Updates from the cave where I’m hiding
Some combination of way too much work, too much travel, and too few hours in the day has made me neglect this little nook of the Internet. Sorry for that. But I’m more sorry for barraging your email box with fake blog posts yesterday when I was trying to do some site maintenance and set up [...]
Of Poland, poets and the feeling of the possible: A goodbye
I am not a poet, but I am an impassioned lover of Wislawa Szymborska. She won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1996, but I discovered her thanks to a friend, who is a poet, and who had the good sense to give me for a birthday, back when 30 seemed old, a book of [...]
My work on women, war and peace
Under Construction. Check back for more. Over the years, I’ve written a lot about the issue of women in war zones and post-conflict transitions. This page collects that work from across this site and the Internet. Confronting Rape as a War Crime, Congressional Quarterly Press. A 26-page overview of sexual violence in war zones, including [...]
The Pornography Trap: How not to write about rape
A short essay on journalism ethics and reporting about sexual violence, especially in conflict and post-conflict zones, that analyzes why the best journalism on this works so well. For Columbia Journalism Review.
Look out, women! You know what they say about sneezing… (don’t you?)
I promise you this gets funny. In the last two weeks, I’ve grown terribly allergic to something in my house, probably in my room. I wake up sneezing in triplets every morning, and it’s hours before it subsides. I’m down to my last Claritin, which I’m saving for the worst of the worst, because the [...]
I am a freelance journalist and multimedia producer who covers human rights, Africa and foreign affairs. [