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    Journalists Telling the

     Stories of Modern-Day Slavery 

    Like journalists before them, reporters today follow in the footsteps of their predecessors, telling the stories of slavery and other human rights abuses. 

    

    ​Following is a selected list of reporting on modern-day slavery, and is by no means complete.

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    See an article or broadcast that should be listed? Send us an email at schusterinstitute@brandeis.edu with the URL and pertinent information.

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    Selected Articles

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    ​Bowe, John

    • Bound for America, May/June 2010, Mother Jones 
    • ​Modern Day Slavery in America – Welcome to the World of  “Guestworkers”, 5/5/10, Huffington Post
    • Nobodies, 4/21/03, The New Yorker 

    Brazao, Dale

    • Exploited workers Canada’s ‘slave trade’, Part 1 of “People for Sale” series, 8/30/08, Toronto Star 
    • Big Promises, Broken Dreams, Part 2 of "People for Sale" series, 8/31/2008, Toronto Star
    • Nanny for Sale, Part 3, "People for Sale, series, 9/22/2008, Toronto Star

    Callamachi, Rukmini

    • Child maid trafficking spreads from Africa to US, 12/28/08, Huffington Post (AP) 
    • Exploited Children Stories, 2008, AP

    Carrier, Scott 

    • In a Brothel Atop Street 63, March/April 2006, Mother Jones 

    Field, Michael

    • ​NZ slammed in US slavery report, 6/20/12, Stuff.co.nz
    • Action on fishing abuse escalates, 3/4/12, Stuff.co.nz 
    • Crew aid foreign fishing boats probe, 11/03/11, Stuff.co.nz 
    • ‘We need more cheap foreign fishermen,’ 10/17/11, Stuff.co.nz
    • Slave fishing in NZ waters exposed, 8/11/11, Stuff.co.nz 

    Fine Collins, Amy

    • Sex Trafficking in America: The Girls Next Door, 5/24/11, Vanity Fair 

    Finnegan, William

    • The Countertraffickers, 5/5/08, The New Yorker 

    Goldberg, Michelle

    • ​Today’s Hidden Slave Trade, 6/28/11, The Daily Beast​
    • Slavery Still Exists in America, 6/13/10, The Daily Beast 

    Gonzalez, David

    • When American Dream Leads to Servitude, 4/24/07, The New York Times 

    Gould, J.J.

    • Slavery’s Global Comeback, 12/19/12, The Atlantic 

    Greenberg, Ilan

    • Where Modern Slavery Thrives, 6/19/12, Daily Beast 

    Hardman, Jesse

    • Escaping from Burma but Falling into Slavery, 9/30/11, Time 

    Hari, Johann

    • The dark side of Dubai, 4/7/09, The Independent 

    Johnson, Scott

    • One Mother’s Fight Against Human Trafficking, 10/29/12, Daily Beast 

    Kara, Siddharth

    • Shrimp exports to west tied to bonded labor, 10/16/12, CNN Freedom Project
    • Bonded labor stretches from third to first world, 10/15/12, CNN Freedom Project
    • Sex Trafficking: A Global Overview, 8/10/12, World Politics Review
    • Attacking the demand for child sex trafficking, 4/14/11, CNN Freedom Project 
    • On the trail of human trafficking, 7/22/10, CNN Freedom Project

    Kelly, Kimbriell 

    • Sold in the USA, 9/30/07, Chicago Reporter 

    Kristof, Nicholas

    • ​She Has a Pimp’s Name Etched on Her, 5/28/12, NYT
    • Not Quite a Teen, Yet Sold for Sex, 4/18/12, NYT 
    • Where Pimps Peddle Their Goods, 3/17/12, NYT
    • The Face of Modern Slavery, 1/16/11, NYT 

    Landesman, Peter

    • The Girls Next Door, 1/25/04, NYT Magazine 

    Lewis, Libby

    • Diplomatic Abuse of Servants Hard to Prosecute, 3/1/07, NPR

    Martin, Phillip

    • Underground Trade: From Boston to Bangkok, 1/8/2013, WGBH
    • Human Trafficking in New England: Sexual and Human Trafficking in the Boston Area,
      Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4, 7/8-13/2010, WGBH

    Mead, Julia C.

