Archive for the ‘Human Rights’ Category
Updates from the cave where I’m hiding
Some combination of way too much work, too much travel, and too few hours in the day has made me neglect this little nook of the Internet. Sorry for that. But I’m more sorry for barraging your email box with fake blog posts yesterday when I was trying to do some site maintenance and set up [...]
Right on, David Newhouse. Or, “How to report on Penn State”
It would usually be a bit uncouth for editors to question each other in public, but David Newhouse did the right thing in
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 [...]
When the good guys are also bad guys
The Globe & Mail has an article today about abuses by Libyan rebels (h/t @geoffreyyork). I think it’s a good piece, and if you’ll indulge me a second, I’ll point out that I find the reporter Graeme Smith very deft here: For the most part, rebels appear to have kept their prisoners safe, giving them enough [...]
The Dart Center Guide to Reporting on Sexual Violence
Given the recent conversation on this blog and elsewhere, I thought readers might benefit from this guide. Please share it freely with anyone who might find these tips useful. I think they are helpful for reporting on other sensitive topics, as well. You might also be interested in my post on Meaningful Consent in Trauma [...]
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 a campaign of what looks like [...]
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