Comments on: teaching a photographer to fish

By: Rising Voices » Ceasefire Liberia: Providing a Platform For Liberians

Rising Voices » Ceasefire Liberia: Providing a Platform For Liberians — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:32:04 +0000

[...] Gordon comments on the workshop: The hardest thing is communicating the idea that you have to spend a lot of time [...]

By: Scarlett Lion | teaching a photographer to fish, part two

Scarlett Lion | teaching a photographer to fish, part two — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:27:54 +0000

[...] Meanwhile, last week I trained a handful of local photographers with the support of UNICEF. [...]

By: Scarlett Lion

Scarlett Lion — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:04:56 +0000

@Esteyonage – you are completely right, and I do think resources remain the biggest challenges for both local journalists and foreign correspondence. Few outlets want to invest the time and money it takes to do really, really good stories.

@J. Harris – the woman in the back is selling bananas. I was taking a photo of the photographers taking photos of each other.

By: J. Harris

J. Harris — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:36:14 +0000

Where was this photo taking with the pan of ripe banana in the back groung? Is she selling the banana?

By: Esteyonage

Esteyonage — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:22:00 +0000

Fact: Average Liberian journalist makes less than $ 100/month – most make less than $ 60

Fact: Average Liberian journalist pays $1/day to come to work

Fact: Most would LOVE to spend more time on stories, but little encouragement exists to do so