Journalist
Selected TV and radio
PRI “The World” (radio), October 18, 2017, “Refugees to be assessed on ability to ‘assimilate’”
BBC World Service (radio), December 5, 2017, on the conviction of Congolese militiamen for crimes against humanity
BBC World Service (radio), May 21, 2017, on how research proves that men dominate media coverage and leadership positions in Western countries, not just in places like Afghanistan
BBC World Service (radio), March 21, 2017, “Trump’s Ex Aide ‘Hid’ $750,000 Payment”
UN Dispatch (podcast), July 11, 2016, “Journalist Lauren Wolfe reported on a horrendous war crime. Hours later the perpetrators were arrested”
ABC News Australia (radio), July 1, 2016, “DRC in shock after 50 young girls taken from homes and raped”
BBC World Service (radio), June 21, 2106, “If 18-month-old girls are being gang-raped, why are the suspects still free?”
Foreig
n Policy magazine’s Global Thinkers Podcast, April 6, 2016, “Sweden’s Foreign Minister Has No Time for Giggles.” A conversation with Sweden Foreign Minister Margot Wallström about her “feminist foreign policy” — and why gender equality is a matter of national security.
Foreign Policy magazine’s Global Thinkers Podcast, October 6, 2015, “Is the World Losing a Generation of Syrians to Trauma?” A conversation with Wendy Young, head of Kids in Need of Defense, discussing the hardships children endure when they flee war — and when they cross U.S. and EU borders.
BBC World Service (radio), April 14, 2015, “Who is raping little girls in a town in Congo?”
BBC World Service (radio), December 9, 2014, “What went wrong in Rolling Stone’s story on gang-rape,” (pre-recorded)
BBC World Service (radio), December 9, 2014, “What went wrong in Rolling Stone’s story on gang-rape,” (live)
MSNBC (TV), December 9, 2014, “Ethical, journalistic issues in Rolling Stone report” in three parts: 1, 2, 3
BBC World Service (radio), June 15, 2014, “The ups and downs of the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict”
BBC World Service (radio), June 11, 2014, “People fleeing the Syrian war are clamouring for mental health help”
CBC (radio), did eight different interviews on CBC programs across Canada about Syria’s mental health crisis, May 28, 2014
NPR (radio), “Nigerian Abductions Part Of A Terrible Pattern In African Conflicts,” May 17, 2014
CBC (radio), did 11 different interviews on CBC programs across Canada about how the Nigerian-style abduction of schoolgirls isn’t new, May 14, 2014
BBC World News (TV), “Why is violence and sexual violence against women under-reported?” May 8, 2014
CNN’s “Reliable Sources” (TV), “BuzzFeed creates unique media beat,” November 24, 2013
BBC World Service (radio), October 24, 2013, co-hosted an hour on BBC as part of their #100Women month
CNN International (TV), September 19, 2013, segment on the plight of Syrian refugees
Denmark Radio, July 18, 2013, “En bølge af seksuelle overgreb som følge af borgerkrigen i Syrien”
BBC World Service (radio), May 19, 2013, “Syrian women refugees struggle at Zaatari camp”
Australia’s “The Wire” (radio), May 14, 2013, “Live-tracking rape in the fog of war”
Click below for an April 5, 2013, CNN International appearance about our new findings about the rape of women and men in Syria:
BBC World Service (radio), April 3, 2013, “BBC An unreported dimension of the Syria war: ‘Women Under Siege’ says soldiers using rape as a tool”
BBC World Service (radio), March 17, 2013, “Poor media coverage of the Steubenville rape case: Part 1 and Part 2”
Deutsche Welle (radio), February 13, 2013, “A conversation about global rape culture and media”
CTV “Canada AM” (TV), February 8, 2013, “Sexual assault in Syria tracked through social media”
NPR “All Things Considered” (radio), February 5, 2013, “Through Social Media, Tracking Rape In Syria”
Click below for an January 10, 2013, CNN International appearance about the killings and rape of women in Syria:
HuffPost Live (Online), January 9, 2013, appearance discussing the roots of rape
BBC World Service (radio), January 8, 2013, “A gang-rape in Tanzania and beyond”
Click below for an December 17, 2012, HuffPost Live appearance about tracking Syria’s crimes:
CTV News (TV), October 9, 2012, “Many Syrian women raped”
CBC (radio), “The Current,” October 2, 2012, “The high price of the Syrian conflict on women”
CNN (radio), August 21, 2012: “Akin’s remarks deemed ‘harmful’ to rape survivors”
Click below for an August 14, 2012, CNN appearance about sexualized violence in Syria:
BBC World Service (radio), July 11, 2012: “How rape is being used as a weapon of war in Syria”
Click below for a June 2, 2012, “On the Media” radio segment on NPR about the difficulties of covering rape in Syria:
BBC World Service (radio), May 29, 2012: “Launch of UK initiative to stop rape in conflict, Syria”
ORF (Austria radio), May 2, 2012: “RadioRadiokolleg – Technologien im Dienste der Menschenrechte“
Danish Radio 24seven, April 10, 2012: “Globus 12.07 10-04-2012”
Free Speech Radio News, April 5, 2012: “Effort to document sexual violence in Syria uses online tools to gather evidence”
NPR/WNYC (radio), “The Takeaway,” April 4, 2012, “Crowdsourcing Sexual Violence Data in Syria”
Radio New Zealand, March 29, 2012: “Mapping rape in Syria”
Radio Ireland, “NewsTalk,” February 13, 2012: “Are atrocities inevitable?”
PBS, “NewsHour” (TV), July 4, 2011: “Female journalists facing more risks, intimidation abroad”
NPR/WHYY “Radio Times” (radio), June 20, 2011: “Sexual violence against journalists”
Pacifica/KPFA Women’s Magazine (radio), June 13, 2011: “The unspoken risk of sexual violence against women journalists”
CNN International (TV), June 8, 2011: “Female journalists under attack”
CBC (radio), “The Current,” March 25, 2011: “Reporters & sexual assaults“