From Arab Spring to Occupy Wall Street
Back from covering widespread Middle East unrest, CNN's Ben Wedeman looks at more modest Occupy Wall Street protests in New York.
The Dangers of Journalism: When reporting puts you in harm's way
Reporters often encounter danger on the job. Call it survival journalism – the fine line some journalists walk between reporting the truth and not getting killed. Four female reporters were recently honored for courage in journalism by the International Women's Media Foundation. We had the pleasure of talking to one of the honorees.
Parisa Hafezi is the Tehran Bureau Chief for Thomson Reuters news agency. Last year, she was abducted as punishment for reporting controversial news about President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. To this day, Reuters offices in Tehran remain under constant surveillance. But Parisa remains, even after being threated and targeted by Iran's Revolutionary Guard. She talked with BackStory about why she stays.
A Career Under Water
We talk a lot these days about the state of the global economy and the lack of jobs and recently, CNN's Richard Quest and his team at Quest Means Business have been looking at the World at Work.
They're talking to people with unique, sometimes enviable jobs to learn the tricks of their trades.
This time they went underwater to find out more about a man who spends a good portion of his day with the creatures of the deep. All without leaving London. CNN's World at Work producer Rosalie e'Silva gave us a look at what went into the shoot.
See Aquarium Curator Jamie Oliver talk about what makes his job so special in the full story here
Through a CNN Producer's Lens: The Battle of Sirte, Libya
CNN Producer Mohammed Tawfeeq took these 22 pictures while he was embedded with anti-Gadhafi fighters as they went into the besieged city of Sirte, Libya. Mohammed, CNN Photographer Charles Miller and Phil Black worked to document the story of the fighters, but also that of the citizens of Sirte who fled the city in droves, piling into cars leaving as fast as they could.
Can a nice guy win a (fashion) war?
EXCLUSIVE: Relax and enjoy this Back|Story look behind the scenes as emerging designer Bibhu Mohapatra creates and shows his Fall 2011 collection at New York’s Fashion Week.
Part 1: Get to know Bibhu at his studio the day before the show (above in the box and below in the link)
Part 2: Non-stop fashion madness inside the “The Box” at Lincoln Center. It’s show time!
Five Days Trapped in the Rixos
Dramatic moments this week for 35 international journalists held hostage by Gadhafi’s gunmen at Tripoli’s Rixos hotel. The group, which included our own Matthew Chance and producer Jomana Karadsheh, were finally able to walk out free on Wednesday.
Here’s a look back at the terrifying ordeal through the words and Tweets of Matthew Chance.
Reporting from inside Gadhafi’s “Surreal Luxury Prison”
For the past five months, Moammar Gadhafi’s government has been fighting a war against Libyan rebels operating out of three opposition-held enclaves and against an aerial bombing campaign led by NATO.
Even though the U.S., France and Britain are leading the drive to overthrow Gadhafi, his regime has allowed journalists from those countries to report inTripoli.
As CNN’s Ivan Watson reports, these journalists are under strict government control while operating out of Tripoli’s Rixos Hotel, the mandatory residence for most foreign journalists visiting Gadhafi-controlled Libya.
Sheep farming in Argentina
Sheep grazing has become an important part of the effort to protect the environment in the Patagonia area of southern Argentina. CNN's Brian Byrnes recently traveled to the wind-swept landscape of Monte Dinero to visit an Irish-Argentinian sheep farmer and his family.
You can see Brian's report on how the sheep keep these area of Argentina from turning into a desert HERE.
Read Brian's blog about the trip HERE.
Also, be sure to check out his Back|Story where he gives you a little slice of life on the farm around the bottom of South America HERE.
Journey into Western Libya
CNN's Michael Holmes took these photos as he and the team traveled from Tunisia into the mountains of Western Libya. The area is a major base for rebels fighting Gadhafi forces in the war for control of Libya.
About The Revealer
A new Back|Story series that unearths fascinating new secrets about places and stories you thought you knew. Every other Thursday on Back|Story“The Revealer” Game
Join the action on our new series, “The Revealer.” Use the photo clues to figure out what the subject of this week’s episode will be. Click on the picture to the left for more.
