Look overseas for some local story ideas
Looking for a story idea? Looking for a story?
Why not choose one that makes the world just a little smaller for your readers and viewers?
That’s where Global Voices Online comes in. The website was founded by Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society. Here what it is:
The site features the work of bloggers from all around the world. The bloggers’ material has been summarized (and in many cases, translated as well). Many of the bloggers communicate ideas not covered by their country’s mainstream press.
So what you are really getting are the “un-heard” voices of a particular country. That might give you a good idea of how to make those global stories local, such as looking for an immigrant community in your town and writing about what’s on their mind. The work of the bloggers in their home country gives you a good start.
Go to: http//www.globalvoicesonline.org/about/