Haiti News Project Co-ordinator Joe Oglesby Speaks to IPI a Year after the Earthquake

In January, I did my internship at the IPI (International Press Institute), the world’s oldest global press freedom organisation. They are dedicated to the furtherance and safeguarding of press freedom, the protection of freedom of opinion and expression, the promotion of the free flow of news and information, and the improvement of the practices of journalism. This is my special interview with Joe Oglesby, coordinator of the Haiti News Project, one year after the earthquake.

Haitian journalist interviewing in the camp. Photo credit: Internews Network

A former editorial page editor for the Miami Herald, Joe Oglesby is the coordinator of the Haiti News Project, an international programme which provides assistance to Haitian print journalists harshly hit by the earthquake, just one year ago. The project involves journalism organisations like the American Society of News Editors, the Inter American Press Association, Investigative Reporters and Editors, the National Association of Black Journalists, Poder Magazine, the Poynter Institute and UNITY: Journalists of Color. IPI’s North American Committee joined the project back in May, with donations which helped to provide tents and equipment for Haitian journalists.