Can journalism be a humanitarian art? New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof has learned that reportage can deaden rather than awaken the consciousness, much less the hearts, of his readers. He shares his wide ethical lens he's gained on human life in our time — both personal and global.
Nick Kristof at work
» Laying the Dead to Rest
With Mercedes Doretti, we explore the human landscape of forensic sciences and its emergence as a tool for global human rights from Ethiopia to Juarez, Mexico. We also hear from one of the disappeared, Argentinean human rights activist and poet, Alicia Partnoy.
» Rebels for Christ in the Congo
A riveting scene from the HBO documentary Reporter. Here, Nicholas Kristof prays, interviews, and dines with a Congolese warlord and his soldiers.
» Plight of the "Distant Stranger"
Our senior editor sees Kristof in a new light after watching Reporter in a hotel on location, and resolves to pitch him as a guest for this program.
» Helping One Person Matters More than Saving Thousands
Folks will donate to help one person in need more often than two. And when presented with those thousands or millions suffering? It's overwhelming and we do not act.
Nicholas D. Kristof
Kristof is a columnist for The New York Times and a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner. He is also the co-author of the best-selling book, Half the Sky.
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