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By Deirdre Stoelzle Graves on August 11, 2010
2008 Fellow Kelly Kennedy was quoted by Joe Strupp in Media Matters criticizing the Pentagon’s denial of the embedding request of Michael Hastings, the reporter whose profile in Rolling Stone of Gen. William McChrystal led to the general’s resignation. “Not allowing Hastings — or any other journalist — to embed violates the military’s own stated [...]
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By Jenny Manrique Cortes on August 6, 2010
Finalmente el concepto por el cual en una primera instancia se le negó la visa americana al periodista Hollman Morris, se fue por el piso. El argumento de que en razón al Patriot Act, Morris no tendría entrada a Estados Unidos por estar supuestamente envuelto en actividades terroristas, fue ampliamente rebatido por un centenar de [...]
Posted in En español, Hollman Morris, News About Us, Reporting War, Uncategorized | Tagged justicia, visa
By admin on August 2, 2010
2008 Fellow Kelly Kennedy has won the 2010 Bugle Award from the Disabled American Veterans for her work covering burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan for the Army Times as well as for her book, “They Fought for Each Other.” The Bugle Award recognizes outstanding reporting of veterans affairs to the American public. Click here to [...]
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By Jenny Manrique Cortes on August 1, 2010
Víctimas de la violencia, el abandono y el silencio. La triple condición de los desplazados en Colombia fue retratada la semana pasada en un informe de Médicos Sin Fronteras (MSF) titulado precisamente “Tres veces víctimas” Aunque en Colombia el tema de la salud mental de los afectados por el conflicto armado, pasa generalmente a un [...]
Posted in En español, Reporting War, Uncategorized
By Jenny Manrique Cortes on July 26, 2010
Por: Judith Torrea* Ciudad Juárez, México Son las 11:50 de la noche: He acudido a reportar diez crímenes en menos de seis horas. En todo el día murieron quince personas. En la mayoría de los casos, he llegado antes que las fuerzas del orden a pesar de que para hacerlo he escuchado las claves del [...]
Posted in En español, Getting Personal, Journalists as Human Beings, Reporting War, Self-care, Uncategorized
By admin on July 20, 2010
Jon Stephenson, a 2008 Ochberg Fellow based in New Zealand, has reported on the Afghanistan conflict since the U.S.-led war began in 2001. Click here to read Stephenson’s review of Sebastian Junger’s book, “War.”
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By Jenny Manrique Cortes on July 12, 2010
Ir en Contravía le ha costado a mi colega Hollman Morris, su tranquilidad. Hace tiempo que este periodista colombiano comenzó a mostrar la cara de ese otro país que pocos quieren ver, a través de su programa de televisión “Contravía” financiado por Open Society. Obnubilada con los logros del gobierno actual, la sociedad colombiana ha [...]
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By admin on July 8, 2010
2009 Dart Center Ochberg Fellow Hollman Morris, an investigative reporter in Colombia, has received his visa from the U.S. State Department. The visa, which Morris had requested to participate in the 2010-11 Nieman Fellowship program at Harvard University, was initially denied on the grounds that Morris presented an international security threat. Here’s the official announcement [...]
Posted in En español, Featured Fellows, Hollman Morris, News About Us, Reporting War, Uncategorized
By Jenny Manrique Cortes on June 15, 2010
El pasado fin de semana fue de júbilo aquí en Colombia para las familias de cuatro miembros de las Fuerzas Militares secuestrados desde hace doce años por las FARC. El Coronel Luis Enrique Murillo y el General Luis Mendieta de la Policía, quien ascendió al máximo grado de esa institución estando en cautiverio y era [...]
Posted in En español, Journalists as Human Beings, Reporting War, Uncategorized | Tagged Colombia, farc, Jenny, medios, rescate, secuestrados, show, trauma
By Jina Moore on June 4, 2010
Here’s a cross-post from my site: I found a lot of food for thought in Nathan Schneider’s interview of philosopher Judith Butler, in this week’s issue of Guernica. Schneider talks to Butler about her book, “Frames of War: When is life grievable?” which seems from the interview like it’s about, to put it very bluntly, [...]
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