What’s Next for Haiti? A Big Blue Marble Look at a Nation in Crisis.
Overshadowed by the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, where does Haiti’s lethal gang violence rank as a global concern? Two-time Pulitzer Prize Finalist Michael Matza, veteran foreign correspondent of The Philadelphia Inquirer, joins us in conversation with New York Times veteran Pulitzer Prize Winner Garry Pierre-Pierre, media analyst and trail-blazing founder of The Haitian Times, for a dynamic discussion featuring Q&A and a reading from Matza’s critically acclaimed novel: Haiti, Love and Murder in the Season of Soup Joumou. Set amid Haiti’s worst security crisis in a century — foreshadowing the assassination of President Jovenel Moise — Haiti, Love and Murder in the Season of Soup Joumou blends history, culture, religion, and superstition in a suspenseful story about a loyal friend on a quest for justice and the tender promise of second-chance love.
Michael Matza covered international, national, and local news as a Philadelphia Inquirer staff writer for three decades, producing a steady stream of high-impact stories. His articles have appeared in the Boston Globe, the Chicago Tribune, the Miami Herald, the Los Angeles Times, Elle magazine, and other national publications; and he has been a commentator on NPR, a guest on CNN’s The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, and a moderator at the annual convention of Investigative Reporters and Editors.
Garry Pierre-Pierre is a Pulitzer-prize winning multimedia and entrepreneurial journalist. In 1999, he left the New York Times to launch the Haitian Times, a New York-based English-language publication serving the Haitian Diaspora. He is also the co-founder of the City University Graduate School of Journalism‘s Center for Community and Ethnic Media and a senior producer at CUNY TV.
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