Author: John Rudolph
Bio: John Rudolph, Executive Producer, is a journalist with more than 40 years experience as a public radio program host and producer of documentaries, podcasts and news reports. John produced the award-winning documentary Feet in Two Worlds: Immigrants in a Global City, which was the debut for the Feet in 2 Worlds project.
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Posted on: 01 Sep 2008
Lotus Chau, the chief reporter at Sing Tao Daily, woke up in St. Paul, Minnesota on the first day of the Republican National Convention, glanced at the TV screen, and saw CNN’s Anderson Cooper in a rain slicker, his body pressed against the wind, reporting live from the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast. “What’s he doing there?” […]
Posted on: 29 Aug 2008
At latest count the Denver Police say they have made 152 “DNC-related” arrests during the Democratic National Convention. They also report an incident where pepper spray was used on a limited basis, “when a protest crowd that had gathered Monday night near Civic Center Park refused to disperse and suddenly rushed a police safety line […]
Posted on: 26 Aug 2008
A new sense of the challenges that lie ahead for Sen. Barack Obama seems to be settling in among ethnic media reporters covering the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. On Monday, just as convention delegates were starting to buzz with excitement over Michelle Obama’s scheduled prime time TV speech, reporters and columnists who work […]
Posted on: 24 Aug 2008
Feet in Two Worlds kicks off its coverage of the Democratic and Republican National Conventions tomorrow, featuring reporting by immigrant journalists from around the country who are attending the conventions. We’ll be podcasting and blogging from Denver and St. Paul, and our reporters will be on public radio with reports and analysis. Listen to the […]
Posted on: 25 Jun 2008
“Our job as journalists is to continue to write about the immigration crisis so it will earn the place it should have among the priorities of the new president.”
Posted on: 18 Jun 2008
Hundreds of bodies and tons of debris are left behind in the southern Arizona desert each year. They are the remains and former possessions of immigrants who have entered the U.S. illegally from Mexico. Journalist Karla Escamilla is documenting this littered landscape in a series of reports for Univision, KUVE-TV in Tucson, Arizona. She is […]
Posted on: 13 Feb 2008
America on Road to Verdict – A Split One (This article was originally written for Defence Journal) By Jehangir Khattak Pakistan has frequently been mentioned by almost all the candidates from both sides of the political divide. Unfortunately, Pakistan’s name has never been mentioned in a manner that would make most Pakistanis proud. The candidates […]
Posted on: 18 Jan 2008
Andy Smith’s (head of the University of New Hampshire Survey Center) comment about the Hillary campaign, particularly its attitude to the media, was backed up by Maureen Dowd’s column the following day. “Hillary has barely talked to the press throughout her race even though the Clintons this week whined mightily that the press prefers Obama,” […]
Posted on: 18 Jan 2008
New Hampshire sets stage for blazing American election season By Jehangir Khattak (This article was written for the Pakistani magazine Defence Journal) New Hampshire primaries results have set the stage for a blazing election season in America. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s ability to prove all scientific data generated to predict her certain defeat in the Granite […]
Posted on: 15 Jan 2008
Talking to New Hampshire voters By Ewa Kern Jedrychowska Reporter, Nowy Dziennik/Polish Daily News On the eve of the New Hampshire primary, we went to 3 rallies – John McCain’s, Mitt Romney’s and Barack Obama’s. People that I interviewed in all these places were passionately sharing their views and expressing support for their favourite candidates. […]
