My name is Ansel Herz. I’m a 22-year-old freelance journalist based in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. Why Haiti, since September 2009? Read here.

I lived and reported through the 7.0 earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, for Reuters Alertnet, Inter-Press Service, and Free Speech Radio News (FSRN). In the days after the quake, I was interviewed by CNN, BBC, Al Jazeera English, the New York Times, Sky News, Democracy Now!, and other news outlets worldwide. PBS Newshour broadcast my video footage and interviewed me twice .

I reported for FSRN on Texas prison and immigration issues and organized with Indymedia and Food Not Bombs in Austin.  Hosted and produced local community radio show On the Fringe from Spring 2007 through the end of 2008.  Started college at the University of Washington at age 15 and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a B.A. in multimedia journalism. Participated in the 2010 School of Authentic Journalism in February.

My goals are to advance media justice and “go to where the silence is” in my own reporting.

Resume (PDF). Skills: HTML, CSS, PHP, WordPress, Photoshop, Audacity (audio production), radio, writing, Soundslides, shooting video, iMovie, Final Cut Pro.

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Selected clips, post-earthquake:

Selected clips, pre-earthquake:

Last updated: June 10, 2010