Archive for the ‘Elsewhere’ Category
The White Reporter’s Burden in Africa II: Journalists who get over it
In an effort to be productive in my criticism, here are nearly two dozen or so Western journalists I think do good work in Africa. This all started with Phil Bronstein’s Easterly-inflected praise of the courage of Nick Kristof to admit “that there is a white man’s burden in reporting on Africa.” That’s the wrong [...]
Yes, Nick, there is a white reporter’s burden in Africa
But it’s not being white on the Dark Continent. It’s that there are so many other bad white reporters who came through before us. By us, I mean a new generation of Americans reporting on Africa. We are not Nick Kristof. We don’t need a white protagonist, and those of us who have been here [...]
Stay calm, Chadians. Stay calm.
The UN will withdraw peacekeepers from Chad, which Amnesty International will put thousands of displaced persons and refugees at risk. Chad says it will protect those displaced persons and refugees. It promises. VOA, which published the article I link to, ran this Reuters photo, in what was I can only a guess an attempt to [...]
Running for president in a country that does not, technically, exist
No, I say to those of you as jaded as me, I’m not talking about the Central African Republic. I’m actually talking about Somaliland, a place that is not even remotely close to anywhere I have been and about which I know impressively little. But I know that presidential elections – in 10 days — [...]
Wanna be a photographer? Read this. Like pretty pictures? Read this.
Photojournalist extraordinaire, sometimes-collaborator and dear friend Glenna Gordon shares some of her work, and her trade secrets. Among my favorite surprises: a few new (to me) photographs; why Glenna pines for a dark room; and how many photographers she studies (um, sleep?). If you don’t know her work, you will love it. Go. Go now.
I am a freelance journalist and multimedia producer who covers human rights, Africa and foreign affairs. [