Author Archives: Ashlee Rezin

Some of the most interesting conflict stories provide readers with an intimate profile of one person and situation. In this story the author, Jessica Hatcher, provided readers with a glimpse into the life of Jeanette Bindu.  Bindu established a specialist rape … Continue reading →

This story attempts to cover the week-long conflict in the Gaza Strip that ended last week  after a ceasefire was declared, but does not have an adequate nut-graph. The reader would have really benefited from a paragraph or two that … Continue reading →

This is an awesome interactive feature/info-graphic from the NYT that gives a quick run-down of China’s Community Party. For those of us that have been reading about China’s change of leadership, but have failed to understand the context or history, … Continue reading →

This article takes an interesting approach to a straight news piece. Instead of simply telling the story of Justin Welby’s recent appointment to to be the head of the Church of England, the journalist, London-based correspondent Megan Gibson, describes his … Continue reading →

This is a beautiful multimedia piece of a girl, Loubna Mrie, telling the story of her decision to join the revolution in Syria, a choice that eventually led to the death of her mother. The journalist, Ben Solomon, handled the multimedia interview … Continue reading →

Not only does this piece eloquently describe the “mirage” of Mexico being a country of engineers, but it includes some strong visual components. But it remains an open question whether the soaring number of skilled graduates will transform Mexico into … Continue reading →

This piece beautifully paints a portrait of the situation for widows in India, a topic I’ve rarely seen discussed. I appreciate how the author, Mark Magnier, lead with an anecdotal lede, telling Lalita Goswami’s story, then opened up to reveal the … Continue reading →

It’s been a year since Iraq’s northern autonomous region, Kurdistan, passed a law banning the practice of female circumcision, but the tradition still goes on in many villages. This interpretive piece on the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) — the partial or … Continue reading →

Hugo Chavez won a new six-year presidential term in Venezuela with more than 54 percent of the vote against opposition rival Henrique Capriles, a young state governor who sought to end Chavez’s 14-year, self-styled revolution. This author of this article … Continue reading →

I usually tend to dislike videos in broadcast journalism that show the reporter as he/she talks to the interview subject. In this story, however, I rather enjoyed it; the reporter had a candid conversation with his interview subjects and allowed … Continue reading →