[Montréal, Québec, Canada 22°C] Yesterday, a very good friend lead me to the article, Why I Love Al Jazeera by Robert D. Kaplan. The title reminded me of why I, too, loved the English-language edition of the Qatar-based Arab TV channel. I first started watching it every evening while staying with friends in Juba, Southern [...]
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Humanitarian Relief and War Journalism is focus of ‘Ceasefire’, Premiered in Montréal
[Montréal, Québec, Canada 19°C] I just stepped out of historic Cinema Impérial for Montréal World Film Festval’s world premiere screening of Lancelot von Naso’s first feature film, Waffenstillstand (Ceasefire).
The setting for the 104-minute film is Iraq in 2004, months after George W. Bush declared from beneath the “Mission Accomplished” banner aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln [...]
Reportage, Journalism and Media Coverage in Conflict Situations
[Montréal, Québec, Canada 27°C] Since my visit to Southern Sudan last spring—and with the intention of returning for next year’s election in April—I’ve been reading about working as a journalist in conflict situations and reading journalistic stories written from conflict zones.
Some great books I’ve read lately are written by journalists covering areas of political instability [...]
