Why I’m out here, reason No. 1
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
There were many reasons why I called it a day in St. Louis and hit the road. Let’s talk about one in particular:
The decline of the American foreign correspondent corps. Sure, the Bigs will continue to pay for top-shelf international journalism. But the papers just a rung or two down on the ladder (indeed, most of the Top 100) should still have bodies in the field across the oceans but don’t, the Post-Dispatch included.
So their readers miss global news. And not just the big international crisis — death, mayhem, flooding, war, locusts, Olympics, genocide, plague — stories. They miss knowing the impact of their local decisions, their local companies, their local products, their local families.
That led to my journalistic model: sell locally focused, international stories to these papers on the cheap. Today, finally, I’ve proven my model, if only once.
After a little more than four months, my byline has appeared again, this time attached to a print and photo package in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel about Harley-Davidson’s attempts to enter the Indian market. It’s a business story that allows me to add some depth to the global (sometimes over-hyped) narrative about India as a rising economic power.
Thanks to the many people who were involved, specifically in getting the story printed, and more generally in getting me out chasing my dreams.
Tags: delhi, economy, harley-davidson, india, journalism, motorcycle, mumbai, photography, published
5 Responses to “Why I’m out here, reason No. 1”
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Anna Says:
November 29th, 2009 at 9:13 amYay, yay, yay, yay, yay!!!!!!!!!!!
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Royal Says:
November 29th, 2009 at 10:23 amCongratulations! Good story, too, brutha.
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Mitch Says:
November 29th, 2009 at 8:31 pmGood going, Adam!
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sarah Says:
December 3rd, 2009 at 5:43 pmway to go, Adam. Great reason to be out there, and great story too. americans often forget there is a worldoutside of their borders.
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