Student Reporting on Dialogue Represents Cuba’s Lives, Triumphs & Heartaches

Students on the Reporting in Cuba Dialogue of Civilizations, led by School of Journalism faculty member Carlene Hempel, recently returned back to Boston with new experience as international reporters. On the trip, students had the opportunity to conduct on-the-ground, real-time reporting, both in print and broadcast, for an online multimedia magazine found here. Three of the students, who focused their reporting on EGREM (or Empresa de Grabaciones y Ediciones Musicales) – the Cuban music label founded in 1964 – also had their work published in The Washington Post. School of Journalism undergraduate students Alejandro Serrano and Riley Robinson landed a full-length feature and multiple photo placements, respectively, while graduate student Zach Ben-Amots, also studying Journalism, had his video published, found here. At the same time, student Jose da Silva had his piece about how football (soccer) is growing in popularity among Cuba’s youth published in These Football Times, a branch of The Guardian.