About seven years ago, Global Press Institute founder Cristi Hegranes was working as a foreign correspondent in Nepal. During a visit to a village in the Eastern part of the country, Hegranes offered a pen and notebook to the matriarch of the village, and asked her to write down her own story.
"What she came up with was a really powerful piece of journalism," Hegranes said.
If only the matriarch had some journalism training, Hegranes thought, couldn't she tell this story better than foreign freelancers? Why would foreign correspondents, who often sweep into foreign regions during times of crisis, be better suited to report on a country and a culture than the people who call that place home?
Hegranes is part of a wave of leaders who are re-envisioning the scope, style and business model for international journalism. With the near extinction of American foreign news bureaus, and the growth of participatory media, these journalists-turned-entrepreneurs are rethinking global reporting models and training people to do journalism in foreign lands.
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