Having never undertaken an Indiegogo campaign before, I didn’t really know what to expect. However, here it is Day One, and we already have four people who have contributed. So a huge thanks to these wonderful people. Now, equally importantly, is working out the rest of the post-production schedule with Jonas Quastel, my fantastic editor.…
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Journeys to the Edge photography exhibit in Haida Gwaii
This spring, Journeys to the Edge co-founder Tallulah travelled to Haida Gwaii in northern British Columbia to mount a photography exhibit. The event showcased photos from around the world that Tallulah has captured in her reporting travels with Roberta Staley to places like Haiti, Colombia, Soweto and Afghanistan. The trip to Haida Gwaii was undertaken in large…
Hello world!
It’s official! We’ve launched our Indiegogo campaign. This is going to be quite an experience.Thanks off the top to everyone who takes the time to view the video and contribute to this labour of love — for Afghanistan and its incredibly brave and inspiring women.
Article wins Amnesty International reporting award
In November 2014, photojournalist Tallulah and I travelled to El Salvador to report upon the work of the Canadian NGO Speroway, which provides dental and medical services and food to the poor. One of the stories appeared in the national magazine Corporate Knights. The story, titled “Cola Kids Need A Fix,” addressed the deleterious impact of soft drinks, specifically…
Orkney Islands – Travels in Scotland by Tallulah
This past summer, I travelled to Scotland for my sister’s wedding, then spent some time exploring the countryside. One of my stops was the Orkney Islands, an archipelago located off the northeastern tip of mainland Scotland that is often referred to as the Edge of the World. One way to reach Orkney is to take the passenger ferry from…
Man on a Mission in El Salvador
Here is a direct link to a pdf of Man on a Mission, one of the stories Tallulah and I reported on while in El Salvador. The story is about Ken Dick, the founder of Speroway, which provides medical and dental care to the poor around the world.
Canada brings hope and healing to El Salvador
Tallulah and I have been on numerous international reporting trips together, the most recent being El Salvador, a country in Central America that has long endured civil unrest. The nation is no longer at war, but violence still rages, with 12 murders every day in a country of about six million people. Our purpose was to cover the…
Glasgow Has An Art Attack
I spent this past summer in my birthplace of Scotland, photographing the people and places of that spectacular country — a nation that has blessed the rest of the world with whisky, tartan, the philosophy of Adam Smith and David Hume and the literary works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and J.K. Rowling. I spent much of my time in Glasgow,…
Mightier Than the Sword fundraising begins
Mightier Than the Sword A documentary project by Journeys to the Edge Journeys to the Edge (J2E) is very pleased to announce a partnership with Entertainment Media Arts Society (EMA). The Canadian charity, under President Jacqueline Feldman of Vancouver, is supporting J2E’s upcoming project: a documentary to be filmed this summer in Afghanistan titled Mightier Than the Sword:…
Amazon Healer in Colombia
This story ran recently in the travel writing blog Day Trips Travel Guide. It has a slightly unusual opening (me being incredibly ill), which nonetheless was the perfect jumping off point for a remarkable experience: being healed by shaman Baribu Geraga ‘Gustavo’ Mejia Makuna, pictured above. Gustavo and his family live in the Amazon,…