IVAN BROADHEAD
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Ivan Broadhead is an award-winning independent journalist. He has covered international news from Azerbaijan to Zambia, and reports domestically on Hong Kong and China-related current affairs for Voice of America news.
Broadhead also travels widely to file for a variety of media on social, cultural and environmental issues. In this spirit he has reported on whale hunting in Indonesia, women’s rights in Iran, child trafficking in Nepal and Asian representation in US politics, amongst a wide range of other subjects.
His 2008 investigation into the legacy of the Pacific nuclear tests made global headlines, revealing structural degradation and potential radiation seepage at a restricted-access nuclear waste site on Enewetak Atoll; while in 2009 he was granted extended access to the Dalai Lama to mark the 50th anniversary of the exile from Tibet.
Broadhead’s SCMP feature on Australia Zoo's Cape York land use policy, and its impact on indigenous Australian communities - cited for merit at the 2011 Amnesty International Human Rights Awards - can be downloaded at the link . Other irregular addiitions to this site appear below and via the [Assignments] menu.
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TAIWAN'S PRESIDENT MA WRAPS UP TOUR OF AFRICAN ALLIES, Voice of America, 18 April 2012
Reporting from Mbabane on Taiwan's tour of three of its four remaining African allies - Burkina Faso, Gambia and Swaziland
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KONY 2012 and LORD'S RESISTANCE ARMY, Backchat, RTHK Radio 3, 12 March 2012
Broadhed discusses the internet movie "Kony2012", produced by American NGO Invisible Children, & recounts some of his recent experiences on assignment with the Ugandan army, hunting the LRA in Central African Republic, South Sudan and DRC. To view a selection of Broadhead's images in the field _______________________________________________________________________________________
SOMALIA INTERVIEW, Today Programme, RTHK Radio 3, 29 July 2011
To listen to Broadhead's interview with Radio 3's Hugh Chiverton, disucssing his assignment in Mogadishu and issues relating to the famine in Somalia, please press play:
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TRIAD DOCUMENTARY (2010 Consumer Council Media Awards, Gold Medal for Broadcast Radio)
Researched and produced by Ivan Broadhead for Radio Television Hong Kong, "Shellfish Habit" - a documentary investigating the Triads' drug and abalone smuggling activities between Africa and China - can be heard by pressing the
"Play" button: Duration: 29 mins. WARNING: Contains audio that may disturb some listeners.
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LOST EIGHT-YEAR-OLD REFUGEE, AIDA; CAN YOU HELP?
During an assignment at a Cape Town soup kitchen, I interviewed Eric KERU (press play for further background and excerpt ), a Sudanese refugee. On their journey from Darfur, he and his nine-year-old daughter, Aida, were separated when their shack was burned to the ground during protests against asylum seekers in Johannesburg. Aida has not been seen since the event occurred nearly two years ago.
Keru, whose daughter went missing after anti-immigrant protests in Jo'burg
Eric continues to face considerable hardship with good grace despite suspecting Aida is dead. On reading about his circumstances, should any individual, NGO or charity representative in South Africa think they can offer even the slightest help tracing his daughter, I would respectfully encourage them to contact him. Although he is homeless, most lunchtimes Eric can be found at The Service Dining Rooms, the soup kitchen located in the red stone building on Canterbury Street, opposite Fruit and Veg City, central Cape Town. Thank you for any support you can provide. [IB]
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