anna @ December 16, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Carbon Offsetting: how fair is the trade?
anna @ September 12, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Jonathan Jones reports from Uganda on the local impact of the global carbon trade. Carbon Neutral
A radio documentary from Uganda about carbon trading currently airing on public radio’s Marketplace. (Field production and web side bar by Anna Sussman)
Greenrush
And Anna Sussman reports for Plenty Magazine
The Carbon Offset Industry is Booming: But How Fair is [...]
Photos from East Africa
anna @ August 11, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Burundian Drummers greeting the American Ambassador’s Convoy
Jon filming a closing ceremony for a Women’s Human Rights training course in Buurndi. (One of many signs the country is finally at peace).
Burundian women watch the ceremony.
These women, dancing at the ceremony, are waving condoms in the air, we assumed to promote the survival skills learning in their [...]
Check out Jon’s latest article for Frontline World
anna @ April 30, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Last week, Jonathan filed a report for Frontline World on the riots and teargas we encountered in Kampala, and the long history of Asian/African hostilities here. Also, it appears some editor would like us to take our relationship to the next level…for the record (moms), there have NOT been proposals.
Uganda: The Asian Backlash
Recent riots in [...]
Considering Vegetarianism
anna @ April 15, 2007 # No Comment Yet
It’s comically humbling when the simplest life tasks leave you dumbfounded and useless, and in our case, a little hungry. We found a home, a beautiful apartment overlooking Lake Victoria. We are free from the perma-drunk backpackers of the guesthouses, the late night dance beats keeping us awake, and shared bathrooms. Now we can [...]
Kibale National Forest
jon @ April 13, 2007 # No Comment Yet
>What does it feel like to hold a machete?
It feels amazing. Like you can conquer the world.
It is our first day in the Kibale National Forest. We’re hot and dirty. But we want to keep going. We venture deep into the bush, past subsistence farmers, baboons, and banana groves. [...]
Arriving in Kampala, Boda-Boda Grand Prix and How is Mr. Bush?
jon @ April 9, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Sunday, April 8, 2007
KAMPALA - Uganda is only a seven-hour flight from London, but in many respects, it is light years away from the United Kingdom despite its colonial connection, the BBC world service, and the country’s obsession with soccer. It sits on the edge of Lake Victoria in East Africa, surrounded by [...]
Running away to the Highlands
anna @ March 27, 2007 # No Comment Yet
After our first experience on something called EASYJET, the UK’s low cost, no-frills airline, we arrived in Glasgow and were welcomed into the cozy home of Jon’s brother, Jeremy Jones.
We celebrated our birthdays at the Strathfillan Wigwam Village, a British camping gimmick–heated cabins situated on a pristine landscape. The place was run by [...]
The Next King of Scotland?
jon @ March 27, 2007 # No Comment Yet
It is not raining here, just north of Glasgow, 5,000 miles away from San Francisco, where the Battle of Scotland is very much alive. We found SNP nationalists canvassing at Luss, a wee town on Loch Lomond, with banners that read, “independence: you know it makes sense.”
By 2010, Scottish nationalists want a referendum [...]
Backpack Journalist
anna @ January 17, 2007 # No Comment Yet
What We’re About
As large news organizations become more cost-conscious, we believe there is a need to find cheaper solutions to maintain high quality and reliable foreign coverage.
Backpackjournalist.org is a collaborative international professional reporting project by journalists, Anna Sussman and Jonathan Jones, intended to generate stories of global interest from countries in the African Great Lakes [...]