Archive for the ‘Journalism’ Category
A roundup of ideas on tweeting rape
Update: For a broader look at constructing a relationship between readers and writers when covering rape and trauma, see my January/February 2011 article in the Columbia Journalism Review (PDF here with permission). For some suggestions on meaningful consent in trauma journalism, see this post. Whether we should tweet rape is a question that seems to [...]
Want to open up some political space? Read a poem
A New York Times article about a poetry salon in Syria includes one of the more charming sentences I’ve read in the media lately: “Lukman Derky, the host of a weekly poetry salon here, was in classic form, a beer perched below a microphone he used to joke, to soothe, to provoke….He also politely apologized [...]
How to help readers trust you if you tweet about rape
Update: For more on earning readers’ trust in trauma stories, see my January/February 2011 article in the Columbia Journalism Review (PDF here with permission). There was a big bruhaha not long ago on Twitter in which I got pretty well bitch slapped by the editor of one of my favorite magazines. So while I really [...]
Should we tweet rape?
Update: This post includes content from a few others on the issue. Over the last few days, readers here and elsewhere have shared some very compelling thoughts. For a roundup of ideas offered on this topic, from comments across this blog and elsewhere on the Internet, please see my newest post on the issue. For [...]
Writers wanted: Social injustice after 9/11
My erstwhile classmate and current literati Alia Malek is editing a book that needs contributions. Alia wrote A Country Called Amreeka: American Roots, Arab Stories, an alternative look at America through profiles Arab Americans over the last hundred-plus years. Her next project is part of the Voice of Witness series, founded by Dave Eggers and [...]
To Journalism, with love from Africa
In a break from a torrent of writing, I was reading a quick take on Adam Hochschild’s talk at a recent writer’s conference. He’s written Bury the Chains, about the antislavery movement, and of King Leopold’s Ghost, which I find in Africa as often as I find the Bible, and “Blood and Treasure,” the best [...]
I am a freelance journalist and multimedia producer who covers human rights, Africa and foreign affairs. [