Violence erupts on eve of #Liberia elections (breaking w/ field reporting & aggregation)
Here’s what we seem to know at around 10:45 eastern time this morning: Al Jazeera (AJE) is reporting three people dead, based on their correspondent’s eyewitness of bodies. AP is reporting “at least one” dead. AFP is reporting that one woman was hit by police on the head with a baton but that “it’s unclear whether [...]
Goodbye to a great Great Lakes emissary
The Associated Press reported last night that former US Congressman and, later, Great Lakes Special Envoy Howard Wolpe died on Tuesday. Congressman Wolpe had a long and distinguished career before his work in the Great Lakes. Then he served as Special Envoy from 1996-2001, under President Clinton, and again in 2009, at the request of [...]
Calling African journalists: Apply to report reproductive health with the Pulitzer Center!
The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting is putting its fantastic team behind a great new project, supporting four African journalists to cover reproductive health in their home countries. There’s also a trip to a conference and Dakar in the mix! The deadline is coming up fast, but the application is quick and easy. If you [...]
Cool projects by cool people
I spent last week in San Diego, at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, talking about women, media, power and peace. The three-day conference brought together a kick-ass group of creative, dedicated women from across the media sphere — traditional journalism, documentary film, crisis mapping, blogging, and more. Here are a few [...]
On women, media and revolution (or, come say hi!)
I’ve been neglectful of the blog of late, pouring my energies into offline work — or just getting distracted by the physical world? Unsure which, but I’d love for both worlds to converge, if any of you wonderful readers happen to be in San Diego this week. The Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, at [...]
I am a freelance journalist and multimedia producer who covers human rights, Africa and foreign affairs. [