Dear Blog Readers – this is my lengthy, diary-like, behind-the-scenes account of covering the 6.2 magnitude earthquake that hit Italy one week ago. It will probably be boring to many people but it does give a good idea of how we cover a major news story. As on many big news stories there were moments …
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Dear Blog Readers – I am learning through my tweeting experiences that animal photos are popular. My “Cataturk” waiting for the Pope at the Haghia Sophia was a big success, so I will start my Turkey Post 2 with another animal moment. The photo above is of the Pope releasing two doves outside the Cathedral …
Dear Blog Readers- I am sitting in the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul waiting for Pope Francis and Patriarch Bartholomew I to arrive. A couple of blog readers have written to me asking “Where are you?”. They say they don’t see me in any of the shots on TV of the Pope in Turkey and I …
Dear Blog Readers, For the past few days I have been covering the Second International Conference on Nutrition at the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome. I was not planning to write about it on my blog but a blog reader asked me to, so here I go. Since 1996, I’ve covered several World …
Food, God and Glamour at Nutrition Conference in Rome Read More »
“I think she is going to be wearing baby blue,” said AP Television cameraman Gianfranco Stara said to me as he stood at the door of Piazza Grazioli 5 outside the AP offices in Rome waiting for a taxi to arrive. He was heading to Rome’s Quirinale Palace to cover yesterday’s visit of Queen Elizabeth …
Sometimes a photo is worth a blog post by itself. This photo of Pope Francis as Super Pope was taken by my friend, AP Photographer Gregorio Borgia. It is right down the street from the Vatican on the corner of Borgo Pio, a neighborhood of old houses and tiny cobblestone streets. The graffiti was done …
Dear Blog Readers, While we are all waiting to hear who Time Magazine’s Person of the Year 2013 is, I thought I would share with you Mozzarella Mamma’s choice: Pope Francis –Mozzarella Mamma’s Person of the Year 2013 Ok, I admit I am biased because I had a front row seat at his election, I’ve …
Dear Blog Readers — Tomorrow is the big day– the first day of the Conclave to elect the next Pope. I wanted to write a lengthy post on all the ceremony and traditions involved in a Conclave, but I’m too wiped out. Fortunately my fellow blogger Tiffany Parks did that. Check out her blog post …