Backpack Journalist » Radio http://backpackjournalist.org International Freelance Reporting Fri, 27 May 2011 17:57:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Sanctuary http://backpackjournalist.org/2011/05/27/sanctuary/ http://backpackjournalist.org/2011/05/27/sanctuary/#comments Fri, 27 May 2011 17:56:12 +0000 anna http://backpackjournalist.org/?p=194 Anna Sussman reports on how Liberia’s civil war forced a teenage boy to choose between taking up arms, and leaving his country behind.

Listen to Sanctuary on NPR’s Snap Judgment.

 

 

]]> http://backpackjournalist.org/2011/05/27/sanctuary/feed/ 0 Child Soldiers–Not Just for Africa http://backpackjournalist.org/2011/04/20/child-soldiers-not-just-for-africa/ http://backpackjournalist.org/2011/04/20/child-soldiers-not-just-for-africa/#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:39:14 +0000 anna http://backpackjournalist.org/?p=190 Why do armies recruit children? Shane O’Doherty looks back on his years as a child soldier for the IRA and explains.

Anna Sussman reports for NPR’s Snap Judgment

Babyface Bomber

 

]]> http://backpackjournalist.org/2011/04/20/child-soldiers-not-just-for-africa/feed/ 0 On the MEND http://backpackjournalist.org/2011/01/18/on-the-mend/ http://backpackjournalist.org/2011/01/18/on-the-mend/#comments Tue, 18 Jan 2011 17:26:42 +0000 anna http://backpackjournalist.org/?p=181 When 68 year-old Texas oil worker Macon Hawkins was kidnapped by MEND rebels in Nigeria, he learned to see the oil business in a new light. Anna Sussman reports On the MEND

]]> http://backpackjournalist.org/2011/01/18/on-the-mend/feed/ 0 Left for Dead http://backpackjournalist.org/2011/01/18/left-for-dead/ http://backpackjournalist.org/2011/01/18/left-for-dead/#comments Tue, 18 Jan 2011 17:20:17 +0000 anna http://backpackjournalist.org/?p=177 What do you do when wake up in a shallow grave, alone, in the middle of the outback? Have a listen…. Buried Alive

]]> http://backpackjournalist.org/2011/01/18/left-for-dead/feed/ 0 16 Years to Life http://backpackjournalist.org/2010/11/15/16-years-to-life/ http://backpackjournalist.org/2010/11/15/16-years-to-life/#comments Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:28:29 +0000 anna http://backpackjournalist.org/?p=174 Brenda Clubine  spent 26 years in a California prison for killing her abusive husband. But in prison she realized she had a higher calling to save the lives of hundreds of women.

Sixteen-to-Life

]]> http://backpackjournalist.org/2010/11/15/16-years-to-life/feed/ 0 UN official looks at US housing crisis http://backpackjournalist.org/2009/11/07/un-official-looks-at-us-housing-crisis/ http://backpackjournalist.org/2009/11/07/un-official-looks-at-us-housing-crisis/#comments Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:22:27 +0000 anna http://backpackjournalist.org/?p=163 housingpic1

The economic crisis has hit American homeowners and renters especially hard. You can read the impact on the faces of the homeless and in the yard signs that say foreclosed. Now a UN official is seeing it for herself on a tour of the United States. Reporter Anna Sussman went along for the ride in L.A.

UN Official looks at US housing crisis

]]> http://backpackjournalist.org/2009/11/07/un-official-looks-at-us-housing-crisis/feed/ 0 US Military Aid to Liberia Cause for Concern http://backpackjournalist.org/2009/08/10/us-military-aid-to-liberia-cause-for-concern/ http://backpackjournalist.org/2009/08/10/us-military-aid-to-liberia-cause-for-concern/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:39:11 +0000 anna http://backpackjournalist.org/?p=155 The US has donated some $200 million in military aid to re-train and re-arm Liberia’s military. While some say the notoriously criminal army needed the professional training, others are worried given the violent consequences US military aid to the country in the past. Anna Sussman reports for PRI’s The World. Liberia’s Military.

]]> http://backpackjournalist.org/2009/08/10/us-military-aid-to-liberia-cause-for-concern/feed/ 0 World’s largest Camel Fair http://backpackjournalist.org/2008/02/27/worlds-largest-camel-fair/ http://backpackjournalist.org/2008/02/27/worlds-largest-camel-fair/#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:27:43 +0000 anna http://backpackjournalist.org/2008/02/27/worlds-largest-camel-fair/ Anna Sussman reports for PRI/BBC’s The World on the Pushkar Camel fair in India.   Desert of India  birdscamel_20212.JPG

 

 

]]> http://backpackjournalist.org/2008/02/27/worlds-largest-camel-fair/feed/ 0 Ancient Melodies, Modern Sounds http://backpackjournalist.org/2008/02/17/ancient-melodies-modern-sounds/ http://backpackjournalist.org/2008/02/17/ancient-melodies-modern-sounds/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2008 06:13:02 +0000 anna http://backpackjournalist.org/2008/02/17/ancient-melodies-modern-sounds/ Recording duo Bathiya and Santhush started a music revolution in Sri Lanka when they combined ancient melodies with contemporary beats. Anna Sussman reports for The World

Bathiya and Santhush

]]> http://backpackjournalist.org/2008/02/17/ancient-melodies-modern-sounds/feed/ 0 Uganda’s Ghetto President Slams Government http://backpackjournalist.org/2007/07/30/latest-stories/ http://backpackjournalist.org/2007/07/30/latest-stories/#comments Mon, 30 Jul 2007 08:45:31 +0000 anna http://backpackjournalist.org/2007/07/30/latest-stories/ The chart topping ghetto president of Uganda talks about his music, his life and how the government has failed the poor people. Jonathan Jones reports for PRI’s The World
Bobi Wine

]]> http://backpackjournalist.org/2007/07/30/latest-stories/feed/ 0