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DON DUNCAN
donduncan79@gmail.com * +961 7113 7701
EXPERIENCE
FREELANCE REPORTER (August 2002-present)
Currently based in Beirut, Lebanon
File for print, video and radio outlets in the US, Europe and Asia. Coverage includes insurgency in Bhutan, disability and development in northern Afghanistan, and the growth in Sunni extremism, the protracted political crisis, and the Palestinian refugee issue in Lebanon, among others
Editorial Clients:
Agence France Presse (AFPTV), The Wall Street Journal, The International Herald Tribune, The Guardian, Le Monde, The Christian Science Monitor, The New York Times, PBS, NPR, The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, RTE (Irish national broadcaster), Deutsche Welle, The San Francisco Chronicle, TIME, and others
Awards/Fellowships:
- Fellow, National Press Foundation at the 2010 HIV/AIDS conference, Vienna
- Investigative Fund, The Nation Institute, New York (2009),
- BBC/Rory Peck Hostile Environments Training Fund (2008)
- News21 fellow, Carnegie/Knight Foundations (2008)
- Travel grant: Afghanistan, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, Washington D.C. (2008)
- Travel grant: Lebanon, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, Washington D.C. (2007)
CONSULTANT/EDUCATOR
Institute of War and Peace Reporting (IWPR)
Beirut, Lebanon & Damascus, Syria; August 2009 - March 2010
Designed, developed and taught a comprehensive syllabus on multimedia reporting for IWPR's print journalists based in Syria. Journalists are given a grounding in storytelling using video, still photography and audio technology. Training occurs in Beirut and Damascus on a continual basis
Daniel Pearl Reporting Project
Consultancy work on a new multimedia syllabus for the Pearl Foundation's project to teach journalism to high school students around the world via the web. Also served as a tutor on this program
Business Reporter, Cosmedias International SA
(Paris, France; May 2004-July 2006)
Reported on the global business and corporate strategy of the retail, cosmetics and consumer products sectors
Business Reporter, Publi-News SA
(Paris, France; May 2003-May 2004)
Reported on new banking systems and developments in payment technologies
Junior Reporter, World Business Reports/Vegamedia
(Dublin, Ireland; Sept. 2002- April 2003)
Intern, Time Magazine Asia Edition
(Hong Kong; September-November 2008)
Researched and reported articles for TIME and TIME.com, edited copy from Asia-based correspondents
Intern, BBC New York Bureau
(New York; January-May 2007)
Coordinated news feeds and live studio links from New York with London and other bureaus
PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS
"Gross National Happiness? Uncovering the first stirrings of insurgency among Bhutan's ethnic Nepalese minority," Nov/Dec 2008, for print, radio and multimedia outlets
“A Journey Home: Afghanistan through the eyes of a returning refugee,” May 2008, for print, radio, TV and online video outlets
“Refuge in Ruins: Returning to Nahr al Bared,” January '08, reporting project to Lebanon for print, radio and online video outlets
“To Stay or Go,” May '07, a half-hour radio documentary on the undocumented Irish community in the U.S.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Founder and Editor, Æ magazine (Headquartered in Paris, France; May 2005 – August 2006)
Founder, editor-in-chief and fashion editor of a global quarterly magazine showcasing work from emerging artists
EDUCATION
Columbia University, New York
MA Politics and Journalism, 2008
Specialization: U.S. and Middle East politics
Awards:
-Bollinger Presidential Fellow,
-Arthur Harris Award (runner up for “Best M.A. Thesis”)
-Einhorn Family research fund, Einhorn Family Trust
Columbia University, New York
MSc Journalism, 2007
Specialization: Broadcast journalism
Awards: Henry N. Taylor Scholarship (2006/07)
Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
BA English Literature, 2002, graduated with high honors
Université de Paris VII, France,
Erasmus (EU) exchange student, 1999/2000
Specialization: French language and literature
SKILLS AND SPECIALIZED TRAINING
Languages: fluent French and Gaelic
Technological Proficiency: FinalCut, Avid, Premiere, Protools, Audition, Audacity, Photoshop, Storymaker, ENPS, advanced use of digital SLRs, HD and DV camcorders, audio recording devices and studio lighting equipment
Hostile Environments: BBC Hostile Environments training (HEFAT), TOR International, London UK, Dec. 2008 |
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