Dart Centre Europe Networking Event & Conversation with Jason Parkinson

In London, England, Dart Centre Europe will host a social get-together and a conversation with video journalist Jason Parkinson about his experiences covering the refugee crisis in Europe.

Parkinson and journalists Alex Hannaford, Jess Hurd and Raniah Salloum recently spoke with us about the reporting challenges in covering stories of migration and refugees. Here's a sample of what Parkinson had to say:

"The most difficult and time consuming challenge is to get people to trust you and to speak on camera. It’s not a job like others, where you can just set up a camera, hit record and get your shots and sound bites. On any refugee story, 80 percent of my time is spent speaking with people and sharing some of myself with them so they understand that I see them as more than just a sound bite.

I want people to know I am reporting on this issue because I care. I find that this method takes a lot out of you personally, because you are dropping that barrier between you and the subject."

 Click here to read the full piece.