Last month, Neil MacFarquhar and Ed Ou and I did a story in Antakya, Turkey, the closest major Turkish city to Syria, and a key point of resupplying and aiding the anti-government activists inside Syria.
At one point, I accompanied a group of anonymous smugglers on a smuggling run across the border at the Orontes River. It’s become a very dangerous but common smuggle run and the men who took me along were very hesitant. Luckily, it went fine and the video turned out great. Give it a viewing below:
Just finished shooting on a trip with Nick Kristof and contest winner, Jordan Schermerhorn, Jordan was selected out of a pool of 4000 applicants to report beside Nick and I in Malawi and Lesotho. Was a beautiful trip, and got some great work done.
One column, along with my picture can be read here.
When leaving Cairo, there is an abundance of gratitude and kindness to be found. Egyptians outside of the journalist overflown city of Cairo are happy to tell their stories.
Tahrir Square today, right before sundown prayers.
A man in the the square held up a poster with a picture of a burning American flag. We caught eyes and he came up to me. He patted me on the shoulder and said, “It’s nothing personal. It’s just a Friday,”
My latest video for The New York Times. The world’s population surpassed seven billion late last year, and Sub-Saharan Africa is now its fastest growing region. With women averaging five and a half births, Nigeria’s population could top 300 million by 2035.
