In crisis, who is media for?
Among the many talents of my friend Aaron Ernst is one for language. He recently translated tweets from a victim of the earthquake in…
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Why an American lawyer is pulling the plug — literally — on a Rwandan refugee
There’s a lot to be horrified by in this New York Times story about the treatment of a Rwandan refugee named Rachel Nyirahabiyambere, in a…
Read MoreThe double standards of rape reporting — and outcry
Lots of folks have been outraged by the NYT coverage of a gang rape in Texas. The coverage veered often and unnecessarily into blame-the-victim…
Read MoreMust-see photos from Liberia on Cote d’Ivoire
Probably everyone here already knows photojournalist extraordinare Glenna Gordon, but just in case you’re under a rock or otherwise prone to miss this —…
Read MoreSilly women and their sexual assault. Don’t they know it’s complex?
At a small school in Pennsylvania, students staged a sit-in to protest the way their campus handles rape reports. This piece, from the Philadelphia…
Read MoreCalling women media-makers in East Africa!
I know media-makers is a weird term, but when I look around, I see media everywhere. Journalists are the easiest to spot, but there’s…
Read MoreIn Uganda, a new inflation — in the price of votes
A must-read from Joachim Buwembo in The East African. Buwembo notices that as the Ugandan shilling tanks, the value of the Ugandan vote is…
Read MoreAnd, 5-0, the ICC gets Libya
The Security Council unanimously voted to refer Libya to the International Criminal Court, for “widespread and systematic attacks” against citizens protesting Qaddafi. (NYT source,…
Read MorePostscript: Women in Egypt
I’m slowly catching up on my podcasts. My piece on the Lara Logan media tizzy included a question, “What about Egyptian women in Tahrir?”…
Read MoreCalling anyone who knows about illicit economies
This just in. Those in need or desirous of publication, take note: CALL FOR PAPERS: St Antony’s International Review – The Challenges of Illicit…
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