Pitts’ career a journey from Top 40 radio to liberal columnist Leonard Pitts, Jr. called himself a writer at the age of five. Writing, for Pitts, was not something he decided to do – he followed something in his heart. “I'd told everybody that I was a writer, not...
Despite insults, Muslim campaign reporter pursued empathy, fairness "As a journalist you want people to share their thoughts and their emotions with you." If there were only two words Asma Khalid would like radio listeners to associate with her work, those would be “empathy...
Project Exile: Argentine journalist fled after prosecutor’s death "I was sure they were going to kill me, taking into account what happened to Nisman." It was a story that shook Argentine politics. For the journalist who broke the news, it upended his life. On...
In polar photography, a battle with fear and cold "I couldn't think of anything else but to breathe deep and go as deep as I can." (Photo credit: Amos Nachoum) Wildlife photographer Amos Nachoum is no stranger to difficult situations. As an Israeli...
Islamic dress debate provides fodder for artists In 2011, France became the first European Union country to ban women in public from wearing veils that cover their faces. But the debate over Islamic dress in Europe didn't stop there. Since then a number...
A lens on Venezuelan street crime "The drug trade is why we still have the government we have." Adriana Fernández first wielded a camera at the age of 16 to take pictures of friends involved in the graffiti scene in her native city of...
Correa critic barred entry to Ecuador "There has to be an end to an era of silencing people and impeding them from going to the streets to discuss the problems with the government." Manuela Picq was detained in Ecuador's Ministry of Interior...
Honduran environmentalist’s murder resonates a year later "The government doesn’t want to get to the bottom of the killing because it involved people from the government itself." Silvio Carrillo always knew that there were death threats against his aunt, the...
Anthropologist sparks controversy over contacting isolated tribes “I don’t want to sit back here...and just watch these groups get smaller and smaller and then blink out.” In June of 2014, a video showing a man giving bananas to two previously loincloth-clad tribesmen...
Photojournalism legend Clarkson opens up on career “Right now we are all living in a golden age of photojournalism. It’s here and now, and you are lucky to be a part of it.” Rich Clarkson has become an icon in the field of sports photojournalism. He has...
