Who gets to tell rape stories from Haiti?
There’s a debate raging about Mac McClelland’s reporting for Mother Jones last fall from Haiti. If you haven’t followed it, a personal essay for GOOD magazine about McClelland’s struggle with PTSD after spending time in Haiti ignited strong feelings – about the relationship between journalism ...
On the eve of the newest Sudan
South Sudan becomes the world’s newest country this weekend. For Guernica Magazine, I interview Rebecca Hamilton, author of Fighting for Darfur and the Washington Post’s special correspondent on Sudan, about the violence leading up to South Sudan’s secession, the possibility of ethnic cleansing in Southern Kordofan, what the ...
Twitter revolutions?
‘Tis the season of revolutions — American independence day, Rwandan independence and liberation days — and right on that timely little wave, I have a new cover story for the Christian Science Monitor’s weekly magazine (yes, we still publish on dead trees — and you should subscribe, because ...
In Sudan, a return to ethnic cleansing?
Terrifying news today via the indefatigable Rebecca Hamilton, author of Fighting for Darfur, who has a piece on Nick Kristof’s New York Times blog today that must be read: Sudan’s Khartoum government, which is about to lose southern Sudan, is fighting to keep the Nuba mountain region… by conducting ...
“Order of Ghastliness”: This week in Numbers Masquerading as Meaningful
When I and others wrote recently about a problematic study allegedly clarifying the number of women raped in Congo, there was a common refrain in the comments: All this talk about talking about rape, and nobody’s doing anything! What’s the point of arguing about the numbers?
I don’t subscribe to that ...
Jina Moore
I am a freelance journalist and multimedia producer who covers human rights, Africa and foreign affairs. [More here]