Category: Published
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New piracy report
While I’m in transit at the moment, I wanted to flag an important piece on piracy, published today by Tristan McConnell at GlobalPost. While there are more details to tease out of the report, I wanted to highlight one section of his article: Although the Al Qaeda-aligned terror group Al Shabaab remains publicly opposed to…
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Is “branding” the answer?
Today, I’ll be speaking on a media panel discussing tourism in Africa. While broad in scope, the intention of the event is to understand not only how journalists cover the continent and shape the stereotypes/conceptions of the region (I.e. Dramatic headlines citing death and disaster, how the media’s appetite for stories from the continent often…
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In the field: Douala, Cameroon
Along a snaking, pot-holed, mud road that leads away from Douala’s international airport, motorists pass road-side food carts, motor repair stores and —more recently— Chinese-operated boutiques selling everything from food stuffs to beauty products. As a young boy struggles with the rusty chain on his bicycle, the afternoon’s traffic hurries past.
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Delayed
First stop: Departures at JFK. Unfortunately, it might be a longer first stop than expected.
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Postmortem: PTSD and Conflict Photographers
Reflecting on Overexposed: A Photographer’s War with PTSD.
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As Americans vote, a need for patience.
In the darker corners of campaign headquarters, in the holding areas where both candidates take deep breaths before mounting another stage, shaking another hand, one has to believe the sense of melancholy —of promises impossibly proffered— must be overwhelming. If 2008 was the year for change, 2012 is certainly the year for patience
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Occupied
While many photographers covered the #OccupyWallStreet movement last fall, Ashley Gilbertson captured the cause in stark, grainy, black and white frames. In December, Gilbertson, Scott Thode and I sat down to produce a multimedia piece that would speak —in part— to the Occupy experience. This was the result. (Published, VII Magazine, Dec. 12, 2011)
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The Dog Squad
Since 2001, the New York Police Department has reduced the number of uniformed officers on city streets. However, the NYPD has also grown the ranks of its elite K-9 squads in the world. Imported from Central and Eastern Europe, these animals can pursue criminals, track missing persons, locate dead bodies, sniff out explosive chemicals and…
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New York’s Best Bloody Mary
New York’s Best Bloody Mary from Adam McCauley on Vimeo. In Astoria, Queens, hidden in the shadows of the subway tracks is Daly’s Pub and New York City’s best Bloody Mary.
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