New Depth and Vision Gained in Vienna

29 Jul 2010 | Georgiana Ilie

I like to support my reporting by reading relevant sociological studies or philosophical takes on the subject I’m writing about. When I wrote the profile of a very talented Romanian writer, I read, besides his books and all the reviews ever written about them, books on literature theory and critical approaches on the idea of genius in literature. They gave me a framework of what is important in terms of literary talent and where this author stood among his peers. They gave me depth and vision.
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New Depth and Vision Gained in Vienna

29 Jul 2010 | Georgiana Ilie

I like to support my reporting by reading relevant sociological studies or philosophical takes on the subject I’m writing about. When I wrote the profile of a very talented Romanian writer, I read, besides his books and all the reviews ever written about them, books on literature theory and critical approaches on the idea of genius in literature. They gave me a framework of what is important in terms of literary talent and where this author stood among his peers. They gave me depth and vision.
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Ruzica Fotinovska

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Ruzica Fotinovska

Ruzica Fotinovska is a newsroom reporter from Macedonia, covering social issues and politics and policies. Ruzica has a special interest in researching and covering the life and problems of society’s marginalised groups. She is a three times winner of the UN First Prize for excellence in journalism, for reporting on poverty issues in Macedonia. Read more
Taboos change – rapidly. Homosexuality was once a taboo in Western Europe, as was “living in sin”, [i.e. outside marriage], abortion, childlessness, physical disabilities, atheism and suicide.

No longer. But new taboos have arisen. The Europe of our ancestors was in some ways more accepting of depression, virginity, celibacy, getting old, illness and death than we are in our more youth-centred and health-orientated society. Read more