Author Archive
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Essay
Fighting words
September 11, 2012 10:56 AMLast year, I visited Bogotá, Colombia, to teach a seminar on conflict reporting. Afterward, a soldier missing two legs and most of one arm rolled up in a wheelchair. As we spoke about land mines and their evils, I asked... Continue reading
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Reports
Detained in Dagestan
March 20, 2012 06:00 AMLast September I went on assignment with a translator to Dagestan, a Russian republic on the Caspian Sea. Since we were reporting on the Islamic insurgency, which has been simmering there since the 1990s, it wasn’t particularly encouraging when our... Continue reading
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Behind the News
Safety Tips for Covering Occupy Wall Street
November 7, 2011 05:11 PMAt least half a dozen journalists have been injured or detained while covering the growing unrest in the United States. Here are safety tips that reporters can use to prepare for potentially unruly protests: Before you head out • Make... Continue reading
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Review
Bang Bang Off Target
July 5, 2011 12:31 PMThe Bang Bang Club, written and directed by Steven Silver; starring Ryan Phillippe, Taylor Kitsch, Malin Akerman, Frank Rautenbach, and Neels Van Jaarsveld | Tribeca Film | 106 minutes In a key moment in the recent film <a href=http://www.thebangbangclub.com/... Continue reading
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Campaign Desk
Safety Tips for Female Correspondents
February 22, 2011 04:21 PMThe attack on Lara Logan of CBS was a worst-case scenario for many female reporters. Yet gropes and unwanted advances are common occupational hazards. Here are some tips from safety experts who have trained soldiers and journalists. While not every... Continue reading
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Behind the News
Unspoken
February 8, 2011 02:40 PMThis article originally ran in the May/June 2007 issue of CJR. The photographer was a seasoned operator in South Asia. So when she set forth on an assignment in India, she knew how to guard against gropers: dress modestly... Continue reading
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Review
Top Gun
September 30, 2010 05:20 PMThe Gun | By C. J. Chivers | Simon & Schuster | 496 pages, $28 Oh, to imagine the world without the AK-47. Anyone who has lived through (or reported on) a conflict over the past half century has probably... Continue reading
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Feature
A Luddite’s Virtual Book Tour
October 6, 2009 09:05 PMJust before my latest book, Home Girl, came out in June 2008, the Random House promotion team invited me in to discuss strategy. There, in an office reassuringly lined with blockbusters, we covered the usual terrain. Did I have contacts... Continue reading
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On the Job
Unspoken
May 8, 2007 08:30 AMThe photographer was a seasoned operator in South Asia. So when she set forth on an assignment in India, she knew how to guard against gropers: dress modestly in jeans secured with a thick belt and take along a... Continue reading
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