Category Archives: Journalism

November – VICE News (selected)

‘Here’s What We Saw at the Huge London Protest Demanding Action on Climate Change’, VICE News, Nov 29, 2015

IMG_4027Environmental activists march in London.

‘Activists Ask Pope to “Help Us Cure One of the Worst Diseases in Africa: Homophobia”‘, VICE News, Nov 27, 2015

‘Was Your Ex-Boyfriend an Undercover Police Spy? Some British Women Don’t Yet Know’, VICE News, Nov 24, 2015

‘Desperate Eritrean Child Escapees Are Committing Suicide in Ethiopia’, VICE News, Nov 20, 2015

‘A Who’s Who of Russian Dissidents Gathered in London to Protest Against Putin’, VICE News, Nov 17, 2015

‘EU Gives $2 Billion to Africa to Stem Migration, but African Leaders Would Prefer Tax Revenue’, VICE News, Nov 12, 2015

‘Germany Is Turning Away Syrian Refugees Once Again’, VICE News, Nov 11, 2015 (in Spanish

‘In Photos: Inside the Al Nusra Academy Training the Next Generation of Jihadis’, VICE News, Nov 11, 2015 (in Italian and Spanish)

‘A Malaysian Cartoonist Told Us Why He’s Risking 43 Years in Prison for Tweeting’, VICE News, Nov 6, 2015 (in Spanish)

‘In Photos: A Police Car Blazes and Scores Arrested at London’s “Million Mask March”‘, VICE News, Nov 6, 2015 (My coverage was also mentioned by the Guardian, the Telegraph, TRT World, and Mashable. In French)

‘Women Tweet About Their Periods to the Irish Prime Minister in Protest of Abortion Law’, VICE News, Nov 6, 2015 (in Spanish)

‘The UK is Rolling Out the Red Carpet for Egypt’s President Sisi — And Some Egyptians Are Pissed’, VICE News, Nov 4, 2015

October – VICE News (selected)

‘”I’m in Trouble”: The Women Boarding Ireland’s Illegal Abortion Bus’, VICE News, Oct 26, 2015

‘We Traveled Onboard the Irish “Abortion Bus” That’s Giving Illegal Pills to Women’, VICE News, Oct 24, 2015 (in French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, and Greek. My coverage was picked up by the Wexford Echo, the Evening Echo and breakingnews.ie)IMG_3698

‘Britain Ignores China’s Troubling Human Rights Record With Royal Welcome for Leader, Activists Say’, VICE News, Oct 20, 2015

Screen Shot 2015-10-20 at 22.46.28Interviewing Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong. Screenshot via Newsnight

‘The UN Is Investigating the UK Over Its Treatment of People With Disabilities’, VICE News, Oct 16, 2015

‘Two Convicted Ethiopian War Criminals Have Been Sheltering in an Italian Embassy for 24 Years’, VICE News, Oct 12, 2015 (in ItalianSpanish, and Romanian) (picked up by ZegabiEastAfro.com, Geeska Afrika, Bloggo, and DireTube)

‘”We Are Prepared to Launch At Any Time, Any Place,” Says North Korean Ambassador’, VICE News, Oct 1, 2015

I also acted as photographer at a Mary Raftery Journalism Fund event at the Irish Film Institute, and was delighted to be asked to speak about my reporting work to a freshman class at the University of Missouri.

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August – VICE News, Huffpost Live, KCRW (selected)

‘Germany Is Set to Accept Asylum Applications From All Syrians Who Arrive There’, VICE News, August 25, 2015 (in Spanish)

‘”This Is the Jungle”: Calais Migrant Camp Now Includes a School, a Church, and a Nightclub’, VICE News, August 13, 2015 (in French)

‘A Damning Report and Angry Protests Highlight the UK’s Most Infamous Immigration Center’, VICE News, August 12, 2015

‘”Everyone Will Make It One Day”: Meeting the Calais Migrants Who Dream of England’, VICE News, August 10, 2015

‘Pride Is Assertiveness’: Gay Ugandans Are Celebrating This Weekend, but Warn of Repercussions’, VICE News, August 7, 2015

‘What We Witnessed at a French Migrant Camp Allegedly Controlled by People Smugglers’, VICE News, August 7, 2015 (in French)

I was also a guest on Huffpost Live, speaking live from the Jungle migrant camp in Calais, and on KCRW’s show ‘To The Point’, speaking about my reporting on Calais.

