Haiti: 4 Months After the Quake
Haiti suffered a tremendous calamity in January. During a week of reporting around Port-au-Prince, Mohammad Al-Kassim and I documented tent cities, peacekeepers, nightclubs, and Haitian mass transit. We wrote about the first big opposition rally since the quake and about the Haitian idea of destiny. Listen to my Haiti radio appearance on the Marc Steiner [...]
Inside the Hermit Kingdom
A 6-part Worldfocus multimedia series on the people and culture of North Korea. Watch original footage from August 2009 of the Pyongyang Metro, rural countryside, Demilitarized Zone and everyday North Korean civilians. Read about an interview with a North Korean army major who explains why the stalemate remains. See traffic girls directing cars and Juche [...]
Publications
These are among the online and print publications that have run my work. I have reported local news stories for the NY Daily News, Philadelphia Weekly, Baltimore Sun, and AFP. My international news stories have appeared on Worldfocus, HuffingtonPost, Haaretz, and Chosun.
Hoardhouse
2009 multimedia masters project by Ben Piven, Jackie Kasuya, and Karn Dhingra at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. We explore the lives of hoarders, clean-up professionals, psychologists, and social workers. Visit Hoardhouse.com to learn more about compulsive clutter in NYC.
NYC Interactive
In spring 2009, NYC Interactive produced four issues — ranging from Transformation to Odd Job$. My multimedia packages within those issues include the Art of Subvertising, Shifting Faiths, NYC’s Elite Social Clubs, and Naked Sushi. Click through to dive into these packages.
2007-2008 Fulbright Report: Caste in the City
Two years ago, I conducted research on the dynamics of caste mobility in Mumbai, India. I found that in contemporary Mumbai, caste is less important than ever in determining occupation, residential arrangements, and even marriage. Yet the reservation system and caste-based politics are powerful factors. Read more in my report.