Fellows & Editors
Ed Robbins
- Trip:
- Rwanda 2011
- Affiliation:
- Freelance / IRP photojournalist
- Country:
- Rwanda
- Year:
- 2011
Ed Robbins is a multiple award-winning director/writer of numerous documentaries filmed across America and in international locations. He has made films in the war zones of Afghanistan and Iraq, explored the plight of Iraqi refugees in Syria and Jordan, chronicled the Christian-Muslim conflicts of Nigeria, and recorded the rise of a shadow Taliban inside northwest Pakistan. For the PBS film "Warriors," Robbins was embedded for two months in Iraq, where his vehicle was hit by IED and then ambushed--all of which he captured on film.
As a one-man band, Robbins slipped into Burma to follow Doctors without Borders, and he traveled with Nicholas Kristof, sending stories back to The New York Times. He was introduced to South Asia in depth when he headed an innovative, interactive video project for more than a year in India. He has reported on science for New York Times TV, Discovery and National Geographic. He has produced a dozen hours of fast-action reality-based series, starting with the groundbreaking Trauma: Life in the ER. He has done cultural programs on art, recently completing the projections and documentation of an opera based on the words of Emily Dickinson.
Stories
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The Ghosts of the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda’s Churches
Rwanda has come remarkably far since the genocide of 1994, but reminders still haunt its landscape. Ed Robbins, a freelance videojournalist for TIME and IRP, reported from Rwanda on an IRP Gatekeeper Editors...
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How to Greet a Mountain Gorilla
Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park is home to more than 480 critically endangered mountain gorillas. As part of an effort by the Rwanda Tourist Board to combine tourism and conservation, the park...
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Hospital Shows Rwanda’s Health Care Successes
Rwanda has made drastic improvements in health care thanks to new hospitals and a grassroots approach. But even the best facilities have limitations. Ed Robbins, a freelance videojournalist for TIME and IRP,...
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Liberia’s Daily Chalkboard Newspaper
In Monrovia, Alfred Sirleaf runs "The Daily Talk," a chalkboard newspaper that displays the day's news in local dialect and is read aloud to help the illiterate stay informed. Ed Robbins,...
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Liberia’s Beautiful Side
For 14 years, a brutal civil war swept over Liberia. Now, seven years later, Liberians are optimistic about the future of their country and their lives. Nowhere is the optimism more prominent than...
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Capturing the Flavor of Liberia Beyond Monrovia
Ed Robbins reports on his recent Gatekeeper Editors' trip to Liberia with the International Reporting Project (IRP). You can watch the video clips mentioned in this interview here and here, as well...
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Liberia Beyond Monrovia: A Small-Town Mayor’s Big Visions for the Future
Etweda "Sugars" Cooper, mayor of Edina, Liberia, discusses her vision for the small town's future in the wake of 14 years of civil war. "Just come back two years from now," Cooper...
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