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Hagit Bachrach

Trip:: India 2013
Affiliation:: CFR.org
Country:: India
Year:: 2013

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Hagit Bachrach is an award-winning multimedia journalist. She creates videos, podcasts, data visualizations, and interactive presentations for CFR.org, the website of the Council on Foreign Relations, which is dedicated to improving understanding of global events and the foreign policy choices faced by the United States and other countries. Previously, Hagit wrote, produced, and edited video content for CNNMoney.com and CNN, covering economic and business news at the height of the global financial crisis, and produced and edited prime-time news coverage for Galei Zahal during the Al-Aqsa Intifada.

Hagit has a master's degree in international relations from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University and a bachelor's degree in political science from Columbia University. Hagit has received an Emmy award and Emmy nomination, and two Oversees Press Club Awards for her work on Crisis Guide: Iran and Crisis Guide: Pakistan, among multiple other recognitions. In 2012, Hagit was also selected for the prestigious MJ Bear Fellowship by the Online News Association.

Stories

Emerging Voices: Hagit Bachrach on Gender Relations and Child Survival in India

by Bachrach, Hagit | March 20, 2013

Nearly one in every four children who die before the age of five dies in India. Gender roles play an important role in Indian culture and have a profound impact...
Opening Up the Gates to Global Reporting

by Bachrach, Hagit | March 05, 2013

One of the biggest challenges I face in covering international affairs and foreign policy is the lack of direct access to the people and the regions I report on. This is hardly...