Pitchfork media, Tunisia, Tatooine and me
It’s hard to know what to expect when you get an interview request from Pitchfork Media. After all, the Pitchfork folks are the cooler-than-thou indie… Read More »Pitchfork media, Tunisia, Tatooine and me
...My heart's In Accra
Ethan Zuckerman’s online home, since 2003
300 foreign correspondents overseas. And 3,000 in Washington DC?
I’ve been thinking a lot about foreign correspondents and the need for reporting from other nations since writing about Jill Carroll’s paper a few days… Read More »300 foreign correspondents overseas. And 3,000 in Washington DC?
Moulin, and the “Library Gap”
Those bright folks at Geekcorps Mali have come up with another project that I’m vicariously proud of. (By “vicariously proud”, I mean, “I had nothing… Read More »Moulin, and the “Library Gap”
Tradenet – how mobile phones might revolutionize agriculture in West Africa
I was reading the Economist on my flight to DC this evening and was thrilled to see my old friend Mark Davies featured in an… Read More »Tradenet – how mobile phones might revolutionize agriculture in West Africa
Githongo discovers blogs. Sort of.
John Githongo, internationally celebrated Kenyan whistleblower, chose to release his latest report about the Anglo-Leasing scandal on his blog. This is great, Ory Okolloh notes,… Read More »Githongo discovers blogs. Sort of.
Remembering Ryszard Kapuściński
I read Ryszard KapuÅ›ciÅ„ski’s “The Shadow of the Sun” for the first time in late 2001. Tomas Krag, who’d been a Geekcorps volunteer in Ghana,… Read More »Remembering Ryszard KapuÅ›ciÅ„ski