IMG_2981IMG_2737IMG_2825 (1)Photos from Yarl’s Wood protest in Bedfordshire on Saturday, August 8.

July – VICE News (selected), Business Insider

‘Putin on Trial in London, Accused of Ordering Nuclear Assassination of Ex-KGB Agent’, VICE News, July 31, 2015

‘Women are tricking ISIS into spending thousands of dollars on them’, Business Insider, July 31, 2015 (originally on VICE News; in Spanish)

‘The UK Has Launched Its First Public Inquiry Into Undercover Policing, and the Findings Could be Explosive’, VICE News, July 28, 2015

‘Russian Accused of Poisoning Ex-KGB Agent Given Until Tuesday to Testify’, VICE News, July 27, 2015

‘Azerbaijan’s ‘Show Trials’ Are Once Again Targeting Rights Activists’, VICE News, July 27, 2015

‘”We’re Going Up Against the State Here”: The UK’s Victims of Deep Undercover Policing Tell of Their Trauma’, VICE News, July 20, 2015

‘Bahraini Activist Nabeel Rajab Has Been Freed — For Now’, VICE News, July 15, 2015 (This was the first international interview with Nabeel following his release from prison; mentioned by BBC Trending and Human Rights Watch’s Daily Brief)

‘China Arrested More Than 100 Lawyers to “Smash a Major Criminal Gang”‘, July 13, 2015

‘For Some, Independence Day is About Commiseration, Not Celebration’, VICE News, July 9, 2015

‘Migrants Suffer as Greek Islands Buckle Under Dual Crises’, VICE News, July 9, 2015 (in French)

I was also referenced in the Washington Post.

June – VICE News (selected)

‘Syrian 11-Year-Old and Father Trapped in Casablanca Airport, Relatives Tell VICE News’, VICE News, June 24, 2015 (in French

‘Tens of Thousands Gather Across the UK to Protest Conservative Austerity Measures’, VICE News, June 20, 2015

‘More Children Are Making the Dangerous Journey to Europe Alone’, VICE News, June 11, 2015

‘”Dying Behind Bars”: Human Rights Activists Jailed and Deported Before Azerbaijan’s European Games’, VICE News, June 10, 2015

‘Gay Marriage Is Legal But Abortion Is Still a Crime in Ireland — Even in Rape or Incest Cases’, VICE News, June 9, 2015

‘Most Bhutanese People Preferred Life Without Democracy, Prime Minister Tells VICE News’, June 5, 2015 (in Dutch)

May – VICE News (selected)

‘Ireland Just Became the First Country to Approve Gay Marriage by a Popular Vote’, VICE News, May 23, 2015 (my coverage was mentioned on broadsheet.ie)

IMG_1524IMG_1428Covering Ireland’s same-sex marriage referendum in Dublin.

‘”Tread Softly, Because You Tread on My Dreams”: Ireland Votes on Gay Marriage’, VICE News, May 22, 2015 (This article was later discussed on France 24)

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‘Will Ireland Become the First Country to Legalize Gay Marriage by Popular Vote?’, VICE News, May 20, 2015 (Referenced on thejournal.ie)

‘UK-Based Russian Businessman Possibly Poisoned With Rare Chinese Plant’, VICE News, May 19, 2015

‘Bahrain’s King Heads to UK Horse Show, While Human Rights Activist Heads Back to Prison for a Tweet‘, VICE News, May 16, 2015

‘President of Liberland Arrested for Trespassing into His Own Self-Declared Country’, VICE News, May 11, 2015 (also in Spanish, French, and Italian)

‘Conservative Party Sweeps UK Election and Three Opposition Leaders Resign’, VICE News, May 8, 2015 (in Spanish)

‘Exit Poll Shows UK’s Conservative Party Wins Most Seats in Election, But Remain Shy of Victory’, May 7, 2015

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‘Somali Government Orders Journalists to Rename Militant Group’, VICE News, May 4, 2015

April – VICE News (selected)

