Here are a few images of the place where I’ll be teaching (that is, if any students enroll in my class — see post below): The courtyard outside the Adham Center for Electronic Journalism. The Islamic architecture of the administration building. A warning sign in the garden outside the classroom where I’ll be …
Today was to be my first day of classes at the American University in Cairo, but I had no students. I’m told it’s because I’m an unknown quantity, teaching an elective course that’s never been taught before. Since students had no idea who I am or the strange subject I’m teaching — just what is …
I arrived in Cairo this morning at 2:00 am along with four of my five bags. My apartment is as big as Brooklyn: fully furnished, two bedrooms, two bathrooms, two balconies. But I need to get something to put on the bare walls. I’ll post details and photos soon. Right now it’s time to shake …
I’m off and running… I’m writing this post from Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport after spending a day in this city visiting a friend and taking unexpected naps (particularly during a canal boat tour of the town). I’m kind of wiped out. I guess I underestimated how much I was getting myself into when I decided to give …
The documentary New York Times Reporting: Arctic Rush, written and directed by Craig Duff, and reported by Duff with Andrew C. Revkin, Steven Lee Myers, Simon Romero and Clifford Krauss of The New York Times, has won this year’s Science-in-Society award, which is conferred by the National Association of Science Writers (NASW). The documentary was …
While packing my apartment to put everything in storage while I’m in Egypt, I discovered these three little gems: Lost in Translation. A sign warns visitors to the temple in Dharamsala, India, the home of the exiled Dalai Lama, where shoes are not allowed inside. (Click on image for larger view) The head of a …
For the past several months, I’ve been working with the New York Times, helping develop and produce video segments for the newspaper’s website. Here are some of my recent pieces: The Billy Goat Trail – A travel segment about a rigorous scramble along a boulder-strewn path outside Washington, DC, a favorite hike of New York …
I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve been chosen as a Knight International Press Fellow and will be going to Egypt to teach journalism and filmmaking at the Adham Center for Electronic Journalism at the American University in Cairo. The assignment begins in early September and will keep me in the region for nine months. I …
In the three years after September 11, 2001, how much safer do you feel? In this Discovery Spotlight presentation, produced in association with the New York Times, we explore the ways federal, state and local governments have worked to make us safer, and learn from experts what things still need to be done. From the …
How does the press cover a presidential candidate? How does a candidate get his/her message out through the “filter” of the media? Follow along on the campaign trail as we turn cameras on the press to explore the quadrennial political dance of politics and the media. Hosted by political satirist Andy Borowitz. This Campaign Essentials Documentary …