The one advantage I had over seasoned reporters is that I wasn't constrained by the insurance costs and tight deadlines that come with working for a major news agency as a result, I was able to spend three months in the fray, and gain a perspective on piracy (and Somalia in general) that no other outsider was granted. The Pirates of Somalia 2017 Directed by Bryan Buckley Synopsis After an inspiring chance encounter with his idol, rookie journalist Jay Bahadur uproots his life and moves to Somalia looking for the story of a lifetime. I was immediately shocked by how few Western journalists were in the country during my first six-week trip, the only other foreigners I encountered were a team of Australian cameramen on my final day in Somalia. Somalia was a great candidate, and when piracy exploded in September 2008 I quit my job and bought a ticket. The Pirates of Somalia Inside Their Hidden World By: Jay Bahadur Narrated by: Sunil Malhotra Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins 3.8 (105 ratings) Try for 0. Every established journalist I spoke to advised me to skip journalism school and make my bones by writing freelance in crazy places. At the time (late 2008), I was working out of my parents' house on a contract basis for a Chicago-based market research firm and trying semi-desperately to break into journalism. State Department on Somali piracy and appeared on CNN, the BBC, Canada AM and The Daily Show. He has worked as a freelance correspondent for CBS News, advised the U.S. Jay Bahadur: The terrifying spectre of the agonizingly dull life that awaited me if I didn't do something with myself. JAY BAHADUR is a Canadian freelance journalist who has published articles in The Times (London), The New York Times, Financial Times and The Globe and Mail. Jeff Glor: What inspired you to write the book?
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