Video Memoir: Paris Roundtable with Jim Bittermann, Mort Rosenblum and Alan Riding
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As part of our ongoing interview archive series, the OPC presents a roundtable discussion in Paris with Jim Bittermann, senior European correspondent for CNN since 1996; Mort Rosenblum, a University of Arizona journalism professor formerly with the Associated Press; and retired New York Times cultural correspondent Alan Riding.
Vivienne Walt, who has written for Time magazine since 2003, conducted the interview.
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CNN correspondent Jim Bittermann recalls the start of his career and his first overseas posting in Rome during the “year of the three popes.” Video by Jacques Menasche.
New York Times correspondent Alan Riding remembers how he ended up in Paris, and gives some advice for young journalists looking for work in France. Video by Jacques Menasche.
Mort Rosenblum, formerly with the Associated Press, speaks about his first overseas postings in Africa, Singapore and Argentina. Video by Jacques Menasche.
