Fellows & Editors
Kim Bui
- Trip:
- Southern Africa 2016
- Affiliation:
- Reported.ly
- Country:
- South Africa
- Year:
- 2016
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P. Kim Bui is the deputy managing editor for Reported.ly, a digital media startup on the forefront of social journalism. She specializes in storytelling on the web and has spearheaded breaking news initiatives across digital, print and broadcast companies for local, national and global audiences. Previously, she worked on projects with Kansas City Star, American Public Media’s Marketplace and the San Luis Obispo Tribune. In 2014, she worked on breaking news including the MH370 disappearance and the Ukrainian conflict as part of Digital First Media’s groundbreaking Thunderdome team. Before that, she led mobile projects and managed social media and outreach for KPCC, a public media outlet serving Southern California. As co-founder of #wjchat, a weekly Twitter chat for web journalists and a member of the Online News Association board of directors, Bui is a leading voice on how journalists can leverage technology to innovate. She is an adjunct instructor at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Journalism and Communication and a frequent speaker at journalism conferences and workshops for journalism organizations.
Stories
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Fighting the Scourge of Xenophobia in South Africa
It is death by a thousand cuts – the small injustices that add up, one after another. It’s the cruel nurse, the rude admitting staff, the names called out...
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The Long Road to Justice for Lesotho’s Former Miners
A recent landmark ruling in South Africa will change the face of mining, but it may take years for it to help foreign-born miners. The ruling, issued this spring, allows former mineworkers...
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South Africa Diary: Pride and Poverty in Khayelitsha Township
About 30 minutes from the waterfront in Capetown, South Africa — where you can find tourists, kayaking trips and fancy cars — sits a city that no one wants to recognize. Khayelitsha is...
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The Flavors of Safe Sex in South Africa
For awhile, the condoms delivered to non-profits in South Africa were plain. Simple. But then came the condom fatigue. It was the young people, said workers at the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC)....
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South Africa Diary: A Safe Place for Those Impacted by HIV
Lindiwe was clearly nervous; she had just started talking about it. She’s 22, and it’s taken a year of therapy and a lot of personal work to get her...
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