Busy, busy around here, but the overwhelming event of the last week was the birth, after just the right amount of gestation, of my first nephew ever: baby Charlie. I am now not just a father. I am an uncle. Becoming an uncle may mean different things to different people. They say some people aren’t …
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DadWagon Q&A: War Photographer Robert King
As I wrote about earlier this week, I’ve been a little obsessed with the question of how to balance my responsibilities as a father whose kids (presumably) need him and as a journalist who sometimes needs to go into (presumably, somewhat) dangerous situations. Who better to talk with, then, than Robert King, subject of the …
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Something to Cry About: Chris Christie
So, surely you’ve seen the video of the boy–three-year-old Jesse Koczon–in the car crying because he’s too small to be governor of New Jersey. It’s a fine video for a morning like today, when Amtrak and NJ Transit trains came to a near-total standstill because one of the TWO tracks between Jersey and New York …
To Go or Not to Go: the Juarez Question
I spoke last week on a panel on how journalists cover immigration, hosted by the rather ominously-named Deadline Club. It was a nice little event–a couple old friends showed up, I met some good people for the first time. I learned a bit more about NYU’s intriguing Beyond the Border student journalism project. There was also …