“Google has announced a donation of $5 million for innovation in digital journalism — $2 million will go to the Knight Foundation and $3 million will go toward international news efforts.
As media companies struggle to find a sustainable model while more news consumption takes place…
Haitians mourn the death of their relatives during a ceremony to remember the victims of the January 2010 earthquake in Titanyen January 11, 2011.
To Conquer her Land by Poulomi Basu, India
In September 2009, India’s first ever group of female soldiers in The Border Security Armed Force were deployed on the infamous India-Pakistan border. Poulomi Basu spent time with these young women at boot camp, in their homes, and on their journey to the border, documenting their transformation from woman to soldier. By following women from different parts of the country, castes and social backgrounds, she brings to life not only the challenges and struggles of ordinary Indian women, but also how these women face the reality of being a soldier. (via ChiqClicks.com » Blog Archive » Asian Women Photographers’ Showcase)
City of god – A small war took place last week in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between Brazilian forces and hundreds of drug traffickers holed up in the shantytown complex dubbed Complexo de Alemão. After recent efforts by officials to pacify Rio’s drug and gang-related violence ahead of the upcoming the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics Games, drug gangs struck out last week - attacking police stations and staging mass robberies. Read more →
I usually describe my experience of travelling on bus through Cairo as: crazy traffic, omg fast food delivery scooters?; old city, crazy traffic, garbage, crazy traffic; wide boulevards with crazy traffic, high rises and concrete, crazy traffic, garbage; high rises, concrete — boom, PYRAMIDS.
