Terrence Edwards - Mongolia - Bloomberg

<p>Terrence Edwards (<a href='https://twitter.com/terryreports'>@TerryReports</a>) has gone deep on Mongolia. Moving there with the Peace Corps, he’s been in the country for more than a decade, braving 30 below temperatures in a yurt (ger) and runaway horses. He is Bloomberg’s point man for coordinating with Bloomberg TV Mongolia, a local affiliate in Mongolian languages, and does work for Bloomberg across all formats from serious text reporting on mines and politics to hilarious viral videos.</p> <p>He talks about growing up in Long Island (9:52), making his own DIY journalism major and pursuing internships (14:34), his time in the Peace Corps showering only once ever two weeks (19:41), getting his foot in the door with journalism jobs in Ulaanbaatar (34:45), being Bloomberg’s jack of all trades (42:52), coordinating across the region on a story about coronavirus (47:41), and finally the Lightning Round (51:56).</p> <p> </p> <p>Here are links to some of the things we talked about:</p> <p>Jake's story on Amazon rainforest wood - <a href='https://reut.rs/3aDwwkk'>https://reut.rs/3aDwwkk</a></p> <p>Terrence’s funny video story on staying in a yurt -  <a href='http://bit.ly/3aNEIP9'>http://bit.ly/3aNEIP9</a></p> <p>His story China’s Neighbors at Risk as Deadly Virus Continues to Spread - <a href='https://bloom.bg/3aEzox4'>https://bloom.bg/3aEzox4</a></p> <p>The Brazil Archive by The Intercept - <a href='http://bit.ly/331jWJ1'>http://bit.ly/331jWJ1</a></p> <p>Hodinkee watch vlog - <a href='http://bit.ly/39ynS6v'>http://bit.ly/39ynS6v</a></p> <p>Coffee vlogger James Hoffman - <a href='http://bit.ly/2Txbo9B'>http://bit.ly/2Txbo9B</a></p> <p>Chasing Cosby podcast - <a href='https://lat.ms/38xbi63'>https://lat.ms/38xbi63</a></p> <p>The Paycheck podcast - <a href='https://bloom.bg/2PXwpIh'>https://bloom.bg/2PXwpIh</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Follow us on Twitter <a href='https://twitter.com/foreignpod'>@foreignpod</a> or on Facebook at <a href='https://www.facebook.com/foreignpod'>facebook.com/foreignpod