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Ethiopian Journalists Charged Under Terrorism Law
Posted on 23. Jan, 2012 by Lonnie Isabel.
[audio:http://cdn.journalism.cuny.edu/blogs.dir/60/files/2012/01/20120109_ReportersNotebook_MohammedKeita_RENDER_01_small.mp3|titles=20120109_ReportersNotebook_MohammedKeita_RENDER_01_small] The Ethiopian government is one of the most active jailers and intimidators of journalists. The land-locked nation on the horn of Africa has forced more journalists to flee for their lives and their freedom in the past 10 years than any other country. Journalists are imprisoned in facilities known for their torture of inmates. […]
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Haiti’s Lament: Report from Port au Prince
Posted on 14. Dec, 2010 by Lonnie Isabel.
Almost a year after the horrific earthquake drew world attention to Haiti, two new crises–a cholera outbreak and another bitterly contested election–have struck the reeling Caribbean nation.
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‘Tis the Season…for the Blues
Posted on 02. Dec, 2010 by Lonnie Isabel.
[audio:http://cdn.journalism.cuny.edu/blogs.dir/60/files/2010/11/20101119_Reporters_Notebook_Depression_BOUNCE_02_NO_PSA.mp3|titles=Interview with Dr. Peter Bongiorno] Holiday blues are a well-documented phenomenon that affects many people this time of year. Fortunately, many of these “cases” pass after the New Year. But depression–the debilitating illness– remains for some. It is more than a fleeting period of sadness and can last for years–or a lifetime without proper care. […]
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Song of the Bird King
Posted on 07. Jun, 2010 by Lonnie Isabel.
My Singing Lake, where have you gone?
Will you return to sing again?
-T’Boli chant, South Mindanao, Philippines.
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Edwidge Danticat on Haiti, Writing and Survival
Posted on 31. Mar, 2010 by Lonnie Isabel.
I come from a place where breath, eyes and memory are one, a place from which you carry your past like the hair on your head. Where women return to their children as butterflies or as tears in the eyes of the statues that their daughters pray to. –Edwidge Danticat, Breath, Eyes, Memory
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Hunger in New York City and Beyond
Posted on 22. Dec, 2009 by Lonnie Isabel.
[audio:http://cdn.journalism.cuny.edu/blogs.dir/60/files/2009/12/20091221_Reporters_Notebook_EP06_BOUNCE_02_small.mp3] Hunger is surging in New York City and the rest of the world. Whatever the causes–the global recession, global warming, political turmoil, fuel prices adding to the cost of food production and distribution–this winter has been the season of empty stomachs and malnourished families. More New Yorkers than ever are heading to food pantries […]
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'If Music be the food of love, play.' Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
Posted on 24. Nov, 2009 by Lonnie Isabel.
[audio:http://cdn.journalism.cuny.edu/blogs.dir/60/files/2009/11/20091120_Reporters_Notebook_EP05_BOUNCE_01-small.mp3] New York is a city pulsating with music, a haven for singers and songwriters. In our latest podcast, we bring you a special in-studio performance. Three musicians from the New York Songwriters Circle talk about their art and the changing music industry. Originally, from the Twin Cities, Caleb Hawley is an accomplished guitarist, and […]
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Page Turner: Asian American Literary Festival
Posted on 13. Nov, 2009 by Lonnie Isabel.
More than 40 Asian American writers, comics, and journalists will gather for Page Turner, the Asian American Literary Festival, in DUMBO this Saturday
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A Refugee's Story
Posted on 13. Jul, 2009 by Lonnie Isabel.
[audio:http://cdn.journalism.cuny.edu/blogs.dir/60/files/2009/06/20090522_reporters_notebook_ep02.mp3] A war has a way of changing just about every life it comes near. Alaa Majeed was a house wife at the start of the 2003 Iraqi invasion. She had a husband, two young sons and a successful dress shop in Baghdad. “A normal life,” Majeed says.
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Somali Journalists Targeted
Posted on 13. Jul, 2009 by Lonnie Isabel.
[audio:http://cdn.journalism.cuny.edu/blogs.dir/60/files/2009/07/20090709_reporters_notebook_ep03.mp3] Three days after I interviewed three remarkable young Somali journalists in Bonn, Germany, an all too common outrage occurred in a crowded market in Mogadishu. Gunmen killed Mukhtar Mohamed Hirabe, the director of Shabelle Media Network. This radio outlet is a key source of news in a country that has careened out of control […]
