Category: Reporter’s Notebook
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The Crisis in the Central African Republic
In August, I wrote about a “forgotten country.” That country was The Central African Republic. In the months since that post, The CAR has continued to decline. These photographs, from William Daniels (for TIME), illustrate just why we can’t afford to forget any longer. –AM
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What I’m reading…
Looking for journalism done well? Read today’s stunning investigative piece from The New York Times. Showing, once again, why journalism —the act of asking the right questions— will always have value.
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Fact-Checking Knoxville’s ABC News affiliate: Tennessee Walking Horses
I can excuse subjects for stating their interests with conviction. But I won’t excuse journalists who fail to understand the topic, or take the time to ask the right questions.
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A Tunnel…And then Light.
To report with meaning, you need support. How much is journalism worth to you?
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Continued Erosion: The Central African Republic
Others are quick to note that all parties have avowed violence, and that using the genocide label (for political purposes or otherwise) isn’t as important as preventing it all together.
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Postmortem: Abuse in Tennessee Walking Horse community
Within minutes, Gino and I had pulled out onto the highway, leading the large trailer towards the point of exchange —McNutt Farm in Maryville— as a cruiser from the County Sheriff’s department cruiser pulled off the highway’s grass median to serve as escort. I looked down at my phone, the digital clock reading 6:43, and…
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Abusing animals for blue ribbons? My first dispatch on the Tennessee Walking Horse Community
For the last three months, I’ve been looking at allegations of abuse in the Tennessee Walking Horse industry. In August, a case brought against celebrated horse trainer, Larry Wheelon, was dismissed in county court in Maryville, Tennessee. Since then, government officials, lawyers, community supporters, and industry critics have been locked in battle: over culture, law, and…
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Our Lesser Evil
Reviled by some for supporting the Iraq War, Michael Ignatieff (who now teaches at the University of Toronto) wrote an often overlooked book during the mid-oughts, called The Lesser Evil. Tackling an ambitious question –how can a state address the threat of terrorism– the book outlines the weakness of democratic institutions in the face of…
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In the field: Mefou National Park, Cameroon
While the organization has pledged to rehabilitate and release the more than 300 animals currently under their care, operators say they have delayed because of the security conditions in Cameroonian parks.
Adam McCauley 