You don't hear much from Haiti, except during times of disaster and crisis. You hear still less from Haiti's own journalist. I tracked down some of the best journalists in the country, inquisitive and professional and aching to tell stories beyond the dire images we see in the Western media. Besides the stories we published in top Haitian and US outlets, I worked closely with several journalists to produce a seven episode radio series that was broadcast on community radio stations across the country. I had to teach myself Creole, form an alliance with SAKS, a local community radio association, and even train Haitian print journalists in radio production.
https://haiti.conradfox.comAn eight episode podcast series in Spanish that interwove the story of two young children travelling alone to the US as told by their waiting parents, with other unusual stories of migration across the continent. Although the stories were real, the script mimicked a radionovela, a popular genre among audiences in the region. The podcast series was heard on community radio stations in Central America and Mexico. I also built an interactive animated map with Mapbox to display the episodes.
https://vidascruzadas.conradfox.comProduced at the height of media interest in unaccompanied minor migrants at the US-Mexico border, we sought to tell migration stories from a different perspective. I recruited a team of four reporters to follow progress of two young migrating brothers from their home in El Salvador to their waiting parents in the US. We found other, more unsual stories of migration in all parts of the continent, from a village proud of its first migrant to a foot massager on the Mexican border. Our team won a Peabody award for a report on Honduras, and was one of the first outlets to report on the traffic of African and Asian migrants through Latin America.
https://immigration.conradfox.comTwo stories from Baja California where US business and local communities compete for space. As journalism mentor, I worked with the local reporter to produce balanced interviews that didn't shy from confrontation.
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