Anna Badkehn and Vanessa Gezari offer their unique perspectives on Afghanistan and what the future may hold for the region during Westchester Community College visit.
Join journalists Anna Badkhen and Vanessa Gezari, and Fulbright Scholar Mohammad Kazem Shakib as they discuss their perspectives on Afghanistan and what the future may hold for the region.
Many Afghan citizens have become skeptical of the U.S. military presence in the country, hinting at a possible collaboration between the superpower and the Taliban.
There are unique challenges ahead for Afghanistan's growing journalistic community.
Vanessa Gezari, a freelance journalist who has been embedded in Afghanistan with the U.S.
Afghanistan's rapidly expanding media sector is a rare post-Taliban success story. But the journalists who make it happen must risk their own safety in the process.
Zarghoona Salehi covers education and health for Pajhwok Afghan News. Her job as a female journalist puts her an uncomfortable half step ahead of the culture in which she lives.
Vanessa Gezari speaks about the ways that Western media organizations can, in time, help contribute to a better and freer media environment in Afghanistan.
Unprecedented journalism applies for local and foreign journalists covering the war in Afghanistan while NATO and the Taliban compete in a battle of information and propaganda.
Since the fall of the Taliban, dozens of private radio and TV stations and hundreds of newspapers and magazines compete to satisfy Afghans' growing appetite for news and information. One Afghan's hopes for independent journalism.
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Vanessa M. Gezari writes about national and international affairs with a focus on Afghanistan, South Asia and West Africa. She was a national writer for the St. Petersburg Times in Florida...
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Kathleen Flynn has been a photojournalist at the St. Petersburg Times since December 2002 covering local, national and world news. After graduating from Western Kentucky University, she...