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Joseph B. Treaster Discusses 1h2o.org
The stories on 1H2O.org have local voices in a worldwide context, says Joseph B. Treaster. “The challenge is to find a way to tell a local story in a way that the world can understand.”
Rich Beckman Discusses World Cities Project
An important part of the World Cities project is to be able to tell stories from different cities in the world through multimedia storytelling, says Rich Beckman. “Multimedia is such a powerful tool that affects people greater than any other media had.”
Joseph B. Treaster, Knight Chair for Cross-Cultural Communication
Former reporter and foreign correspondent for the New York Times, Joseph B. Treaster, speaks on this video about journalism and his plans and expectations as the new Knight Chair for Cross-Cultural Communication.
Rich Beckman, Knight Chair in Visual Journalism.
Rich Beckman speaks on this video about some of his short and long term goals as the new Knight Chair in Visual Journalism. He discusses language and technology as crucial tools to increase access to information and stories across the world.
Knight Center for International Media Resident Professional Pablo Corral Vega
The work of Ecuadorian photojournalist, Pablo Corral Vega, the latest Knight Center Resident Professional, has appeared in major publications, such as the New York Times Magazine, the Smithsonian Magazine and National Geographic.
Jeffrey Sachs looks to the future: “No one will take water for granted.”
Dr. Sachs, an architect of the Millennium Development Goals of the United Nations, which seek to improve the lives of the world’s poorest people, spoke with Mr. Treaster on the Columbia campus during a break in the State of the Planet Conference in late March.
Ethiopia: Water, climate change and conflict
Global climate change is making a bad situation worse. As we see in this report from the rugged region of southern Ethiopia, where drought is drying up wells, threatening an ancient way of life and fueling conflict.
