Social & Cultural

ARGENTINA; THE BUSINESS OF GAY RIGHTS – GlobalPost

IN ARGENTINA, SOLAR VILLAGES LIGHT UP THE ANDES

My trip up into high andes resulted in this story. It was one of the most fraught productions I ever had, including living off llama meat, coping with serious altitude sickness and being crashed in our jeep off the side of a cliff. but all around it was a real reward to get to visit such remote locations high in the Puna Andena and get to know its remarkable residents. Would really apprecaite any feedback on the story…..

IRELAND’S HEADSHOP DEBATE – THE GUARDIAN

IRELAND’S LEGAL DRUG HAVENS ‘HEADING’ FOR TROUBLE – THE GUARDIAN

Shrouded behind shelves of psychedelic paraphernalia and rails of gothic apparel the strobe lighting illuminates a pick and mix laden assortment of concoctions.

The kaleidoscope of herbal and synthetic legal highs on show is as vibrant as the debate currently taking place in Ireland surrounding the ‘headshops’ that home them.

What Helen can’t say is that the cheap and legal highs her store sells are marketed as bath salts or incense but designed to be smoked, snorted or swallowed. They mimic what…

PACO ADDICTS IN THE SLUMS OF BUENOS AIRES – THE GUARDIAN

The piece I co-authored with The Guardian Journalist Annie Kelly showing some of the rarest footage I have ever filmed of kids smoking paco in one of Argentina’s most renowned slum villa’s.

The piece lead world news on The Guardian and The Observer websites

ARGENTINA VELATROPA ECO VILLAGE – APTN

My video news report on Buenos Aires’s hidden eco-village; Velatropa.  Story is currently being broadcast through the Associated Press Television’s features bulletin and has already gone out on several channels around the world, including this link to its transmission on Venezuelan TELESUR. Will keep you updated over the next few weeks on its continued broadcasts and print publications.

AFRICAN MIGRATION IN ARGENTINA

ARGENTINA MANURE – APTN

My video story on sustainable farming in Argentina. Filming in one of the worlds most energy efficient pig farms just outside Buenos Aires where they use livestock manure to create bio-gas to self power.  Story was lead story on APTN’s features bulletin as part of a package of features they are doing from around the world in the build up to the Copenhagen climate change conference. This link shows broadcast of the story on Venezuelan National channel TELESUR

CUMBIA DIGITAL – APTN

My piece on Cumbia Digital which was Saturday’s lead story on APTN’s features bulletin.  Will keep you updated over the next few weeks on its broadcasts and print publications.

PANAMA’S KUNA INDIANS – APTN

Broadcast by the Spanish language news agency Observador Global of my piece for AP about one of Latin Americas most secluded indigenous groups; the Kuna Indians.

While the indigenous community have maintained an exceptionally strong culture and sovereignty, increasingly the attractions of their idyllic homeland are presenting a lure for tourists and challenging the preservation of a culture frozen in time.