David Tereshchuk

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Stories That Set A World Ablaze

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Bouazizi flamesTHIS MEDIA YEAR, WHICH IS closing with courtroom cameras covering Egypt’s deposed President Hosni Mubarak on trial for killing his own citizens in the streets, opened with those streets astir with protests.

A lot certainly can happen in a year, and 2011 has been an especially vintage year for news, much of it presaged by those stirrings in Egypt. Continue reading “Stories That Set A World Ablaze” »

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French Claim for Origins of Investigative Journalism

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Voltaire crppdPARIS, France – OVERSEAS CAPITALS DO SERVE to offer new perspectives. I was surprised early in my trip here to read in Le Monde the claim that Voltaire, a writer I already greatly admired, deserves an extra, and to me unexpected, accolade as “Father of Investigative Journalism.”

We likely know Voltaire — or at least I do — as a combative and witty philosopher who so powerfully represented the Scottish Enlightenment. Yes, Scottish! As it was, before being appropriated – in France at least – as distinctly French. To his credit for honesty, Voltaire did acknowledge the Scots for their originating role, saying that “we look to Scotland for all our ideas on civilization“.     Continue reading “French Claim for Origins of Investigative Journalism” »

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