Empathy Is His Superpower
Geoffrey Canada’s initiative, Harlem Children’s Zone, has grown to reach 8,000 children across nearly 100 city blocks. New York — Geoffrey Canada still remembers…
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Reporter Succeeds Where UN Failed: Rwanda rebel website closed
FDLR militia group’s website in Europe shut down after German newspaper raised questions. The war in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo took a surprising…
Read MoreFreedom of the press…but maybe not in the Green Zone?
Stars and Stripes has a disturbing article today about a PR service called Rendon, which the Pentagon uses to screen journalists before they embed…
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"I totally would've joined the Refugee Run, but I'm way overqualified"
You remember the refugee run, right? Where all the political big shots at the Global Risk Forum could learn what it’s “really” like? Earlier…
Read MoreDeja vu about genocide. Or, why it’s okay to sleep with a racist
Yesterday, Assistant Secretary of State Philip Crowley and the press had a little battle. Some of it might sound familiar: [CROWLEY]:…”On that second point,…
Read MoreOne year of corruption in Africa = 704 million years of HIV treatment
At least according to the calculations of the Namibian* activists who made this video, the first in a series called “Lords of Bling.” Take…
Read MoreCheck your press freedoms at the (US) border
John Dinges, a Columbia University journalism school professor and a veteran of Latin America (saving you the string of awards he’s won), headed back…
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The Pity and Voyeurism — and Authenticity — Of Poverty Tourism
Does peeking at how the other five-sixths lives preserve culture – or commodify it? Mayange, Rwanda — Jeanne d’Arc Mukamurigo and her daughter sit…
Read MoreAddendum to #CNNfail (a possible #NYTimesfail?)
Kris Kotarski made a nice point in the comments yesterday: “As far as #CNNfail, it does not necessarily mean #allmediafail.” But to complicate matters…
Read MoreEnough with the #CNNFail, or, Why Twitter's Failings Prove We Still Need Reporters
I’m no defender of CNN, or of television news in general. (And if you can’t imagine why, I recommend Katie Couric’s recent performance on…
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