[Journalists] INTRODUCTION

[Gary ODonoghue]

Hi,

Thought I'd introduce myself.

I have just been posted to the US as Washington correspondent for the BBC. I am totally blind. I have been a political correspondent at home for more than ten years and a general reporter before that.

Like you I'm keen to develop a ntetwork of visually impaired journlaists to swap info and generally create  a bit of a community.

Hope to hear from you soon.

Best wishes 

Gary ODonoghue


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From: Journalists [mailto:journalists-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Carole Illouz-Thompson via Journalists
Sent: 20 March 2015 14:02
To: journalists at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Journalists] INTRODUCTION

Hello, 

I just join the list, which was recommended to me by Nate Trela, journalist, and Bryan Bashin from Lighthouse, thank you to both of them. 

I’m a foreign correspondent from France and came in this country on assignment in 1994. Lo and behold I’m still here, but by investigating a story in 2007, I had an accident and lost one eye. From here repetitive medical failures led me to relay only with a weak and damage eye . However I’m not legally blind according to the US metrics, I am in France, though. 

Back to the magazine for which I worked named VSD, a news weekly high circulation magazine, meaning Friday (Vendredi)  Saturday (Samedi), Sunday (Dimanche). The reason why a primarily landed in San Francisco, it’s because I was advocating the futur of a new kind of journalism not yet emerging. In 1992 in France, I was the only mainstream journalist to be introduced to the World Wide Web and strongly believed that it was going to change our craft. I succeeded to convince my editor and publisher that something was burgeoning and I proved it by producing several stories that they resold all over Europe, that was enough for them. At the time sharing my vision of a new digital press was a lost cause, and living on the moon was more credible. 

Although I wanted to show that digital press could be a reality, this is how Global Reportage started  https://globalreportage.wordpress.com <https://globalreportage.wordpress.com/>. In its original shape it was a full blown magazine with 8 different sections ranging from New Tech, current affairs 
(international/local), to politics, fashion, entertainment…etc...I built the interface myself while learning how to deal with graphic, low speed internet, digital lay out..I never monetized the site, to me it was pioneering new frontier in the field of communication.The day it was rewarded best journalist site by Paris-Match it was totally unexpected. 

I will be interested to connect with peer journalists from the Bay Area to talk about our craft, read stories that some of you wrote, and start a conversation about how to disseminate our work.
If some of you are willing to answer these 3 following questions, it will help me understand what I’m facing now. 

Who are  publishing your stories? 


Are you working more as free lancers or staff journalists?


Is there any sites where you showcase and ultimately sell your stories?

I wish everyone a great week end and I look forward to meet some of you in real life or in cyberspace. 

Cheers

Carole



 




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