A (relatively insignificant) Conversation with George W. Bush

‘W’ made a trip down to Haiti recently and NBC was lucky enough to have exclusive access to his trip because his daughter, Jenna, was conducting the interview for the Today Show.  We could practically walk up to him whenever we wanted, and if secret service told us to step back, all we had to [...]

Read Full Post »

Un-shocking News: Wyclef Jean is Not Eligible to Run for President of Haiti!

As you probably already know, Wyclef Jean was deemed not eligible to run for President of Haiti yesterday by the country’s electoral council (the CEP), a decision that everyone pretty much already saw coming.  In an effort to stop violent protests from starting after the announcement, and also to make the members of the council [...]

Read Full Post »

Lady in the Window

We were walking through the tent city in Champs de Mars last week when this woman popped out of this makeshift window they created for their shanty-home.  She smiled for a picture, and then started to ask us what we were here to give her.  This has been a major issue for journalists covering stories, [...]

Read Full Post »

A 360˚ Panoramic View of Port-au-Prince

An NBC team just left PAP after a quick, 5-day jaunt covering the World Cup craziness here in Haiti, and it was a great time.  We watched the World Cup on a huge 30 foot screen at the national soccer stadium, checked out some tent cities that are still really struggling, and were spectators for [...]

Read Full Post »

Can We Use Your Steamroller?

The NBC team I was working with earlier this week took a trip to Corail on Wednesday, which is where they are relocating people from overpopulated tent cities in PAP.  To put it lightly, the location sucks.  It’s in the middle of absolutely nowhere, about an hour’s drive from the city, and there is NOTHING [...]

Read Full Post »

A Presidential Visit

Presidents Bush (43) and Clinton visit Haiti on Monday, and I was one of 10,000 journalists there to cover it.  The two went with Haitian President Preval on a tour of a tent city across the street from the presidential palace and chaos ensued.  But we did get the interview! After about 15 minutes Bush [...]

Read Full Post »