Fellows & Editors
Michael Gartland
- Trip:
- Fellows Fall 2005
- Affiliation:
- The Post and Courier
- Country:
- Indonesia
- Year:
- 2005
Michael Gartland is a reporter at The Record in New Jersey. Previously, he was the religion editor for The Post and Courier in Charleston, S.C., which he joined in 2002. He has also worked at The Charlotte Observer and at Newsday. He earned his M.S. degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, where he focused on religion reporting. While at the school, he traveled to Russia and Ukraine to report on the state of religion in those countries. He grew up in New York and also has worked as a producer for the teen web site, bolt.com, and as a copy editor, a janitor and a referee.
Stories
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Proselytizing Creates Friction in Indonesia
Entrance to the Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- Among the acres and acres of fallen trees and mud stand a few skeletons of boards and bricks. Once these...
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Banda Aceh Invites Christians’ Aid, But Not Their Proselytizing
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- Here, where mosques are ubiquitous and all the Muslim women wear head scarves, there's a street with three churches on it. Potholes filled with foul-smelling water dot the...
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Problems Plague Tsunami Recovery
A year after the devastating tsunami hit Indonesia, many coastal areas are still in ruins. LAPANG, Indonesia -- Right after the earthquake last December, villagers here ran to the beach to gather...
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Giving Peace a Chance in Banda Aceh, Indonesia
Fall 2005 IRP Fellow Michael Gartland in Indonesia BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- For a little while there, I thought I was going to die. My interpreter in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, had invited me...
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Christians Defy Law to Convert Muslims in Tsunami Aftermath
A Samaritan's Purse construction site in Banda Aceh BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- A year after a massive tsunami devastated this city, killing tens of thousands, American Christian relief organizations find themselves embroiled...
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