The Little Rebellion

Passport to the Middle East: NPR’s Deborah Amos Speaks to New Paltz Community

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Content on Amos’ lecture contributed by SUNY New Paltz student Hobie Ramin.

Deborah Amos, SUNY New Paltz’s 2013 Ottaway Endowed Professor responds to emails from the campus office she is using for the duration of her professorship. Photo by Smaranda Dumitru.

Amos is a foreign correspondent for National Public Radio on the Middle East. She discussed some of the safety precautions she had to take while on location, including untraceable phones, dressing in the local fashion and texting her boss, editor and husband every time she crosses a boarder. Photo by Smaranda Dumitru.

A welcoming reception was held in the Honors Center with a Q&A conducted by University President Donald Christian. Photo credit by Smaranda Dumitru.

Amos shares stories and opinions on reporting the news. She advises aspiring journalists to learn as many different skills as possible. Learn a language, know how to photograph and video, use social media. Photo by Smaranda Dumitru.

In Robert Miraldi’s Journalism 1 class Amos signs copies of her book Eclipse of the Sunnis. Photo by Smaranda Dumitru.

Amos visits Lisa Phillips’ Feature Writing class to discuss lead paragraphs. Photo by Smaranda Dumitru.

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