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Reporter’s Notebook from Pakistan

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About Reporter’s Notebook from Pakistan

Houston Public Media/News 88.7 Education Reporter Laura Isensee is traveling to Pakistan courtesy of ICFJ—the International Center for Journalists. The cultural exchange is designed to educate journalists about the media and the government in both countries. Houston Public Media/News 88.7 hosted Pakistani journalists in 2014 and introduced them to U.S. media practices, American life and Texas culture. While in Pakistan, Laura will visit local reporters, government officials and employees of non-profit organizations. Always the journalist, Laura will also be working on an education story.

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Rizwana Ruab, 16, attends the ninth grade at one of the schools with Developments in Literacy in Orangi. She is studying biology so she can become a police officer. She spends several hours every day making shoes with her family. She earns on average about 20 U.S. cents an hour.

Reporter's Notebook from Pakistan

Students Pulled Between Work and School In Pakistan

Laura Isensee

Posted on November 30, 2016 · More than 20 million children in Pakistan don't attend school, which counts for 8 percent of the world's out-of-school population.

Tags Alif Ailaan child labor Developments in Literacy pakistan The Citizens Foundation

Girls study and compete in chess, just one of several extracurricular activities added to this girls' public school since the Zindagi Trust adopted it in 2007.

Reporter's Notebook from Pakistan

US Charter School Model Goes Global In Pakistan

Laura Isensee

Posted on November 29, 2016 · Several education nonprofits have started to adopt public schools in Pakistan, introducing new books, hiring new teachers and upgrading facilities.

Tags charter schools Developments in Literacy pakistan The Citizens Foundation Zindagi Trust

Reporter's Notebook from Pakistan

Until Next Time, Pakistan

Laura Isensee

Posted on October 3, 2016 · Laura Isensee reflects on her visit to Pakistan on the last day of her visit to that country.

Tags airport extremism Karachi pakistan progress

Reporter's Notebook from Pakistan

US Invests Millions To Train Journalists In Pakistan

Laura Isensee

Posted on October 2, 2016 · The journalists there have been resilient and tenacious in the face of violence.

Tags Geo TV ICFJ international travel journalism pakistan public diplomacy

Reporter's Notebook from Pakistan

How Liberal Arts At One College Could Build A Better Pakistan

Laura Isensee

Posted on October 1, 2016 · Can a focus on liberal arts education help create stronger leaders?

Tags Habib UNiversity ICFJ international travel pakistan Texas A&M

Reporter's Notebook from Pakistan

What Houston Can Learn From Karachi And Other Megacities

Laura Isensee

Posted on September 30, 2016 · For other growing cities like Houston, urban planners say there is a lot to learn from Karachi and other megacities, especially as more and more people around the world flock to urban centers for jobs and opportunity.

Tags houston Karachi mass transportation motorbikes pakistan urban planning

Reporter's Notebook from Pakistan

Creating Safe Spaces for Open Dialogue

Laurie Johnson

Posted on September 28, 2016 · In Karachi, News 88.7 Education Reporter Laura Isensee reflects on the difficulties people face in Pakistan when they try to push back against cultural norms.

Tags cultural exchange ICFJ International Center For Journalists Karachi pakistan Sabeen Mahmud

Reporter's Notebook from Pakistan

A Museum Field Trip & A Makeshift Classroom In Karachi

HPM News Staff

Posted on September 27, 2016 · News 88.7's Laura Isensee was struck by the seeming contradictions of two educational moments she witnessed in the port city.

Tags ICFJ international travel Islamabad Karachi pakistan

Reporter's Notebook from Pakistan

Reflections On Security, Textbooks & Freedom Of The Press

HPM News Staff

Posted on September 26, 2016 · Listen to an audio montage of News 88.7 Reporter Laura Isensee's first dispatches.

Tags Asia ICFJ International Center For Journalists international travel Islamabad Karachi

Reporter's Notebook from Pakistan

Goodbye Islamabad & Hello Karachi

HPM News Staff

Posted on September 23, 2016 · Learn about some of the differences between the capital and the coast, plus what one has in common with Greater Houston.

Tags ICFJ international travel journalism pakistan

Reporter's Notebook from Pakistan

Six Takeaways From The UN Mission In Pakistan

Laura Isensee

Posted on September 22, 2016 · The United Nation’s resident coordinator in Islamabad talks about the biggest challenges confronting the country.

Tags climate change journalist exchange trip Neil Buhne pakistan refugees

Reporter's Notebook from Pakistan

Living With Extreme Security Measures In Islamabad

HPM News Staff

Posted on September 21, 2016 · Special security checkpoints to access the hotel and armed guards at cell phone stores. The war on terror has an impact on the day-to-day.

Tags ICFJ Islamabad Laura Isensee pakistan security war on terror

Reporter's Notebook from Pakistan

Culture To Counter Extremism?

Laura Isensee

Posted on September 21, 2016 · Can you counter extremism with culture? In particular, expressing cultural diversity and creativity? That's a subtext at Lok Virsa, a folk heritage museum that's led by Fouzia Saeed.

Tags Fouzia Saeed Lok Virsa pakistan

Reporter's Notebook from Pakistan

Why Words Matter

Laura Isensee

Posted on September 20, 2016 · A lack of sensitivity and gender inequality in media prompted a Pakistani journalist to start the nonprofit, Uks Research Centre.

Tags journalists pakistani media power of words Tasneem Ahmar uks research centre women

Reporter's Notebook from Pakistan

What’s In Store For Journalists In Pakistan Exchange Trip

HPM News Staff

Posted on September 19, 2016 · Houston Public Media/News 88.7 Education Reporter Laura Isensee is in Pakistan as a visiting journalist with the International Center For Journalists.

Tags cultural exchange ICF International Center for Journalists pakistan travel

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