On the MEND
anna @ January 18, 2011 # No Comment Yet
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
Six months in Liberia
anna @ November 15, 2010 # No Comment Yet
For the last six months the Backpack Journalists have been in Liberia, training rural radio journalists in human rights reporting, so hopefully the backpackjournalist.org model can be replicated. Apologies for the lack reporting, too busy training!
Conscripted by Poverty
anna @ August 9, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Anna Sussman’s article on the economics of the child soldier epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo appears in the new text book by Dollars and Sense: Real World Labor. “Real World Labor provides up–to–date, accessible, and penetrating analysis of the most significant theoretical, historical, and practical issues confronting labor unions and workers on [...]
Women End Wars
anna @ March 15, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Women may not start wars, but, participants said, they were often uniquely qualified to help end them.
anna @ March 15, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Our Hairy Orange Friends
anna @ November 6, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Anna Sussman and Jonathan Jones report that the rush for environmentally-friendly fuel is having a devastating impact on the island’s endangered orangutans for The World’s Geo Quiz. The Answer is Sumatra
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]