Start this panel. L right, we aro we had a little technical difficulty, so what we will do we are going to play along here. Let me introduce my panel here to my immediate left is the founder and ceo of the afghan newspaper el triatos. Next to him as his brother, a freelance filmmalker and filmmaker and video editor. These are afghans living in the u. S. And covering afghanistan, everything whats going on there. Lets talk about some of the challenges you Face Covering afghanistan with the taliban in charge . Good afternoon. I am very happy, thank you for hosting this panel. I think a challenge and afghanistan to the media have a long history, when we started in afghanistan after 2021, there were many challenges. It was not supportive for artists and media in afghanistan. There were powerful people who had a big problem with the independent media, especially artists who were following corruption, pulling the government to accountability. So in 2021, there were a lot of journalists and it
Military reporters and editors conference, highlighting challenges of reporting on conflict zones. We were watching live coverage on cspan. What brought you there initially . So i had in my head that we should do a story first off, i should say i had an obsession that is probably selfdefeating for a reporter of always wanting to do the story other people are not focusing on. For instance, now everyone is focused on israel, focused on ukraine, and obviously i want to be focused on the things no one else is interested in, but i become stubbornly obsessed with things no one is paying attention to, and that was the case with niger. We went to benin first and were going to do a story of how the u. S. Military has a presence there, things people do not know about, military affairs, and then we were going to go to niger for the kinder, gentler side of what the u. S. Military is doing in that area, and we were going to show the Terror Networks converging on niger from all different sides with
Community as he posed at the first conference in 1986 . What then is that question for us . Are we still beholden to that responsibility to writing to black communities . Professor hill, i know you are on the fly. So i am going to allow you to hit that first before going on to the rest of our colleagues. I appreciate that. Im in the airport trying to get back. A little emergency. When i dip off, thats why. I think the answer is yes. We still have a responsibility to black people, to black readers, to black audiences. You know, i dont think we are the exact same responsibility or at least not the exact same role but i think as black writers, we dont have the luxury to just write about whatever. It doesnt mean we shouldnt create space for joy and for experimentation and for creativity and selfindulgence. We can do that. I write some stuff that dont got nothing to do with none of yall. But in terms of the overall project, i feel like when i write im thinking how will this improve the cond
The black writer to the black community as he posed at the first conference in 1986 . What then is that question for us . Are we still beholden to that responsibility to writing to black communities . Professor hill, i know you are on the fly. So i am going to allow you to hit that first before going on to the rest of our colleagues. I appreciate that. Im in the airport trying to get back. A little emergency. When i dip off, thats why. I think the answer is yes. We still have a responsibility to black people, to black readers, to black audiences. You know, i dont think we are the exact same responsibility or at least not the exact same role but i think as black writers, we dont have the luxury to just write about whatever. It doesnt mean we shouldnt create space for joy and for experimentation and for creativity and selfindulgence. We can do that. I write some stuff that dont got nothing to do with none of yall. But in terms of the overall project, i feel like when i write im thinking
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