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Covering high tech 101

26 September 2017

Having covered hectares of neon-illuminated alleys with hundreds of futuristic stands featuring the latest gadgets, having climbed over scores of tangled electronic cables, and having rubbed elbows with that strange brand of journalists specializing in “geekdom,” Berlin-based journalist Daphne Rousseau jots down some helpful hints for covering a high-tech extravaganza like the German capital's annual IFA fair.

Becoming an unwitting part of the story

26 October 2015

In her two years working as an AFP correspondent based in Jerusalem, Daphne Rousseau has gotten used to covering attacks. Then one day she unwittingly became part of the story.

On 'Survivors’ Street'

27 January 2015

"I did as I would with my grandmother. Pulled my chair right up beside her, and asked in a loud, slightly dumb voice, as if speaking to a child, 'Do you like it here, then?' 'The food is good,' she replied. Silence. 'In Auschwitz I weighed 23 kilos.' Silence. Over the course of an hour Shoshana Colmer dives into her memories. Without coming up for air," writes Daphne Rousseau, after meeting the residents of a community in northern Israel known as as "Survivors' Street".

Daphné Rousseau

Covering high tech 101

Becoming an unwitting part of the story

On 'Survivors’ Street'

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Daphné Rousseau

Covering high tech 101

Becoming an unwitting part of the story

On 'Survivors’ Street'

About AFP