New year, new beginnings
Today, on the first day of 2023, I begin a new adventure. My full-time hire date at the University of Georgia was listed as January 1.
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January 1, 2023
Enemy of the people
You told me I was less than you. Enemy of the people. You robbed my sun, dimmed my stars, took away my moon. Left me adrift; I knew not how…
January 20, 2021
First-person fire
In my 30 years as a journalist, I've written a lot about victims. Many sorts of victims. Of war. Murder. Illness. Natural disasters. And man-made ones. I always try to…
November 18, 2013
A very difficult story
I have reported difficult stories before. It was never easy to tell tales of tragedy from places like Iraq. But a piece that published on CNN.com today is the hardest…
November 10, 2013
Vivek Singh
I just returned from a short trip to a part of central India that was previously unfamiliar -- Gadchiroli District in the state of Maharashtra. I was there to report…
September 30, 2013
Silenced too soon
Michael Hastings died Tuesday in a car crash in Los Angeles. The news hit me hard. He was 33. He was a great journalist. He was a friend. Most people…
June 19, 2013
Istanbul
My journey began with work -- a seminar for journalists who cover international security and terrorism issues. I was one of the lucky ones chosen to attend the event in…
November 26, 2012