by admin | Oct 4, 2012 | Blogs
Kevin Sites has spent the past decade reporting on global war and disaster for ABC, NBC, CNN, and Yahoo! News. In 2005, he became Yahoo!’s first correspondent and covered every major conflict in the world in a single year for his website, “Kevin Sites in the Hot...
by admin | Oct 4, 2012 | Blogs
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by admin | Oct 9, 2012 | Dive Across America
Finally dived the Atlantic after a cross-country trip of freshwater adventures. Beautiful Cape Ann in Gloucester, MA is also the home of the Fisherman’s Memorial–commemorating the thousands that have worked out of the seaport and were lost or killed at...
by admin | Oct 9, 2012 | Dive Across America
Rare fish and flying machines dwell together in Gilboa Quarry, the deepest body of water inside Ohio. It’s a mecca for divers for its unique blend of aquatic life, including the once endangered paddlefish and a virtual salvage yard of submerged vehicles. Check...
by admin | Oct 9, 2012 | Dive Across America
When the worlds largest lead mine in Bonne Terre, MO closed down in 1963 after nearly one-hundred years of operation, the miners were understandably pissed. They left their tools and walked out. The company then shut off the pumps that kept the mine dry—and the acres...
by admin | Oct 9, 2012 | Dive Across America
Lake Tenkiller State Park, OK This lake was created when a dam was built on the Illinois River in 1953. Now it’s a water sports wonderland, complete with Scuba Park. But because of poor visibility, my first dive is a murky potential death trap of submerged tree...
by admin | Oct 9, 2012 | Dive Across America
I’m driving cross country from my home in Los Angeles to Cambridge for a journalism fellowship at Harvard. Since I love diving, I decided I try to dive all the sinkholes, quarries and lakes I could get to along the way. Thought I’d share them with you for...
by admin | Oct 10, 2012 | People of the Web
by admin | Oct 10, 2012 | People of the Web
by admin | Oct 10, 2012 | People of the Web
by admin | Oct 10, 2012 | People of the Web
Americans watched over 100 billion Web videos this year. We break down the best — and worst. Have you seen them all?
by admin | Oct 10, 2012 | People of the Web
All Linda Katz had to do was step outside of her house to make thousands on the Internet. Now the Midwestern entrepreneur is building a business selling a piece of the old west online: tumbleweeds. Produced by Jamie Rubin. Shot and edited by Didrik Johnck.
by admin | Oct 10, 2012 | People of the Web
Meet the Dr. who is moving the ER to the IM
by admin | Oct 10, 2012 | People of the Web
A tour inside the house of tomorrow: the high tech eco-friendly Wired LivingHome. It’s like MTV “Green” Cribs.
by admin | Oct 10, 2012 | People of the Web
Ashley Qualls is a 17-year-old self-made millionaire. Find out how she struck gold on the web. The whole story is here: http://potw.news.yahoo.com/s/potw/52250/teen-millionaire
by admin | Oct 10, 2012 | People of the Web
When we posted this story about Phil Hansen and his incredible works of art our viewers were blown away; some even compared him to da Vinci.
by admin | Oct 10, 2012 | People of the Web
Carve a pumpkin in 5 minutes! All you need is a dry erase marker, a few power tools and some imagination.
by admin | Oct 10, 2012 | People of the Web
Halloween fanatics meet your guru. Tom Nardone is putting the fear back on the faces of jack-0′-lanterns with a little help from pyrotechnics and power tools. No more “cutesy” pumpkins allowed. The grosser, the scarier, the better.
by admin | Oct 10, 2012 | People of the Web
Los Angeles Times reporter Jill Leovy is on a mission to cover every homicide that occurs in L.A. County this year. Her tally so far? Over 700.
by admin | Oct 10, 2012 | People of the Web
Girls and Guns… cockfighting… extreme martial arts… Jason Atkins aims to show the most extreme sports on the net.
by admin | Oct 12, 2012 | Books
In The Things They Cannot Say, eleven soldiers and Marines display a rare courage that transcends battlefield heroics—they share the truth about their wars. For each of them it means something different: one struggles to recover from a head injury he believes has...
by admin | Oct 12, 2012 | Books
Kevin Sites is a man on a mission. Venturing alone into the dark heart of war, armed with just a video camera, a digital camera, a laptop, and a satellite modem, the award-winning journalist covered virtually every major global hot spot as the first Internet...
by admin | Oct 12, 2012 | A World of Conflict
Before Virginia Tech, before Columbine, there was Paducah. Watch the video & read the whole story on http//hotzone.yahoo.com
by admin | Oct 12, 2012 | A World of Conflict
Journalist and author Kevin Sites discusses the motivations and intentions behind his hot zone war coverage project which is now a book by Harper Perennial.
by admin | Oct 12, 2012 | A World of Conflict
This is Chapter 15, Credits, of the documentary “A World of Conflict” in which reporter Kevin Sites covers every major war zone in the world in one year. His book, “In the Hot Zone” has just been released by Harper Perennial. Available at...
