Calling 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…
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Postscript: 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?”…
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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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Reporters and Rape II: Readers’ trust and trauma stories
But first, a quick news update: A Congolese colonel is going to jail for his sex crimes. It’s the first such conviction — and…
Read MoreOn Reporters and Rape: Three ideas worth rising above the cacophony
There’s been a bevy of people with opinions on Lara Logan’s unfortunate trauma in Egypt. In case you’ve missed it, the chief foreign correspondent…
Read MoreRecommended Reading: On Darfur, Detroit, bad memoirs and perfect grape leaves
I’ve been working quite a lot lately, and I tend to balance that by avoiding this whole Internet 2.0 thing and going analog —…
Read MoreIf you work in human rights, go to this talk
A few years ago, I wrote about Patrick Ball for the Christian Science Monitor. It’s one of my favorite stories, in part because he’s…
Read MoreAn ode to Harper’s Magazine, and a plea to help save it
When I was growing up in West Virginia, pretty much the greatest weekend possible was convincing a parent to go on — or, at…
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Is the Oppositin Giving Up in Uganda?
Uganda President Museveni’s grip on power seems so strong ahead of the upcoming presidential election that an opposition candidate is considering pulling out of…
Read MoreAre state “secrets” really so malleable?
From the Christian Science Monitor, I got this tidbit about the coming prosecution of Jeffrey Sterling, accused of leaking classified information to a reporter….
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