Digital Media, and Ghana’s Place on the Global Stage
I head to one of my favorite cities, Accra, later this week, to participate in a conference on “The Future of News” and to attend… Read More »Digital Media, and Ghana’s Place on the Global Stage
Paying Attention to Garissa
On Thursday morning, heavily armed attackers, believed to be members of al-Shabaab, invaded Garissa University and killed 147 students. Mohamed Kuno, a high-ranking al-Shabaab official,… Read More »Paying Attention to Garissa
“It’s scary when we can do this out of love and there’s nothing you can threaten us with”
What’s a “holy shit visualization”? It’s a way of looking at data that makes turns a statistic you might have flipped past in a book… Read More »“It’s scary when we can do this out of love and there’s nothing you can threaten us with”
Howard French on the media’s coverage of Boko Haram massacres
Foreign correspondent, journalism professor and author Howard French recently weighed in on the debate about media coverage of Charlie Hebdo and the massacres in Baga… Read More »Howard French on the media’s coverage of Boko Haram massacres
Honor every death: Paying attention to terror in Baga, Nigeria as well as Paris
This has been an ugly week. On Wednesday, two Islamic extremists assassinated 12 people in the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. The next day,… Read More »Honor every death: Paying attention to terror in Baga, Nigeria as well as Paris
News reports on Michael Brown’s death: how do mourners become a “mob”?
Around noon on Saturday, an 18-year old African American teenager, Michael Brown, was shot and killed by a local police officer in Ferguson, MO, a… Read More »News reports on Michael Brown’s death: how do mourners become a “mob”?