Archive for the ‘Journalism’ Category
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 [...]
New Work from the Great Lakes
Just a heads up on a few pieces, if you’ve missed them and care. I’ve got an article on the Harvard Humanitarian Institute’s fantastic survey from South Kivu in the CSM; a piece about Burundi’s one-candidate elections in the same; and a Foreign Policy article about a Burundian radio station flirting with danger. It’s all [...]
How to bring peace to Africa
Okay, I have no idea. That’s a teaser, one designed especially for Twitter. Sometimes, it takes a bit of cyberwhoring to get a click or two… I actually have no idea how to bring peace anywhere, but I want to know. Which is why I’m spending these coming months wandering around Africa for the Pulitzer [...]
Things worth thinking about: Who are the “ungrievable”?
I found a lot of food for thought in Nathan Schneider’s interview of philospher Judith Butler, in this week’s issue of Guernica. Schneider talks to Butler about her book, “Frames of War: When is life grievable?” which seems from the interview like it’s about, to put it very bluntly, who we are okay killing, or [...]
Some good work from Africa
A few weeks ago, two great journalists I follow were honored as Livingston Award finalists. The Livingston Award, given each year to a journalist under 35, is probably the single most prestigious award a young journalist can get, and even to be named a finalist is what is formally known as a Big F-ing Deal. [...]
Things that are worth your time
Adam Hocschild’s article from Congo, about mining, which I blogged about earlier, is online. Read it. Amazing. “Africa to Appalachia,” Jayme Stone’s collaboration with kora player Mansa Sissoko. I’ve been listening to it on and off since it came out, but in the past few weeks, I’ve been really listening to it. It’s incredible. (So, [...]
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