LIVESTREAM of The Journalist and the Fixer – a discussion about foreign correspondence at Columbia Journalism School
Posted by Global Reporting Centre on Montag, 18. September 2017
LIVESTREAM of The Journalist and the Fixer – a discussion about foreign correspondence at Columbia Journalism School
Posted by Global Reporting Centre on Montag, 18. September 2017
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
Isma’il Kushkush, CJS ‘16 freelance journalist, formerly based in Sudan
Echo Wang Jing, CJS ‘18 former fixer based in Shanghai for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
The relationship between reporters and fixers is central to how “foreign correspondence” is practiced. Fixers do everything from organizing logistics to reporting on the front-lines of major stories — often without credit, and sometimes in harm’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 we’ll hear from journalists who have used fixers and worked as fixers all over the world.
Nieman Reports
“Fixing” the Journalist-Fixer Relationship
A new study explores the divisions between fixers and correspondents, as the Global Reporting Centre examines alternate models of doing foreign reporting
Sanjay Jha was sitting in the back of a car with an American journalist who had hired him for a reporting project in Hyderabad, when the correspondent made passing reference to the term “fixer.” Jha took issue with the word. He paused to look at the reporter quizzically. “What exactly am I fixing?” he asked. “Your toilet? Am I a plumber?”
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