November 2011
1 post
“Que-re-mos Jal-o-wín! Que-re-mos Jal-o-wín!”
– Kids in costumes at the doors of local shops in Mexico City, demanding “We want Halloween!” (the Mexican version of “Trick or Treat!”) Reminds me of the Liberian holiday refrain, “Gimme my Christmas!”
October 2011
1 post
Chilango Sneakerheads →
Listen to my recent radio feature about sneaker addicts in Mexico City. Barrio Warrior’s collection includes sneaks inspired by Gremlins, Chucky, Kate Moss, Heineken, and Teen Wolf. ‘Nuff said.
It aired on an exciting new show called Latitudes, produced out of WAMU in DC. My awesome producers from the defunct World Vision Report are starting...
September 2011
1 post
August 2011
2 posts
July 2011
1 post
A Reporter in Cuba →
I went to Cuba on a tourist visa. But instead of touring, I worked as a journalist. Check out the Common Language Project link above to find out what happened next. Long story short, it wasn’t easy and it got a little hairy.
This is Part 3 of my CLP blog series from Cuba. Parts 1 and 2, along with the rest of my Cuba coverage, can be found here. And check out the audio slideshow above,...
March 2011
1 post
The Organ Repair Lady
Listen above to my...
February 2011
1 post
Life After Salt →
Last month, the public radio website Transom.org featured me and six other graduates of the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies, which turns 10 this year. Check the link above to read our testimonies about how we’ve managed to survive the pubradio jungle in a variety of ways. You can also listen to a sample radio piece from each of...
December 2010
1 post
November 2010
3 posts
Juan Diego at Work
Listen above to A Day in the...
Radiolab: The Walking Speed Experiment →
If you don’t listen to Radiolab, you should. And you can start with this little segment featuring a cameo appearance by yours truly. For the recent episode on Cities, radio producers the world over were called upon to measure the walking speed of people in their respective downtown districts.
So I went to the Alameda in Mexico City’s...
East African Odyssey
They go from Ethiopia to...
October 2010
3 posts
WatchThis is Mexico City
It’s not what you think. With a worldwide reputation for dirty air and dangerous streets, Mexico City has not been done any favors by the drug war headlines. No matter that almost all the action is a thousand miles away from here. To the folks at home, Mexico is Mexico.
But watch this video and let it open your eyes. Using beautiful time-lapse images, it shows a side of...
The Zapatistas: Retreat from the Post-Modern Glare →
Check out the latest in our independent series about the Zapatista movement in 2010. Myles Estey penned this article for the World Politics Review, and I helped. Just like Shake ‘n’ Bake. It tells the story of why the Zapatistas have faded from the headlines and gives an update on what exactly they’re doing today.
To read the...
GlobalPost: Mexico's Aging Rebels →
On our recent quest to rediscover the Zapatistas of Chiapas, Myles Estey and I sought out the elder statesmen of the autonomous communities. These guys are the first generation from the Zapatista history books. They’ve been around the revolutionary block a few times and now they’re gettin’ old.
Please read the co-written article at...
September 2010
6 posts
Immigration Detention in Arizona: Anibal's Story →
Anibal made the trek from Guatemala to the U.S. when he was sixteen. After a series of adventures (if you can call them that) along the way, he ended up in a detention center in Arizona. But Anibal’s story does have a happy ending.
I edited this interview for Melissa Mundt and Laura Belous of the Letters to a Detainee multimedia project. Visit the link above to listen en español.
Copper Canyon Crooner
An audio postcard from...
The Other River
Join me as I cross...
200 Years of Yelling
Last week, Mexico...
Ride With Me
Late last year, I hopped a...
August 2010
1 post
July 2010
4 posts
“Oh, te vas a ir al cielo. Te van a dar un regalote.”
– Old woman on street corner being massaged by our neighborhood quesadilla lady. Translation: “Oh, you’re going to heaven. They’ll give you a big gift.”
The Sounds of My ‘Hood
Listen to my...
World Cup Sticker Mania
A street vendor profile...
June 2010
3 posts
Life in Mexico’s SimCity
My recent...
How to Fry a Pork Skin
My story on making...
IndyKids: Struggling to Survive in Haiti →
While in Haiti, I volunteered some work for this great newspaper called IndyKids. The cover photos are mine, and I profiled a Port-au-Prince boy (above, middle with green collar) who has a killer-cute smile and a super name: Duckens. He’s behaving himself so the ground won’t shake again.
Click here and scroll down for a bonus shot of a tiny girl in white, taken on the first Day of...
May 2010
2 posts
WSJ Audio Slideshow: Ears to Our World, Haiti →
The most recent online edition of the Wall Street Journal Magazine (WSJ.) features an audio slideshow that’s jam-packed with my photos and sound from Port-au-Prince. Fellow radio producer David Goren wrote the related article about a wind-up radio charity, and he also edited my audio for this piece. Look and listen at the link above.
The Long Hello
My ‘Reporter’s...
April 2010
2 posts
The Haitian Shaved Ice King
My profile of Dieu...
A Man And His Phone
Listen above to my Street...
March 2010
6 posts
NYT Audio Slideshow: Close Quarters in Haiti →
photo by Lynsey Addario for The New York Times
While in Haiti, I collaborated on a New York Times audio slideshow about the gap between rich and poor in Port-au-Prince. Watch and listen at the link above. Amazing photos are by Lynsey Addario, and there’s an accompanying article by Simon Romero, which you can read here. I recorded all audio (except the narrator’s voice) and...
The Ciné Institute: Jacmel, Haiti
I went to...
Out of the Rubble
My World Vision Report...
February 2010
18 posts
Haiti Day Nine: The Silent City
My first radio...
