Category Archives: Glimpse Correspondents Program
The lost kids from the loft that doesn’t exist
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“The FBI were at my apartment yesterday.” Continue reading
The perils of being an “improper” journalist in Ukraine
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“They want journalists to tell only one story – their story.” Continue reading
Forgiving genocide in Rwanda
“Cleaning the earth of Tutsis was framed as cleaning the earth of sin.” Continue reading
The Bolivia I didn’t want to know
“You probably thought that everyone in Bolivia would be a cholita.” Continue reading
The countryfication of New York City
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NYC seems finally to have turned to its own backyard for fresh culture to cannibalise. Continue reading
The invisible ones: Growing up blind in Russia
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Russia is not a comfortable country for the disabled; from my perspective, it can seem downright unfriendly. Continue reading
Remaking Kigali: A 21st century Rwanda built by Rwandans
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The battle between foreign and local in the rebuilding of post-genocide Kigali. Continue reading
Singapore, eat some more!
Glimpse correspondent Murat Gungor goes to Singapore and eats…and eats…and eats… Continue reading
The second tsunami
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“It’s like a ticking bomb that’s going to go off who knows when. It will be like a second tsunami,” Dr. Sukma said. Continue reading
The uncertain future of Ukraine’s illegal mines
When the coal is finally exhausted — and mined at its current rate, it will be soon — what will people in Torez do? Continue reading
Notes on wearing the veil in Indonesia
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The number of styles is almost endless, as are the signals they send, in a society that very much judges a woman on what she wears. Continue reading
North Korean defectors: Escaping the reign of Kim Jong-Il
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Listening to South Korean radio is considered a grave offense in North Korea – a crime worse than murder. Continue reading
Riding the visionary wave in Poland
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“I came because … I’m a feminist … and I believe that men and women are equal.” Continue reading
In search of black identity in Uganda
I was being welcomed back home…for the first time. Continue reading
No peace for Ayacucho
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“I’ve never been. My parents are afraid of Ayacucho, because of the terrorism.” Continue reading
Bones surfacing in the dirt, thirty years later
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Confronting the past in Cambodia. Continue reading
Structure, Details and Shaping A Sprawling Long Form Feature
The first question that needs to be addressed with a long form piece is structure. Continue reading
The Oldest Trick In The Book
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Lauren was trying to get inside this story with metaphors and descriptions of abstract concepts, sort of swirling in an emotional whirlpool around the story instead of getting into the thick of it. Continue reading
Meet The Spring 2011 Glimpse Correspondents!
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Introducing the Spring 2011 Glimpse Correspondents! Continue reading
