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:
- PRINT: “Temporary” Camps Lingering as Haitian Government and NGOs Fail to Address Rising Tensions with Landowners
- PRINT: Outside Haiti’s National Palace, U.N. Troops’ Clash with Frustrated Students Spills into Camps
- AUDIO: Influx of support for Haiti’s State University Hospital not enough – and will it last?
- PRINT+AUDIO: In Haut-Tirgeau, the Camp That Vanished and the Priest Who Forced Them out
- PRINT+AUDIO: Secure Shelters Scarce as Rainy Season Looms
- PRINT+AUDIO: In Grand Goave, Relief Efforts Frustrate Haitian Neighborhood Leaders
- AUDIO: Medicine Turned Away at Airport as Health Workers Strain to Treat Patients in Port-Au-Prince
- PRINT: Sharing Meager Supplies, as Graves Multiply
- PRINT: As Aid Efforts Flounder, Haitians Rely On Each Other
Selected clips, pre-earthquake:
- PRINT: Haiti: Shooting Incident Sparks Anger at UN Troops
- AUDIO: UN Renews Haiti Peacekeepers Mandate
- WEB DESIGN: Brownfemipower’s Flip Flopping Joy
- VIDEO: Retrospective: the Ssangyong Workers’ Occupation
- AUDIO: “Chubbing” jams up Texas Legislature
- WRITING: Haiti Needs U.S. support for Democracy
- AUDIO: Walnut Creek Apt. residents speak out after youth is fatally shot by police
- AUDIO: Private prison in Texas found responsible in inmate death
- AUDIO+PICTURES: Podcast: Austinites raise their voices for Gaza
- AUDIO: Conditions at Texas Mental Institutions Blasted by Justice Department
- WRITING: Series Introduction: Globalization – Of Bond and Global Politics
- WRITING: ICE does not belong in Austin’s jail
- WRITING: Shot in the Back: APD, City of Austin, and Corporate Media Blame Shooting on East Austin Club
Last updated: June 10, 2010