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NYT Gives a (Very Reluctant) Kudos to Al Jazeera
By Ron Howell Apr 13, 2012 at 08:42 AM
And the award for coverage of the Haitian cholera epidemic goes to . . . No, not The New York... More
A Pulled Scoop Shows U.S. Fought to Keep Haitian Wages Down (UPDATED)
By Ryan Chittum Jun 3, 2011 at 01:06 PM
The Nation has a scoop—or had, actually—from Wikileaks cables showing that the Obama administration pressured Haiti not to raise its... More
Best of 2010: The Observatory
Curtis Brainard picks the top stories from 2010
By Curtis Brainard Dec 29, 2010 at 01:11 PM
1. “New” Media Crucial in Aftermath of Haitian Earthquake With standard telephone, radio, and television communications disabled, “new” media platforms... More
Building Haiti’s Post-Quake Media
Postcard from Port au Prince
By William Wheeler Aug 11, 2011 at 03:08 PM
While I was reporting in Haiti last year, over the course of a few months, the Port-au-Prince guesthouse where I... More
Haiti Coverage and “Disaster Porn”
Cholera epidemic offers convenient B-roll for nightly newscasts
By Maura R. O'Connor Nov 19, 2010 at 11:22 AM
Last month I was reporting a story on the opening of a mango warehouse in Haiti’s countryside when a fellow... More
On Haiti
By Liz Cox Barrett Jan 11, 2011 at 04:19 PM
It was a year ago, tomorrow, that Haiti experienced a devastating magnitude 7.0 earthquake. The AP's Jonathan M. Katz, the... More
Two Years Later, Haitian Earthquake Death Toll in Dispute
Journalists can do a better job reporting controversial numbers in disaster zones
By Maura R. O'Connor Jan 12, 2012 at 01:04 PM
Fifteen miles north of the National Palace in Port au Prince, along Haiti’s azure coastline, is a place called Titanyen.... More
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