From the field: First-person account from anon l.a. times writer inside myanmar
June 13, 2008, 11:09 am
Filed under: From the Field, Media | Tags: first person, From the Field, l.a. times, los angeles times, Media, reporters, undercover
Filed under: From the Field, Media | Tags: first person, From the Field, l.a. times, los angeles times, Media, reporters, undercover
The Los Angeles Times has published a first-person account by one its reporters who traveled secretly and extensively throughout the Delta region.
An excerpt:
<<Over the last 16 years, I have reported on famine, massive earthquakes and a tsunami. Cyclone Nargis is the first natural disaster that required working undercover to write about the hungry, sick and homeless.>>
Also check out the L.A. Times Cyclone Nargis news roundup, photos, and videos.
–Karen
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Latest News: Villagers desperate for food, threatened by junta: LA Times, The Irrawaddy
May 29, 2008, 9:49 pm
Filed under: From the Field, International Response, Latest News, Media, Uncategorized | Tags: aid, International Response, Irrawaddy, los angeles times, rotten rice
Filed under: From the Field, International Response, Latest News, Media, Uncategorized | Tags: aid, International Response, Irrawaddy, los angeles times, rotten rice
A graphic description from the Los Angeles Times of villagers searching for rice among corpses: Myanmar Villagers Scavenge for Rotten Rice
Charges that the junta is threatening villagers before visits by aid groups, from Irrawaddy: Cyclone Survivors Don’t Want UN Chief to Visit Delta
–Karen
