Fund | Tanzania

Two-day workshop for print and broadcast reporters to improve business news reporting. October 2006.

U.S. State Department | Lesotho

One week of on-site journalism skills seminars at newspapers, radio stations and state television, June 2008. Two-day election-coverage workshop, February 2007. One day feature-reporting seminar, October 2006.

Makgabaneng Radio Studios | Botswana

Week-long workshop with radio drama team to broaden their skills to enable the production of talk shows, feature stories and advertising spots for civil society groups. April 2006.

Mercy Corps | Liberia

Facilitator for five-year strategic plan to rehabilitate radio stations and organize a public information campaign on literacy training and agricultural/economic development. Funded by US Agency for International Development. November 2002.

Stellenbosch University | South Africa

Guest lecturer for undergraduate classes in television feature-documentary production. August -September 2008.

University of Pretoria | South Africa

Guest lecturer for undergraduate classes in radio feature reporting. October 2008, July 2007, August 2006. Tshwane University of Technology — South Africa. Guest lecturer for advanced undergraduate classes in radio documentary making. August 2006 & September 2005. City Varsity College — South Africa. Guest lecturer for practical radio reporting skills course for journalism diploma students. July 2006.

Tshwane University of Technology | South Africa

Guest lecturer for advanced undergraduate classes in radio documentary making. August 2006 & September 2005. City Varsity College — South Africa. Guest lecturer for practical radio reporting skills course for journalism diploma students. July 2006.

City Varsity College | South Africa

Guest lecturer for practical radio reporting skills course for journalism diploma students. July 2006.

Advanced Documentary Audio Techniques | USA

Trainer for skills clinics on field recording techniques and multi-track digital audio mixing . KUOW-Seattle 2002, KPLU-Seattle 1999.

Community Radio Citizen Reporting News Gathering | USA

Trainer for staff at community-funded radio station in Little Rock, Arkansas. Funded by U.S. Corporation for Public Broadcasting, 1983.