Author: Wilson Vega
2012 WPI Fellow
International Assistant Editor, EL TIEMPOBogota, Colombia
Website: http://www.citytv.com.co/canal/tiempo_real
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Flying with myself
by Wilson Vega | Oct 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
I left the residence with my host family and spent pretty much every minute talking to them about the-whole-nine-weeks. At the airport, I minded the extra weight in ‘Big Bird’ and carefully distributed it in my other bags, so I didn’t have to pay 75...Personal Reflections
by Wilson Vega | Oct 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
This going to be cheesy, corny, drippy, sugary… No apologies, you have been warned.Its real name is ‘Cloud Gate’, but people commonly refer to it as ‘The Egg’. It’s a beautiful sculpture in the middle of Millenium Park, in Chicago,...‘They write us checks because they love us’
by Wilson Vega | Sep 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
Well, I did it. I bought a new suitcase. It is yellow and BIG. I call it ‘Big Bird’.Of course, this blog is not about that. Is just that I bought a new suitcase so I can take with me brochures, magazines and ‘stuff’ I have collected along this amazing six weeks. I...Conventional Politics
by Wilson Vega | Sep 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
The climate in Charlotte could not have been better. Wait.. It IS true that the heat was humid and sticky, and that at any moment it rained, skies unleashed lightning, which I can tell you can be easily compared with the much colder Bogotá. To avoid confusion, it...Recent blog posts
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We asked different groups in Minneapolis what changed in their town after George Floyd's murder?
Not much, was their reply.
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In @finnowl's first #WPIFellowship blog post, he wonders if the defamation case against Fox News by Dominion Voting Systems will drag down other media, too. Minnesota academics and journalists weigh in:
https://worldpressinstitute.org/will-the-landmark-case-against-fox-news-drag-down-other-media-too/
Check out my latest @GlobalMinnesota podcast episode w/ @Fawzeyah & @SaqibTanveer of this year's @worldpressinst International Fellows! Hear about the challenges of conducting journalism and speaking truth to power in Nigeria and Pakistan.
https://www.globalminnesota.org/event/podcast-episode-global-journalism-with-world-press-institute-fellows/