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Washington, October 18, 2005 � The International Reporting Project is pleased to announce the publication of �Looking to the Future: The Next Generation of International Broadcast News.� This 20-page report describes an exciting new vision developed by International Reporting Project alumni Fellows to reinvigorate international broadcast news coverage in the US media.

The group proposes a new program concept for international news unlike anything currently available. The approach bypasses current distribution bottlenecks in broadcasting, and stresses transparency and building new audiences. �The participants are all concerned about the lack of coverage in the US broadcast media of many important countries and international issues,� says IRP Director John Schidlovsky. �This proposal addresses that need.�

From May 15-17, 2005, 15 IRP video journalist alumni from around the country gathered at the Pocantico Hills Conference Center of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund for two days of intensive discussions aimed at forging a new, collective vision for the future of international broadcast news. All have experience working overseas for major news outlets in traditional and new media. This publication is the product of that meeting.

Click here to view the full report in PDF format.

Highlights from the report include:

• A proposal for a new international news series that will have small teams of video journalists explore an array of political, economic, health and cultural issues in a given country each month.

• Plans to produce content for multiple platforms, including television, the Internet, DVDs, print and radio, and promoting it through guerrilla marketing.

• Efforts to create a video journalism co-op of producers that will be a clearinghouse for video footage, much as news photo agencies Corbis or Magnum serve as photographer collectives.

The proposed series will also include important educational and outreach components to build younger audiences, engage with ethnic and immigrant groups in the US, and reach global viewers. The IRP alumni Fellows stress the need for transparency and authenticity in reporting this series.