Multimedia I have produced or collaborated on
Small, boutique record labels, eager to find new sounds to promote and develop, are showing more interest in artists and bands from Africa and the African diaspora. I spoke to some of these labels for my story at the Economist, but here’s a quick discussion about a few of the musicians working with these labels, along with their music:
A team of us at Telegraph.co.uk produced a UK Political Database, which helps you find information on the UK’s constituencies and its candidates in the 2010 General Election. Our producer built the graphics and the page, we loaded it with data. The graphic is at the DAILY TELEGRAPH.
In the lead-up to the UK General Election 2010, a team of us at Telegraph.co.uk produced an interactive House of Commons timeline showing the political make-up of Parliament from 1885 to the present. Our producer built the graphics and the page, we loaded it with data. The story is at the DAILY TELEGRAPH.
Came across a dozen or so members of the group Youth Fight For Jobs this week standing outside the Royal Bank of Scotland offices in East London blaming Prime Minister Gordon Brown for allowing “fat cat” bankers to continue paying themselves bonuses. The energy level of the group was pretty low, but I wonder...
On my way home from visiting the Raymond Pettibon exhibit at a gallery near Green Park in London tonight, I came across 100 or more protesters outside London’s Intercontinental Hotel. In pouring rain, a hundred or so members of a Save Pakistan from America group were demonstrating against current Pakistani leadership and current American...
Ozomatli band member Ulises Bella talks about what it’s like to be a musician who’s also an international cultural ambassador for the US. The full audio interview is at MOTHER JONES.
Mother Jones investigative reporter Bruce Falconer goes to a gun show to check out America’s gun scene. The audio and full story is at MOTHER JONES.
Listen to investigative reporter Justine Sharrock explain why the Meow Mix jingle, Neil Diamond, and the Barney theme song all lend themselves to “no-touch torture.” Plus: How Metallica reacted when they found out how their music was being used. The full story, with audio, is at MOTHER JONES
Where the US military is, and what they’re doing there. A map animation that uses Pentagon worldwide troop data from every half-decade since 1950, plus 2007, the latest year for which the data is available. Our producer built the graphics and the page, we loaded it with data. The interactive graphic is at MOTHER...
Henry Rollins is best known as the frontman for the hardcore punk band Black Flag and later for his solo project the Rollins Band. He performs regularly as a spoken word artist and a comedian, and has written and published books of prose and poetry. Rollins is a radio and TV personality, actor, and...