Events that are worth a New York minute — and more
Here are two upcoming events that promise to be interesting and inspiring. If you’re in the City, come on by. If you’re not, tell your metro-friends. (And come say hi to me at the Dart celebration!)
A Celebration of the Dart Society, an collective of journalists whose ...
With this death, losing a way of seeing — and being in — the world
Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros, two eminent photographers and journalists, were killed yesterday in Libya. I’d learned about Tim’s work from Glenna Gordon, whose talent and practice has been heavily influenced by Tim’s own.
Glenna pays moving tribute to Tim’s work here. And on the
Saving the man who’s trying to save Congo
This is a remarkable testament to the kind of work that happens behind the scenes of journalism. Good foreign reporting only happens when locals, who never get bylines, help foreigners get access, find their way around, and talk to the people who end up in our stories.
This is also ...
If the clothes make the man, the kitenge makes the woman
Here’s an absolutely fascinating look at wax prints — what we journalists like to describe as “colorful African fabrics.” I still haven’t come up with a better shorthand; anything more becomes a soliloquy to the incredible colors and creative and sometimes bizarre patterns in the cloth — and, ...
Following Ugandans on foot as they #walk2work
My occasional internet addiction finally proves useful as I follow the news in Uganda, where Museveni’s biggest challenger in the February elections is now an even more formidable opponent — a man around whom varieties of Uganda’s popular discontent can coalesce and lead to movement.
Literally.
Walking has become a kind of ...
Sometimes, even newspapers call it like it is
Via the indefatigable @blakehounshell, this amazing moment of journalistic honesty — in the URL, not the story. (Though the story’s pretty funny.)
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/utter-PR-fiction-but-people-love-this-shit-so-fuck-it-lets-just-print-it-2269573.html
UPDATE: Oh, damn. Well, still funny:
@Blak Hounshell Re: Independent article: RT @michaelrundle: False alarm — you can type anything into Indie URLs before the number.html bit.
Jina Moore
I am a freelance journalist and multimedia producer who covers human rights, Africa and foreign affairs. [More here]