Training Reporters in Bhutan

A while back Word of Mouth interviewed Roxana von Kraus for a segment on "extreme travel." Roxana takes groups of American tourists to countries that haven't exactly thrown open their doors to visitors. One of those countries, Bhutan, nestled deep in the heart of the Himalayas, is holding its first-ever national assembly elections in less than a month.

WNYC's political director, Andrea Bernstein, was invited this week to train 20 Bhutanese reporters, and she's blogging about it here. It's an interesting look at how a developing country's journalists are preparing to cover their first foray into democracy. Here's one gem: "We were questioned about everything from maintaining objectivity to how to handle accusations that black magic would be used in a campaign."