Author: Kate Bartlett
2019 WPI Fellow
Bio: Kate Bartlett is a Zimbabwean-born journalist who was reported from Cambodia, Afghanistan, Hong Kong, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Congo, and Bosnia among other places. She started her career at The Cambodia Daily in Phnom Penh, then went to Agence France Presse as an Asia editor, and is currently Southern and East Africa correspondent for Deutsche Presse Agentur, the German press agency.
Twitter: @bartlettkate
Forget "bye-bye Birdie", looks like it's bye-bye Bibi: https://t.co/YeWsBw32mi
Posts by Kate Bartlett:
Princess Kay and the Butter Queens
“I’ve always loved princesses,” says Amy Kyllo, a blonde teenager from Minnesota who has just won a beauty pageant – with a difference. Kyllo was named 2019’s “Princess Kay of the Milky Way” at the Minnesota State Fair, a title given every year to a dairy...
Sanders supporters will feel the burn, not the Bern, if he loses nomination
Unlike a lot of politicians, Bernie Sanders doesn’t mince his words. “It is absolutely imperative that we defeat the most dangerous president in the history of this country,” said Sanders, one of a large group of Democrats hoping to be their party’s candidate in next...
A visit to Minneapolis’ Somali community in wake of political attacks on Ilhan Omar
With its manicured green lawns, rocking chairs planted on quaint porches, and – in winter – temperatures below freezing, Minnesota is a far cry from dusty, war-torn Mogadishu in the horn of Africa. But its biggest city, Minneapolis, is home to the largest Somali...
We are happy to announce the selection of the 2019 World Press Institute (WPI) fellows! Read more about the 2019 WPI Fellows and view their photos here: https://t.co/PEepuQI8Lu
Happy Holidays from WPI! If you are a foreign journalist looking to immerse yourself in the governance, politics, business, media, journalistic ethics and culture of the US, we are now accepting applications for our 2019 fellowship program: https://t.co/UuT18UAzyw.