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.
Haiti News Project Co-ordinator Joe Oglesby speaks to IPI a year after the earthquake
‘The way media cover disasters like this is a major problem’