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Rape in Haiti’s Tent Cities
Devastating. That’s the adjective used most often to describe the earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12th. I have even used it in a script or two. And devastated is what I feel when I think of a five-year-old girl named Giovannie. Soon after the earthquake, Giovannie’s mother asked her to go fetch a can …
Columbia Projects: Doormen, Subway Players, Folk, Schools, Art and Neighborhood Crusaders
The semester is over, and I am proud to say that six teams have completed multi-platform reporting projects in my class at Columbia University’s School of International Affairs. The teams told stories spanning subjects from a deal for New York doormen to failing city schools to Juilliard musicians earning money playing in the 42nd Street …
Clean Water for Struggling Haiti
Another of the stories I shot in Haiti recently for the TIM! 100 issue of the magazine. After the Haiti earthquake in January, Rahul Singh and his GlobalMedic group dashed to the scene with a medical corps and water purification teams. The need for clean water continues. I followed the Haitian workers who help GlobalMedic …
Lens Blog: A Moment in Time
The New York Times Lens Blog asked photographers — both amateur and professional — to capture a moment in time at precisely 15:00 GMT (11:00 a.m. ET) today. The idea, says the fabulous photojournalism blog, is to “create an international mosaic, an astonishingly varied gallery of images that are cemented together by the common element …
The Fish That Could Feed Haiti
Here is the first of three stories I reported in Haiti for this week’s TIME 100 edition of the magazine. [vodpod id=Video.3511684&w=425&h=350&fv=videoId%3D81836105001%26linkBaseURL%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.time.com%252Ftime%252Fvideo%252Fplayer%252F0%252C32068%252C75798783001_1981831%252C00.html%26playerID%3D42806370001%26domain%3Dembed%26dynamicStreaming%3Dtrue] At the lakeside village of Mandan Belize, Prophete Asseus looks out from his mud hut at the waters where, for decades, he has launched his boat and nets to eke out a life as …
One Face of Haiti
A young boy who lives in a village of mud huts on the shore of Lake Azuei, about 20 miles east of Port-au-Prince, greets the “blon” with the camera after swimming in the lake.
The Earthquake Plan
Before I go to bed at night, I remind myself of my earthquake plan. I’ve arranged my clothes, shoes, flashlight and video camera in a convenient pile next to the bed. When the temblor wakes me, I’ll sweep the pile into my arms and rush to the courtyard, near the empty swimming pool. I’ll turn …
Demolition Derby Video Among Best of Photojournalism 2010
Just learned that the Demolition Derby: Crash for Clunkers piece I shot last August at the Delaware County Fair placed 2nd in the sports video category of the Best of Photojournalism 2010, awarded by the National Press Photographers Association. [vodpod id=Video.3308162&w=425&h=350&fv=videoId%3D35645624001%26amp%3BlinkBaseURL%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.time.com%252Ftime%252Fvideo%252Fplayer%252F0%252C32068%252C35645624001_1919747%252C00.html%26amp%3BplayerID%3D42806370001%26amp%3Bdomain%3Dembed%26amp%3B] more about “Demolition Derby: Crash for Clunkers“, posted with vodpod