By C.M. Sennott
We are now just five days away from the launch of GlobalPost.
The editing team here in Boston has been working around the clock writing headlines and fact checking a host of great stories from every corner ...Read More
Posted by C.M. Sennott
We're at nine months.
And like any expecting father, I am sleep deprived, nervous, vigilant, thrilled, happy, worried and most of all just waiting for the delivery.
Nine months. That's how long it's been since I walked out of ...Read More
NEW DELHI - I journeyed into the packed, narrow alleys of Old Delhi around the historic mosque and waded into the river of humanity -- beggars, tourists, pushcart peddlers, middle class merchants and shoppers from the new India still drawn ...Read More
HANOI - On my journey through Asia looking for talented correspondents who will make up our team at Global News Enterprises and meeting with government officials to establish and register our news bureaus, I took some time out this morning ...Read More
HANOI - Two days ago I left Beijing and have landed in Hanoi, Vietnam to continue the journey to build our team of correspondents across Asia for Global News Enterprises. Here in Hanoi I am finally able to freely post ...Read More
After flying late Wednesday night from Hong Kong to Beijing, I tried to post first thing when I hit the ground but ran head long into the virtual wall of China. Wordpress is blocked, apparently. So no blogging. And so ...Read More
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 17, 2008
HONG KONG - The Foreign Correspondents Club here is a throwback to the colonial era, an elegant building that dates back to 1917. It carries the weight of history and a colorful past of foreign correspondents who ...Read More
HONG KONG - In the bleak morning light of my first full day here, the stock markets in Hong Kong and on mainland China began reeling the moment they opened. News of the Monday meltdown on Wall Street hit hard ...Read More
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13
REFLECTIONS ON A BIG WEEK FOR GLOBAL NEWS AND A CALL TO NATIONAL SERVICE ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF 9-11 IN NEW YORK.
I wanted to take some time before the trip to Hong Kong to reflect on what was ...Read More
We're really picking up steam as we brought in some extraordinarily talented people this week, including,
Poynter picked up on our hires and you can read about it here.
[caption id="attachment_22" align="alignleft" width="74" caption="New Global News Enterprises ME Barbara E. Martinez"][/caption]
The biggest ...Read More