Post Launches "How the World Sees America"

From the release: Armed only with a journalist's curiosity, a digital video camera, a starting point, a rough itinerary and few seconds to capture a compelling story, Amar Bakshi wants to know what individuals around the world really think about America -- why some love us, why some hate us and how we affect their lives day-to-day. Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive (WPNI), the online publishing subsidiary of The Washington Post Company, today announced the launch of "How the World Sees America," a new multimedia blog on PostGlobal, the online conversation on global issues moderated by Washington Post Columnist, David Ignatius and Newsweek International Editor Fareed Zakaria. (http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal). Through daily 30-second video clips and blog entries, PostGlobal correspondent and videographer, Amar Bakshi, 23, will ask readers to help guide his itinerary, interviews and questions as he puts a human face on what the global community really thinks about America. "With 'How the World Sees America' we are promoting a new type of global commentary. By combining in-the-field reporting and emerging technology, PostGlobal can now share multimedia stories about people and places in the news. We can connect America and the world in a new way, and explore the reasons for America's growing unpopularity in many countries," says David Ignatius award-winning journalist and moderator of PostGlobal. "Bakshi has the opportunity to get behind the rhetoric and interview real people for insight into how U.S. policy, events and culture affect the world." The first leg of Bakshi's exploration takes him to the United Kingdom, Pakistan and India. Subsequent destinations will be dictated by world events and reader suggestions; perhaps Egypt and Iran, China and Japan or Mexico and Venezuela. One day Bakshi may feature interviews from a protest rally on the streets of Islamabad, another may offer perspectives from an underground rave in Manchester, and on yet another day, he may share insights from a factory worker in Bangalore. "This is a significant break from other forms of online journalism where a videographer spends three weeks making a 5 minute clip," states Amar Bakshi. "Everyday readers can follow my journey in detail. The idea is to get them involved in some of the decision making that goes into 'How the World Sees America'," he adds.

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