Stories: Photos
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Haiti on Camera: Photojournalism or Poverty Porn?
I was alerted to the website Turning World by some friends here in Haiti. The site is run by photojournalist Brad Workman, who has an ongoing photo documentary in Haiti. Looking at the site, I took issue with the language, the project, and the fact that there is no acknowledgement of – let alone an indication...
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Guess Who Had a Lizard In Her Room
What do you do when you come in from taking photos of magnificent views of Oyster Bay like this one… …only to come back and find this on the wall near your bed! If you said freak out you’d be right. I had a lizard in my hotel room today. It wasn’t...
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Lusaka in Photos
This is one of my favorite photos from Zambia so far. I’m traveling here as an International Reporting Project fellow (trip details). The photo was taken from inside a church in Chawama, a poor area in Lusaka. Zambians do not like the use the word slum, they say “compound" instead. ...
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Mumbai’s Sari Design Finishers: A Slideshow
Joy Doreen Biira is a news anchor and reporter on KTN, a leading television station in Kenya. Joy traveled to India in Spring 2013 as an IRP Fellow to report on child survival.
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A Hunger for Access to Free Medical Services
This week, I was tested in a different way. Actually, I went nosing around for news relating to the ongoing Eko Free Health Mission Programme in the Ayobo area of Lagos. The massive crowd I saw exceeded my expectations. From interacting with a few of the community people and interviewing others, I saw firsthand how...
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The Maze of Mumbai’s VT is the Anchor of India’s Rail System
Whatever you may think of Slum Dog Millionaire, the shots and scenes at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus were certainly impressive. Now over 125 years old, the former Victoria Terminus, still known locally as VT, is an impressive maze of infrastructure, noise and people. Anywhere from 3.3 to 4.5 million pass through VT, and this masterpiece of Indo-Gothic architecture anchors...
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India’s Beautiful Children
I have been in India for a week now, and the trip with the International Reporting Project is winding down. Having been all over Latin America, Southeast Asia and the Balkans--not to mention my home, the San Joaquin Valley--I have seen poverty. But the poverty I have witness here has struck me; it is one thing...
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Health Access in Mumbai’s Resettlement Communities
The International Reporting Project and ten innovative journalists and new media experts from around the world traveled to India in February 2013 for an intensive ten-day trip to explore issues of child survival.
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Biometric Technology Helps TB Patients in Bhiwandi, Mumbai
The International Reporting Project and ten innovative journalists and new media experts from around the world traveled to India in February 2013 for an intensive ten-day trip to explore issues of child survival.
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Of Garbage and Strength
Deonar dumping grounds in Mumbai is where the city’s trash is gathered. It is also where a settlement of rag pickers has sprung up—a somewhat extreme case of people living close to where they work. Because they are classified as an illegal settlement i.e. the government does not recognise their right to live on...