News from Project Word
In The Boston Globe
Jon Mingle, an emerging freelance writer who had spent time in the Himalayas, found out about Project Word in February 2009.
In Resurgence/Guernica
Project Word’s debut exploration of indigenous communities and climate change appeared in the September–October 2009 issue of the British magazine Resurgence.
In Mother Jones
In mid-2009, veteran investigative Mark Schapiro was exploring the effects of a plan by three US corporations to offset their carbon emissions by buying a forest in Brazil.
In The Nation
In mid-2008, Bogota-based writer Teo Ballvé submitted a proposal to Project Word for an investigative piece—a report on the displacement of Afro-Colombian refugees for palm oil plantations, with the evident support of USAID.
Impossiblism
Project director Laird Townsend writes on the promise of the economic implosion for Resurgence magazine.
Achuar Civil Disobedience
Project Word is working on a indigenous Achuar community in Peru, with a news magazine or Sunday feature in mind.