The relationship between reporters and fixers is central to how ā€œforeign correspondenceā€ is practiced. Fixers do everything from organizing logistics to reporting on the front-lines of major stories ā€” often without credit, and sometimes in harmā€™s way. This panel discussion will explore the complex relationship between journalists and fixers. Panelist Deborah Cambell will discuss A Disappearance in Damascus, a real-life telling of the disappearance of her fixer. Peter Klein will be presenting the findings of the largest survey of fixers and foreign correspondents ever conducted. And weā€™ll hear from journalists who have used fixers and worked as fixers all over the world.

The event will be live-streamed on the Global Reporting Centre’s Facebook page for those who can’t attend in person.

Moderator

Sheila Coronel Dean of Academic Affairs, Columbia Journalism School

Panelists

Deborah Campbell author of A Disappearance in Damascus

Peter Klein founder of the Global Reporting Centre

Ismaā€™il Kushkush, CJS ā€˜16 freelance journalist, formerly based in Sudan

Echo Wang Jing, CJS ā€˜18 former fixer based in Shanghai for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

 

 

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