Reporting Abroad Workshop, hosted by NüVoices

​November 13, 2026; 12 p.m.-1:30am ET on Zoom

​Recorded for distribution to registrants only

​For security reasons, the Zoom link will be sent out to workshop attendees 24 hours prior to the event.

​As foreign bureaus continue to shrink and more journalists are working independently, there are fewer traditional pathways for reporters to gain international reporting experience. At the same time, many journalists — particularly students, recent graduates, and early-career reporters — are eager to report internationally, but may not know how to get started. Furthermore, journalists may find it difficult to navigate the many challenges and risks of reporting abroad. 

This workshop would offer practical guidance for journalists interested in reporting overseas (with a particular focus on the Asia-Pacific region and African countries). Through a conversation with experienced international reporters, participants would learn how to identify stories, build sources and local networks, pitch editors from abroad, and navigate the logistical and professional challenges and risks of reporting abroad.

​Meet the panelists:

​KC Cheng 鄭康君 is a Taiwanese-American photojournalist based in Nairobi, Kenya for 6 years, covering environmental change, cultural continuity, foreign interventions, and outdoor adventure. Her work began in the Arctic and extends globally, including unfriendly places like eastern Ukraine, northern Mozambique, and South Sudan–she can work in any environment with ease.

​KC contributes to the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Nature, Summit Journal, and The Christian Science Monitor, amongst other publications. She's the editor-at-large at The Xylom, an independent science newsroom covering the world's most pressing health and environmental disparities.

Jessie Lau is a feminist writer and journalist from Hong Kong. She’s spent over a decade reporting on human rights, politics and culture from Asia, Europe and the U.S. for The Guardian, BBC, Financial Times, CNN, LA Review of Books, The Economist and others. Now based in London, she founded New Tide, Britain’s only network for East and Southeast Asian journalism, and works as a media lecturer at Kingston University in London. Follow her @jessielauwrites and subscribe to her book-led newsletter on reading power from the margins.

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