Archive for the ‘Journalism’ Category
One more casualty of the news biz
McClatchy pulls its reporter from Africa. Shashank Bengali has been doing some really fascinating work there, but the mother ship called him home. Or more aptly, off. I often feel like Africa is on the cusp, not only of incredible change but of tipping-point-style importance to American foreign policy. That’s probably a misunderstanding, biased by [...]
A young reporter in Haiti
I was incredibly moved by Huascar Robles’ account of reporting in Haiti. Huascar is a young Puerto Rican reporter who had been researching an environmental story he hoped to report from Haiti before the earthquake. When it hit, he felt he had to go. He spent a few days in the DR at the border [...]
How to count your war dead
I stumbled into a controversy last week when I wrote an article about the new Human Security Report. I wasn’t the only one; lots of outlets picked up the story, first from the AP.* We all went for the predictable — the part of the report that said the commonly cited death toll for the [...]
Check your press freedoms at the (US) border
John Dinges, a Columbia University journalism school professor and a veteran of Latin America (saving you the string of awards he’s won), headed back to his old stomping ground recently. Visiting Venezuela and Chile was no problem. It’s the coming home that got him: After examining his passport, he said, the CBP [customs and border [...]
Addendum to #CNNfail (a possible #NYTimesfail?)
Kris Kotarski made a nice point in the comments yesterday: “As far as #CNNfail, it does not necessarily mean #allmediafail.” But to complicate matters on the new vs. old media front (which is a totally made-up war, of course), check out this report from the New York Times. The report says most foreign journalists’ visas [...]
I am a freelance journalist and multimedia producer who covers human rights, Africa and foreign affairs. [