How I’m Coping With Life Inside the Ebola Bubble
When Ebola takes away the ability to touch, you have to reinvent the language of compassion. MONROVIA, Liberia — Back in August, I was…
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Gauging Poverty From Africa to Appalachia
New York — When New Yorkers find out I grew up in West Virginia, they often ask if I’ve read “The Glass Castle.” Jeannette…
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How to Love Languages You Don’t Even Know
For many people foreign languages are confounding to those who don’t know them. But Jina Moore finds beauty in words she doesn’t know –…
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In Africa, Reporters Face Ethical Questions When Reporting on Rape
Kigali, Rwanda — But first, a quick news update: A Congolese colonel is going to jail for his sex crimes. It’s the first such…
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How Not to Write About Rape
How can we make readers ethically comfortable with our journalism choices but morally uncomfortable with the horrors we have to write about?
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Kigali on Edge After Grenade Attack
About 25 minutes after reports started moving through SMS and Twitter of tonight’s grenade attack(s?) in the city center, everything was … normal. Unless…
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A Tale of Two Economies
In Africa, what money can buy sometimes depends on who’s doing the spending. Reporter Jina Moore tries to negotiate Rwanda’s two economies – one…
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Confronting Your Own Stereotypes
When we travel to a foreign country, we often bring our assumptions with us. That’s what reporter Jina Moore did during a trip to…
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