Posts Tagged ‘africa’
When can you name rape victims? Nick Kristof replies
This is the first of a two posts about this. Mostly because I wrote this, went to bed at 2 am, then I got up to another email from Nick Kristof. Thanks, Nick, for taking the time to talk with me about this. Readers might want to see Part II.
There was a bit of a [...]
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 all [...]
Oh, what a small, interconnected world
The wonderful Glenna Gordon was doing her internet thing in Monrovia today, when a man named Lincoln came over and introduced himself. He had my business card, with Glenna’s email written on the back. “I’ve never seen your business card, but I recognized the picture from Twitter,” she said. And Lincoln, a [...]
Want to see Africa as you never have?
Check out the photos of Paul Sika, who takes the visual tropes of Africa and electrifies them. He tells you how and why he does it in Glenna Gordon’s latest Context Africa.
Statistics are hot
When Ryan C Briggs does them. Seriously, check this out:
That’s a visualization of analysis of NYT coverage of Africa. And there’s more of that particular brand of awesomeness over at Briggs’ home.
Meanwhile, anyone looking to jump start a career should probably think about setting up shop in the white space…
So you wanna help Africa? Here's how. (Hint: It only takes $10. But you gotta be fast.)
Some of you might remember my series on grassroots reconciliation in Sierra Leone. Fambul Tok is a local program in every sense–started by a Sierra Leonean, run by Sierra Leoneans, and welcomed by villages that want to use their traditional culture to help overcome the legacy of war. It’s not a requirement of [...]
I am a freelance journalist and multimedia producer who covers human rights, Africa and foreign affairs. [