http://kaylawebley.com A multimedia journalist on the move Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:59:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As you may have noticed I haven't updated my site in a while. I spent the summer galavanting around Southeast Asia and while I meant to post updates and blog posts, I found out that the internet cafes in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam were not the most inspiring places ... http://kaylawebley.com/2009/09/29/youve-come-to-the-right-place/ As President Barack Obama marked 100 days in office, the majority (60 percent) of Americans gave him approval -- but what about the rest of the world? These videos shot in January and February of 2009 in the Middle East and India show the U.S. and its new president through ... http://kaylawebley.com/2009/05/10/four-questions-one-new-president/ Serif Bakan, 56, Pamukkale, Turkey http://kaylawebley.com/2009/05/10/question-2-how-do-you-think-americans-view-your-country/ Ajit Singh, 31, Udaipur, India Robert Nash, 27, London (Interviewed in Delhi, India) http://kaylawebley.com/2009/05/10/question-3-what-was-your-view-of-america-during-the-presidency-of-george-w-bush/ Ajit Singh, 31, Udaipur, India Serif Bakan, 56, Pamukkale, Turkey http://kaylawebley.com/2009/05/10/question-four-how-is-your-view-changing-with-president-barack-obama/ [caption id="attachment_220" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="A rally for Obama in India. Carol Mitchell / Flickr"] [/caption] When I was traveling in India last month it became quite apparent that the U.S. is really no longer known as America, it's 'Obama-land' now. When asked hundreds of time where I was from, after replying "America" I ... http://kaylawebley.com/2009/03/02/obama-cares-about-all-people/ This post was originally published on the Global Obama: New Year, New President, New Perspectives blog. See the original post here. Perhaps it is because I work in a newsroom, but it seemed to me -- even from Hong Kong -- all ears were on U.S. president Barack Obama's speech today. After ... http://kaylawebley.com/2009/02/25/state-of-the-nation-little-reassurance-for-foreign-audience/ [caption id="attachment_737" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="A park on Delhi's south side."]A bustling street in north Delhi. At first glance my most recent home, Chicago, and my most recently visited city, Delhi, have nothing in common. Chicago (yes, I am biased) is one of the greatest cities in America. It's far cleaner than ... http://kaylawebley.com/2009/02/19/meet-delhi-chicagos-sister-from-another-mother/ A startling observation I have made since traveling through a host of middle eastern countries is that America and Israel are viewed as one in the same. In one mosque we entered in Damascus, Syria, two metal flags laid of the floor for visitors to trample. One for Israel, one ... http://kaylawebley.com/2009/01/30/one-in-the-same/ In America television stations are not allowed to show caskets coming home from the war. We never see the Americans dying in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere, and we most certainly never see the thousands of Iraqis that have been killed since the war began. While there are certainly some positives ... http://kaylawebley.com/2009/01/16/please-no-more-dead-children/