Through collaboration between the International Reporting Project and the Stanley Foundation, 11 news editors and producers visited Turkey Sept 14-25 as part of IRP’s Gatekeeper Editors Trip. There they explored the future of Turkey’s democracy, Islam and secularism, freedom of the press issues, and the country’s role as a strategic energy hub. The participating editors included: Greg Bruno, staff writer/editor, www.CFR.org, Council on Foreign Relations Jill Burcum, editorial board member, Star Tribune, Minneapolis Yavonda Chase, international editor, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Justin Dial, senior producer, CNN American Morning Larisa Epatko, world editor, PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Gary Graham, managing editor, Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Washington Bridget Kelley, supervising editor, NPR Morning Edition Liz Heron, Web editor, The Washington Post Steven Paulson, executive producer, Wisconsin Public Radio, Madison Brian Winter, foreign editor, USA Today Jake Ellison, Web editor, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Read some of their stories here: New York Times video journalist Shayla Harris documented the trip. Her video reports are here:
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