Aryn Baker: Time Magazine Africa Correspondent
Generation Africa
English - September 15, 2020 19:06 - 1 hour - 57 MBBusiness News africa entrepreneur arts sport game changers business conservation safari zimbabwe south africa Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
"I am biased, I try to correct my biases in my reporting, but yes i come from a point of view. I think the role of the responsible journalist is to always be aware of his or her biases and correct them or compensate for them."
Aryn Baker
Aryn is the Time magazine Africa correspondent. Before moving to Cape Town to cover Africa she was The Time magazine Middle East correspondent based in Beirut, before that she covered the war in Afghanistan, which is where I met her.
Aryn has over 20 years’ experience in journalism and a wealth of fascinating stories and insight. In this interview we discuss; Aryn’s time in Afghanistan, embedding with the military, travelling in Africa, the best stories she’s covered, how she sources stories, her favourite African authors and living with an immunocompromised partner during COVID-19.
SHOW NOTES
Aryn and I discuss a number of authors including Nnedi Okorafor and Douglas Rogers.
You can check out Aryn’s work here.
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