So, you want to be a foreign correspondent?

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"Energy rightly applied and directed will accomplish anything."Nellie Bly's Motto

Nelly Bly

"I was too impatient to work at the usual duties assigned women on newspapers."Six Months In Mexico (1888)

*Badass Reporter*Traveled around the

world in 72 days *Broke into Mental

Wards

Sabeel

Bishop Desmond Tutu

Rev. Dr. Naim Ateek

Pack Everything you Own

"Never having failed, I could not picture what failure meant..."

Nelly Bly, "From Jersey Back To Jersey"; The New York World; January 26, 1890

WAW

Make Friends with the Natives

Couchsurf

Work

Volunteer

Look and Listen with an Open Mind

You Will See

Help Out

Bethlehem

Hebron

Refugee Camp

“The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear”― Aung San Suu Kyi

Stay Calm!

Join a Local Newsgroup

Juliano Mer Khamis &The Freedom Theater

The Popular Committee Against the Apartheid

Juliano Mer Khamis

-"I am 100% Palestinian and 100% Jewish."--Founder of the Freedom Theater--Oscar Nominated Actor--Director of "Arna's Children"--Women's Rights & Peace Activist-

Juliano Mer Khamis 1958-2011

"When you are afraid... is when you must speak."

Your Voice Counts

“Please use your liberty to promote ours”

― Aung San Suu Kyi

So you Want to be a Foreign Correspondent?

Or Just Convince Anyone, Anywhere, You're a Spy

Go For It!

• Decide who or what motivates you• Apply for scholarships• Go where you want to be• Talk to everyone and make friends• Get an internship... and then

Speak Out and Share your Story

"I have never written a word that did not come from my heart. I never shall."Nelly Bly, The Evening-Journal; January 8, 1922

If You Trust me... Connect with Me

Resources & People Nelly Bly SabeelJuliano Mer KhamisArna's ChildrenWomen in Black Popular Committee Against the ApartheidPalestinian Monitor

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