Broadcast Journalist Series: Krisztina Than on covering the refugee crisis

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Waiting to be processed in Germany
A refugee waits to be processed at the first registration point for migrants of the German federation police in Deggendorf, southern Germany, on Sept. 8, 2015 where refugees from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Syria are registered. The numbers of migrants have spiked since September 4, 2015, when Austria and Germany threw open their borders and eased travel restrictions to allow in thousands who had made it to Hungary, which has balked at the influx.
Chrisof Stache | AFP | Getty Images

Europe is struggling to figure out how to handle the influx of tens of thousands of migrants who have fled war and poverty in their native countries.

As part of Minnesota Public Radio's Broadcast Journalist Series, Tom Weber spoke with Krisztina Than, a Hungarian reporter who leads a team at Reuters in Budapest.

Hungary has been a key player in the migrant crisis, and Than has been shaping coverage of the crisis through her coverage of both the political developments — and the individual stories of people who have fled their homes.

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