Zubeida Mustafa: Visionary, Pioneer, and Trailblazer for Women in Leadership

by Katharine Daniels, Executive Editor Post last week’s gains for women in the United States Senate and record numbers of women running for seats in Congress this election cycle, the country and the US media has been aflutter with insight...

Posted by Katharine Daniels on November 13, 2012 8:15 AM

Anna Politkovskaya, 'If Not Me, Then Who?'

by Alexandra Marie Daniels -USA- Someone tried to silence Anna Politkovskaya. An investigative journalist with a bleeding heart, she was assassinated on October 7, 2006 at age 48 in her apartment building in Moscow. As expressed in the opening scenes...

Posted by Alexandra Marie Daniels on August 23, 2011 12:01 AM

“Deeply Divided”: Sri Lanka through the Eyes of Adele Barker

by Mandy Van Deven - India - During the year she taught Russian literature at the University of Peradeniya in Kandy, Sri Lanka, Arizona University professor Adele Barker found herself more comfortable in the role of perpetual learner than educator....

Posted by Mandy Van Deven on February 18, 2010 12:00 AM

My Industry Is Hemorrhaging: Journalism Layoffs Eat Away at the Watchdog of Democracy

by Olivia Loyd - USA - My industry is hemorrhaging, the pink slips keep coming, the center is not holding. Almost 30,000 people in the media industry have been laid off in the past year. Mastheads are shrinking. Newspapers are...

Posted by Olivia Loyd on January 30, 2009 12:00 AM

The Gorée Gazette Tackles the Realities of Economic Migration from Africa

by Blaire Dessent - France - For the 2008 Dak’Art Biennial, an international art exhibition held in Dakar, Senegal, a group of artists and thinkers associated with the Action Lab project of the Brooklyn-based freeDimensional (fD), collaborated on the production...

Posted by Blaire Dessent on November 28, 2008 12:00 AM

Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

by Jessica Mosby - USA - Every Sunday afternoon my college journalism advisor, who everyone lovingly called “Coach,” would meet with the newspaper staff and critique the past week’s articles. As a portly middle-aged man who had won numerous awards...

Posted by Jessica Mosby on July 12, 2008 12:00 AM

A Journalist’s Despair: HIV-Positive Zimbabweans Can't Access ARVs

By Constance Manika - Zimbabwe - I am always left cursing and depressed and angry after covering assignments where I meet with People Living With HIV and AIDS. (We call them PLWAs here.) • Weighing only 90 pounds when she...

Posted by Constance Manika on November 12, 2007 12:21 PM