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Timothy Spence

Skills categor(ies):ReportersEditorsSub-editorsProofreaders

Specialism(s):Foreign affairsPoliticsEnergyEnvironmentDefenceTrade unionsHistoryArts

Regular contributor to: Transitions Online (www.tol.org)

Other information: Timothy Spence is a free-lance writer and independent journalism trainer, newsroom adviser and lecturer with more than 20 years of experience as a reporter, Washington editor and overseas correspondent. He has managed and led newsroom training and workshops in diverse regions and post-conflict environments — including Africa, the Caucasus, Middle East, Balkans and Eastern Europe.

The recipient of two Knight International Journalism Fellowships, Spence most recently received a U.S. Fulbright Specialists grant to teach journalism in Ghana. He has also been selected to provide newsroom management expertise in Algeria. Spence has been a university lecturer in journalism in the Czech Republic, Armenia and Ethiopia.

Links to my work:
SELECTED ARTICLES

“Armenia: What Must Come Next: The Zurich agreement between Armenia and Turkey is progress, but the celebration is premature,” Transitions Online (www.tol.org), 13 October 2009.

“Enough is Enough: In a border town where Greece means business, there is hope for a compromise on Macedonia’s name,” Transitions Online (www.tol.org), 2 October 2009.

“Locked in the Closest: Macedonian gay rights advocates see more politics than conviction behind proposed anti-bias legislation,” Transitions Online (www.tol.org), 18 September 2009.

“Anti-Nuclear Winter: What (we hope) Dmitry Medvedev is writing to the next American president on the eve of change in Washington,” Transitions Online (www.tol.org), 19 December 2008.

Battling Belene: Environmentalists have renewed their efforts to stop Bulgaria building a new NPP on the River Danube”, Energy Power Monitor (UK), 12 November 2008.

“Russia's cool face is merely a mask for deeper problems,” European Voice, 3 July 2008.
“Pipeline Perils in the Caucasus,” FSU Oil and Gas Monitor (NewsBase Ltd., UK), Issue 480, 7 May 2008.

“Sofia’s Mean Streets,” Transitions Online (www.tol.org), April 25, 2008 [unsigned commentary].

“Als goede vriend van de VS verdient Polen beter,” Friesch Dagblad (the Netherlands), 29 August 2007.

“Give NATO Allies Visa-Free U.S. Travel,” BusinessWeek.com, 22 August 2007.



Telephone: +233 248 230 400

Mobile: +233 248 230 400

Email: tspence@freelancejournalism.com

Web site: http://web.mac.com/tespence/iWeb/Professional/Newscoach.html

Location:
Accra
Ghana

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