A MoJo of video, audio and written reportages
[Montréal, Québec, Canada 16°C] Since my first visit to (East and West) Berlin in 1985, the city has never fully escaped my imagination. I remember walking up one of the platforms on the Western side of the wall near Potsdamer Platz to peer over the reinforced concrete barrier to get a glimpse behind the Iron [...]
[Montréal, Québec, Canada 18°C] I started this BurningBillboard to gather and disseminate video, audio and written reports about Southern Sudan. The place is at relative peace since signing a peace agreement in 2005. I wanted to know more about Southern Sudan and share what I learned with others interested in the emergence of peace rather [...]
[Nairobi, Kenya 28°C] It’s now one week before my arrival in Juba and according to the prescription of apo-mefloquine that sits on my desk, I should be starting my antimalarial treatment today by taking my first 250-gram tablet. One tablet to be taken one week before arriving in a malarial area (some areas of Kenya [...]
[MONTRÉAL] A little-known detail about Gaza that is rarely mentioned in the media is that within its borders exist 8 United Nations refugee camps: Palestinian refugees within occupied Palestinian territories. According to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), the 365-square-kilometre Gaza Strip has a total population of approximately 1.4 million [...]
[MONTRÉAL] Yesterday, I found an interesting video by Jason Brooks. He produced it during a visit in Juba, in May 2007. The interview-based short film considers the effect the massive presence of international non governmental organizations (NGOs) has on the development of South Sudan: inflation, cultural differences, living conditions, priotiry development, etc. The population of [...]
Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting Condition Critical 10,000 Words