Archive for the ‘Elsewise’ Category
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 and essays, about neo-colonial representations of the developing world, and [...]
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 Darfur advocacy movement still means, and how [...]
I am a freelance journalist and multimedia producer who covers human rights, Africa and foreign affairs. [