by Julyssa Lopez
Declan Walsh, Pakistan bureau chief at The New York Times, had been covering major news events in Pakistan, including bombings, political crises and the Osama Bin Laden operation—but he wanted to examine the country through the eyes of civilians. So he took a train ride: The journalist crossed Pakistan on its decaying railway, reporting on both the crumbling transit enterprise and the people he saw along the way in a poignant 2013 feature for the Times.
“One of the complaints one gets from Pakistanis in particular is that you’re not giving a sense of the daily life most people experience,” he said. “I thought a train ride was one way of seeing the country through a new lens.”
Like Mr. Walsh, several other storytellers are working to shed light on the country’s untold stories through film, journalism, radio and other mediums. Azmat Khan, senior digital producer at Al Jazeera America, moderated a discussion on the topic during “Reporting in Pakistan: The Challenges, Realities and Stories You Aren’t Hearing,” hosted by the George Washington University’s School of Media and Public Affairs on Tuesday. Read the entire recap >>
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