Resource October 13, 2017

Meet the Journalist: Peter Schwartzstein

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Image by Jonathan Rashad. Ethiopia, 2015.
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Battling human and natural challenges, the Nile river is in increasingly poor health. Can it recover...

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Image by Peter Schwartzstein. 2015.

Over the course of summer 2015, Leyland Cecco, Jonathan Rashad, and Peter Schwartzstein spent six weeks traveling the length of the Blue Nile. Starting near Ethiopia's Lake Tana, they journeyed up through Sudan and Egypt by boat, bus and foot, before ending at the Mediterranean. This video clip provides a brief—and slightly slipshod—look at why they and the BBC felt this expedition was worthwhile.

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