‘Food Banks Are a Big Issue in Next Week’s UK General Election’, VICE News, April 30, 2015

‘”The Ground You Think Is Solid Suddenly Gives Way”: At Least 4,000 Dead in Nepal Earthquake Tragedy’, VICE News, April 27, 2015

‘”The European Asylum System Is Dysfunctional”: UNHCR Speaks to VICE News About the European Migrant Crisis’, VICE News, April 22, 2015

‘A Teenage Survivor of the Mediterranean’s Worst Migrant Disaster Speaks of His Traumatic Ordeal’, VICE News, April 22, 2015 (This piece in Dutch)

‘A Tiananmen Leader-Turned US Army Chaplain Is Desperate To Visit His Dying Mother in China’, VICE News, April 20, 2015

‘More Migrant Deaths Reported a Day After 700 Are Feared Drowned in Mediterranean “Mass Cemetery”‘, VICE News, April 20, 2015

‘As Many as 400 Migrants Feared Drowned as Mediterranean Death Rate Soars’, VICE News, April 15, 2015

‘The Girls Who Escaped: One Year After the Boko Haram Kidnapping, Some Chibok Schoolgirls Have Left Nigeria’, VICE News, April 13, 2015 – (Also in Dutch on VICE Netherlands, Spanish on VICE News Spain, Portuguese in VICE Portugal and in French on VICE News France. This story was quoted in Slovakian broadsheet SME)

‘Tibetan Activists Condemn China’s “Patriotism” Tests For Buddhist Monks’, VICE News, April 8, 2015

‘Malaysia Reintroduces Indefinite Detention to Stop “Terrorists” – And Maybe to Quell Opposition’, VICE News, April 7, 2015

‘Uganda’s LGBT Community is Fighting Back – With Information’, VICE News, April 4, 2015 – I spoke to one of the founders of Uganda’s first LGBT magazine ‘Bombastic’.

‘Death Toll Rises to 147 After Al Shabaab Gunmen Attack Kenyan University’, VICE News, April 2, 2015

March – VICE News (selected), 95bFM

‘”A Tragedy of Dignity”: Life as One of Bangladesh’s “Untouchables”‘, VICE News, Mar 30, 2015

‘With a Week to Go Before the Election, Nigeria’s President Foresees Boko Haram Defeat Within a Month’, VICE News, Mar 20, 2015

‘We Spoke to the Lawyer Facing Death Threats for Defending the Doctor Who Helped Find Bin Laden’, VICE News, Mar 19, 2015 (joint byline)

‘We Spoke to a North Korean Defector Who Escaped Terrible Working Conditions Overseas’, VICE News, Mar 17, 2015

‘”Russia Is Not the Same as Putin”: Marina Litvinenko, Widow of Murdered Ex-KGB Agent, Speaks to VICE News’, VICE News, Mar 16, 2015 (Here’s this piece in Romanian)

‘Thousands of ‘Non-Conformist’ and Plague Skeletons Are Being Dug Out of Bedlam’, VICE News, Mar 10, 2015

‘A Legal Loophole Has Legalized Ecstasy in Ireland – Until Thursday’, VICE News, Mar 10, 2015 (I later appeared on New Zealand’s 95bFM to talk about this)

‘Is This the “Final Push”? Chad and Niger Enter Nigeria to Tackle Boko Haram’, VICE News, Mar 9, 2015

‘Iranian Women Are Taking to Facebook to Protest Against Compulsory Hijabs’, VICE News, Mar 9, 2015 (Recommended by Spiegel Online)

‘Human Rights Activists Remain Behind Bars as Azerbaijan Prepares to Host First European Games’, VICE News, Mar 3, 2015

‘”This is a Witch Hunt”: Saudi Blogger May Go Back on Trial For Apostasy and Face the Death Penalty’, VICE News, Mar 2, 2015

February – VICE News (selected)

‘The Islamic State has Reportedly Captured At Least 150 Members of a Christian Minority Group’, VICE News, Feb 24, 2015

‘Former Maldives President Manhandled into Court then Denied Bail on “Terrorism” Charges’, VICE News, Feb 23, 2015

