This month, we have shored up our Eastern Europe team by adding almost a dozen solid reporters from Bulgaria to Latvia. With them, we covered the deadly freeze in the region and the strong resistance to ACTA there. We have also added reporters in New Zealand, Pakistan, Yemen and Egypt, as well as others in Europe. We are continuing to find new ways to cover the conflict in Syria and the eurocrisis (as interest wanes in the latter) and have produced great stories on the anniversaries of the Egyptian and Libyan uprising.
As we completed a project on non-state actors, we realized that while we don't have enough manpower to handle it, we would start an Africa team anyway. We believe it is important to shore up coverage of the sub-Saharan region. As a result, we are starting to look for reporters based there and will do our best to build up coverage of the continent.
In March, we plan to shore up our Middle East coverage, do more on elections in Europe, as well as the 100th anniversary of the Titanic's sinking. Also, as we move to our new website, we will finally be able to add all of our stories in a search able way as well as all of the reporters that belong to the network for the first time.
Stay tuned...
