Rape in the DRC: Now complete with statistics!
A few days ago, I got a press release about Congo, the first line of which is this: “A new study shows that women…
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Saving the man who’s trying to save Congo
This is a remarkable testament to the kind of work that happens behind the scenes of journalism. Good foreign reporting only happens when locals,…
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In Congo, Women Fight Rape With Radios
One courageous young journalist uses her microphone to fight sexual violence — and changes a countryside, village by village. A radio feature commissioned by…
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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?
Read MoreDo conflict minerals need Christmas?
Judging from my google alerts, the Christmas hook was what the conflict mineral campaign really needed to take off. If I open another story…
Read MoreIn Congo, another way of looking at a crisis
There are so many bits of reporting that never make it out of my notebooks, so many interesting things I learn that I can’t…
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Can Microcredit Help Rape Survivors Heal?
There are so many bits of reporting that never make it out of my notebooks, so many interesting things I learn that I can’t…
Read MoreAfrica: “A whole continent for helping white people understand poverty”
This is a series of photographs called “I Studied Abroad in Africa!” in which white people are called out/picked on for their real or…
Read MoreTo 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…
Read MoreWhy Enough will always get Congo “wrong” — and why we should maybe thank them for it
I’m going to go straight to it: Because advocacy is politics. Advocacy is aspirational; it is rhetorical; and it is manipulative. And none of…
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