‘”I Don’t Know What I Did”: We Spoke to a Lord’s Resistance Army Escapee Who Wants Remaining Fighters to Return Home Too’, VICE News, Feb 23, 2015

‘”I Want to Keep Talking About it”: VICE News Interviews Peter Greste About His Time in Egyptian Jail’, VICE News, Feb 19, 2015

‘Bomb Attacks Rock Nigeria as Neighbors Step Up Fight Against Boko Haram’, VICE News, Feb 17, 2015

‘Nigeria’s Two-Time Leader Backs Ex-Military Ruler as Best of a Bad Bunch’, VICE News, Feb 16, 2015

‘Archbishop of Erbil Appeals for Military Action to Halt Christian “Genocide” in Iraq’, VICE News, Feb 11, 2015

‘Slovakia is Holding a Referendum to Ban Same Sex Marriage’, VICE News, Feb 7, 2015

‘Fight Against DRC Rebels Hits New Crisis Amid Massacres And Scores of Abuse Allegations’, VICE News, Feb 5, 2015

‘Secret Video Shows Horrific Animal Abuse in UK Halal Slaughterhouse’, VICE News, Feb 3, 2015

January – VICE News, FT Magazine (selected)

‘Putin Accused of Ordering Former Russian Secret Agent to be Poisoned in London’, VICE News, Jan 27, 2015

‘First Person: “I coached the Malawian football team at 17”‘, Financial Times Magazine, Jan 23, 2015

‘Young Greeks Hope a Syriza Victory in Sunday’s Election Will Save Their Lost Generation’, VICE News, Jan 23, 2015

‘Video Appears to Show Bahraini Security Forces Shooting Opposition Activist in the Face’, VICE News, Jan 21, 2015

‘New Islamic State Video Threatens Japanese Hostages While Demanding $200M Ransom’, VICE News, Jan 20, 2015

‘”It’s Like Being Blind and Deaf”: We Spoke to Some of the Nigerians Displaced by Boko Haram’, VICE News, Jan 16, 2015 (This article in Chinese)

‘The War in South Sudan Might Cost $158 Billion Over 20 Years’, VICE News, Jan 15, 2015

‘Hong Kong Leader Warns Concessions Could Lead to “Anarchy,” as Scuffles Break Out in Parliament’, VICE News, Jan 14, 2015

‘Al Qaeda in Yemen Releases Video Claiming Responsibility for “Charlie Hebdo” Attack’, VICE News, Jan 14, 2015

‘Pro-Democracy Hong Kong Media Mogul Targeted by Firebombing’, VICE News, Jan 12, 2015

‘Irish Priest Tells Congregation He’s Gay, Receives Standing Ovation’, VICE News, Jan 9, 2015

‘A Saudi Arabian Activist Will Get 50 Lashes Every Friday for the Next 20 Weeks’, VICE News, Jan 9, 2015

‘Gruesome Reports Emerge of New Boko Haram Massacre in Northern Nigeria’, VICE News, Jan 8, 2015

‘French Mosques Allegedly Attacked in the Aftermath of “Charlie Hebdo” Massacre’, VICE News, Jan 8, 2015

‘Ugandan Forces Confirm Lord’s Resistance Army Commander Has Surrendered’, VICE News, Jan 7, 2015

‘Video Shows Pro-Democracy Legislators Staging Yellow Umbrella Walkout in Hong Kong’, VICE News, Jan 7, 2015

‘Boko Haram Seizes Military Base on Nigeria’s Border With Chad’, VICE News, Jan 5, 2015

‘Lebanon’s New Border Controls Could Force More Syrian Refugees to Turn to Traffickers’, VICE News, Jan 5, 2015

‘The Queen Just Honored a Politician Who Believes Hurricane Katrina Was Caused by Gay People’, VICE News, Jan 2, 2015 (Actor Ellen Page later tweeted this article, resulting in further coverage by the Independent, Buzzfeed, the Daily Mail, Huffington Post, MTV, MSNBC, Glamour magazine, Cosmopolitan, the Irish Independent, the Belfast Telegraph, Irish Central, Attitude, etc.)

‘Italy Rescues Another Abandoned Migrant Ship, Suggesting a Change in Smuggling Tactics’, VICE News, Jan 2, 2015