No passport? No problem: A guide to covering Iran from your desk


By Jennifer-Leigh Oprihory

Congratulations! You’ve convinced your editor that the nuclear talks between Iran and the United States have a tie to your community – either because you have a nuclear reactor nearby or a military base or a number of Iranian readers.

The only problem? You have to do it from your desk.

So, what do you do?

Here are some tools for capturing the context behind this hot-button issue. This guide isn’t intended to be exhaustive, but it should give you enough fuel to hit the ground running in your Iran coverage.

UNDERSTANDING THE GOVERNMENT:

ECONOMY & DATA:

PRESS:

SOCIAL MEDIA

MISCELLANEOUS WEBSITES, REPORTS AND RESOURCES:

RECENT CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS OF INTEREST:

Senate Armed Services Committee:

  • United States Middle East Policy