    • A Slow War on Human Trafficking, 5/28/06, NYT 

    Melnick, Meredith

    • New State Department Report Fuels Push to End Slavery In America, 
      6/28/11, Time 

    Motlagh, Jason

    • In a world hungry for cheap shrimp, migrants labor overtime in Thai sheds, 9/19/12, Washington Post 

    Nosheen, Habiba & Anup Kaphle

    • For Nepali Girls Abducted Into Indian Brothels, Where Is Home? 11/30/11,
      The Atlantic 

    Pleitgen, Frederick & Mohamed Fadel Fahmy

    • Death in the Desert, 11/3/11, CNN Freedom Project

    Simpson, Cam 

    • The Deadly Tin Inside Your Smartphone, 8/23/12, Businessweek
    • Victoria’s Secret Revealed in Child Picking Burkina Faso Cotton, 12/15/11, Bloomberg
    • Pipeline to Peril, October 2005, Chicago Tribune 

    Skinner, E. Benjamin

    • The Fishing Industry’s Cruelest Catch, 2/23/12, Bloomberg Businessweek 
    • How U.S. Budget Cuts Prolong Global Slavery, 6/28/2011, Time
    • Britain's Long Fight Against Slavery, 5/2/2011, Huffington Post
    • Modern-Day Slavery: A Necessary Beat With Different Challenges, Winter 2010, Nieman Reports
    • Modern-Day Slavery on D.C.'s Embassy Row? 6/14/2010, Time
    • South Africa’s Slave Trade and the Campaign to Stop It, 1/18/10, Time
    • Pakistan's Forgotten Plight: Modern-Day Slavery, 10/27/2009, Time
    • Slavery in America: An Undeniable Truth, 7/11/08, ABC Nightline 
    • More slavery reporting by Skinner>

    Smith, Michael & David Voreacos

    • The Secret World of Modern Slavery, 11/17/06, Bloomberg 

    Stillman, Sarah

    • The Invisible Army, 6/6/11, The New Yorker 

    Sutter, John D.

    • Slavery’s Last Stronghold, March 2012, CNN Freedom Project 

    Townshend, Mark

    • Sex Trafficking in the UK, 2/5/11, The Guardian 

    vanden Heuvel, Katrina & Greg Kaufman

    • Ending Slavery for Pennies, 4/16/08, The Nation

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    ​Photojournalism, Photo Exhibits

    

    Chernush, Kay

    Sex Trafficking Forced Labor, Survivors photo exhibit
    for the U.S. State Department

    

    ​Hamman, Melanie

    Rescue Johannesburg, 2009 photo exhibit

    

    ​Eva Horstick-Schmitt

    Raid in Kosovo photo exhibit

    

    Kristine, Lisa

    Slavery Still Exists, Lisa Kristine, 9/26/12, The Atlantic

    

    Nickolaysen, Ron

    Survivors Argentina, 2008 photo exhibit

    

    Roslan, Rahman

    Nur: The Journey Home, 2010 photo exhibit 

    


    Media Outlets Reporting on Slavery

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    CNN Freedom Project


    The CNN Freedom Project is a media campaign launched by CNN in 2011 to expose instances of modern slavery around the globe.  

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    Some of their larger features include John Sutter’s award-winning piece on Mauritania, Slavery’s Last Stronghold, Frederick Pleitgen and Mohamed Fadel Fahmy’s reporting on abuses of refugees in Egypt, Death in the Desert, and Siddharth Kara’s regular posts.

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    Guardian Sustainable Business

    

    The Guardian's Sustainable Business desk focus includes commentary and reporting about human trafficking and modern-day slavery. 

    

     

    The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting


    The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting has been reporting on human trafficking and modern-day slavery since 2008.

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    A few of their stories follow: 

    • ​Bad Cocktail: Labor Abuse in Thailand’s Shrimp Industry. Jason Motlagh and Steve Sapienza, project launched 9/20/12
    • Thailand: The Overfishing Underclass. Adam Janofsky, 8/31/11, Pulitzer Center’s Untold Stories
    • Nepal: Rebuilding Lives after Trafficking. Anup Kaphle and Habiba Nosheen, project launched 12/28/10
    • Thailand: Sex Tourism, Exploited Women. Deena Gudzer, project launched 8/14/09
    • Altar, Sonora: The Business of Smuggling. David Rochkind and Sacha Feinman, project launched 4/21/09 
    • Restaveks: Child Slaves of Haiti. Carmen Russell and Dane Liu, project launched 10/1/07  

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    The Schuster Institute for Investigative Reporting ​

    at Brandeis University

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    ​The Schuster Institute's Human Trafficking and Modern-Day Slavery project, led by investigative journalist E. Benjamin Skinner, was launched in 2009. Highlights include Skinner's investigative report with Bloomberg Businessweek on slavery at sea; and with Time, South African's new slave trade and Pakistan's indentured servants.

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    Filipino Catherine Manuel is the focus of Dale Brazao's story "Nanny for Sale," Toronto Star.

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