Monday, August 25, 2008

ON ASSIGNMENT: IRAN FOR PBS


Friday Prayers in Tehran, July 2008

I have just returned from assignment in Iran for PBS Frontline World Rough Cuts. I am going to be a little mysterious about the story. It's fundamentally about the intersection of faith and science. I guarantee you will be surprised with what we found there. PBS will run our story online sometime in October.

In the meantime, here's a flickr gallery of some of our adventures.

'INDIA'S MISSING GIRLS' WINS SAJA NEW MEDIA AWARD


My wife and I were honored to even be considered for a new media award from the South Asian Journalists Association. We were blown over when our little movie, India's Missing Girls, actually won.

2008 SAJA Awards List

POLYGAMY: A WORLD APART


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April 3, 2008 -- Texas authorities invaded the compound of a polygamous Mormon sect and took more than 400 children into custody on fears of rampant sexual abuse and underage marriage. The Fundamentalist Church of Later Day Saints, or FLDS, struck back, accusing the state of kidnapping their children without cause or due process. They dared Texas prosecutors to present evidence of sexual abuse and fought their case all the way to the Texas Supreme Court, whose decision would hold the future for an entire generation of FLDS children.

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