11 Gatekeeper Editors travel to Turkey
The Gatekeepers met with a wide range of Turkish leaders in fields such as politics, business, religion, media, medicine and health, education, arts and culture and other areas.
"Turkey is a key country for news organizations to cover. It's facing challenges in politics, religion, economics, health issues, development and women's rights issues," said John Schidlovsky, director of the International Reporting Project (IRP).
Topics included the future of Turkish democracy, media and freedom of expression, Islam in Turkey and the country's strategic role as an energy transit hub.
The Turkey trip is the 10th Gatekeepers trip since the program began in 2000. Previous IRP Gatekeeper editors have traveled to Indonesia, Brazil, South Africa, Lebanon/Syria, India, Egypt, Nigeria, Korea and Uganda.
The Gatekeeper editors and producers on the Turkey trip were:
Greg Bruno, staff writer/editor, 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"
Jake Ellison, online producer, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Larisa Epatko, world editor, PBS "Online NewsHour with Jim Lehrer"
Gary Graham, managing editor, Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Washington
Liz Heron, world editor, Washingtonpost.com
Bridget Kelley, supervising editor, National Public Radio "Morning Edition"
Steven Paulson, executive producer, Wisconsin Public Radio, Madison
Brian Winter, foreign editor, USA Today
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