All the back stories and side stories to the feature articles I’m working on: anecdotes that don’t fit into the main piece, works cited, tangential lines of inquiry, and some self-critiquing
1. On a late afternoon this past October, a dozen or so mothers set out with their children from Keleti, the smaller of two Roma settlements in the city of Nyiregyhaza, Hungary. They walked across the four-lane highway that borders the settlement, past the Mercedes Benz dealership on the other side, and down a footpath … Continue reading Roma Project: The Mothers of Keleti
I spent five weeks reporting from the Roma communities in Hungary, on a Pulitzer Traveling Grant. In the days and weeks ahead, I’ll be posting several articles and anecdotes both here and on my Medium page. But in the meantime, here are some quick slide shows from just two of the settlements I visited. And if you … Continue reading Roma Project: Maps, Pictures & Sources
I visited the Roma settlement in Gyongyospata just a few days after two major Roma victories: the mayoral election and the court case challenging the local school’s segregation policies. Continue reading Roma Project: Gyongyospata
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