by admin | Oct 12, 2012 | A World of Conflict
Chapter 14, Israel-Hezbollah War The war between Israel and Hezbollah shook the landscape in the Middle East. Kevin Sites covered the crisis for a month, from both sides of the divide. He reported from southern Lebanon during the height of the Israeli offensive, as...
by admin | Oct 12, 2012 | A World of Conflict
This is Chapter 13, Sri Lanka, of the documentary “A World of Conflict” in which reporter Kevin Sites covers every major war zone in the world in one year. His book, “In the Hot Zone” has just been released by Harper Perennial. Available at...
by admin | Oct 12, 2012 | A World of Conflict
This is Chaper 12, Nepal and Kashmir, of the documentary “A World of Conflict” in which reporter Kevin Sites covers every major war zone in the world in one year. His book, “In the Hot Zone” has just been released by Harper Perennial. Available...
by admin | Oct 12, 2012 | A World of Conflict
This is Chapter 11, Gulsoma, Afghan Child Bride of the documentary “A World of Conflict” in which reporter Kevin Sites covers every major war zone in the world in one year. His book, “In the Hot Zone” has just been released by Harper Perennial....
by admin | Oct 12, 2012 | A World of Conflict
This is Chapter 10, Afghanistan, of the documentary “A World of Conflict” in which reporter Kevin Sites covers every major war zone in the world in one year. His book, “In the Hot Zone” has just been released by Harper Perennial. Available at...
by admin | Oct 12, 2012 | A World of Conflict
This is Chapter 9, The Beslan School Massacre, of the documentary “A World of Conflict” in which reporter Kevin Sites covers every major war zone in the world in one year. His book, “In the Hot Zone” has just been released by Harper Perennial....
by admin | Oct 12, 2012 | A World of Conflict
This is Chapter 8 – Iran, of the documentary “A World of Conflict” in which reporter Kevin Sites covers every major war zone in the world in one year. His book, “In the Hot Zone” has just been released by Harper Perennial. Available at...
by admin | Oct 12, 2012 | A World of Conflict
This is Chapter 7 – on Kinneret, a suicide bombing survivor, in the documentary “A World of Conflict” in which reporter Kevin Sites covers every major war zone in the world in one year. His book, “In the Hot Zone” has just been released...
by admin | Oct 12, 2012 | A World of Conflict
This is Chapter 6 – Lebanon & Gaza, of the documentary “A World of Conflict” in which reporter Kevin Sites covers every major war zone in the world in one year. His book, “In the Hot Zone” has just been released by Harper Perennial....
by admin | Oct 12, 2012 | A World of Conflict
This is Chapter 5 – Iraq, of the documentary “A World of Conflict” in which reporter Kevin Sites covers every major war zone in the world in one year. His book, “In the Hot Zone” has just been released by Harper Perennial. Available at...
by admin | Oct 12, 2012 | A World of Conflict
This is Chapter 4 – Uganda, of the documentary “A World of Conflict” in which reporter Kevin Sites covers every major war zone in the world in one year. His book, “In the Hot Zone” has just been released by Harper Perennial. Available at...
by admin | Oct 12, 2012 | A World of Conflict
This is Chapter 3 – The Congo, of the documentary “A World of Conflict” in which reporter Kevin Sites covers every major war zone in the world in one year. His book, “In the Hot Zone” has just been released by Harper Perennial. Available...
by admin | Oct 12, 2012 | A World of Conflict
This is Chapter 2 – Somalia, of the documentary “A World of Conflict” in which reporter Kevin Sites covers every major war zone in the world in one year. His book, “In the Hot Zone” has just been released by Harper Perennial. Available at...
by admin | Oct 12, 2012 | A World of Conflict
This is the powerful opening montage to the documentary “A World of Conflict” which follows reporter Kevin Sites on his journey to cover every major war zone in the world in one year. His book, “In the Hot Zone” has just been released by Harper...
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As a journalist for NBC News, Kevin Sites made his first trip to Afghanistan in October 2001, crossing the Amu Darya River at night, traveling with Northern Alliance fighters as they toppled the Taliban regime with the help of American forces. In that first hundred...
by admin | Dec 18, 2014 | A World of Conflict, Featured Videos
MSNBC.com’s exclusive feature-length documentary “The Umbrella Movement” reflects on the hopes, clashes, symbols, guardians, memories and frustrations of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests with commentary by President of the Legislative Council...
by admin | Dec 19, 2014 | Featured Videos, War Reporting
In The Things They Cannot Say, eleven soldiers and Marines display a rare courage that transcends battlefield heroics — they share the truth about their wars. For each of them it means something different: one struggles to recover from a head injury he believes...
by admin | Dec 20, 2014 | Featured Videos, War Reporting
In Afghanistan, war is increasingly waged by robots, unmanned aircraft and remote control. In this video a soldier based at Ghundy Gar, a dusty hillside combat outpost in the Zhari district of western Afghanistan, launches the Raven, a remote-controlled surveillance...
by admin | Dec 21, 2014 | Featured Videos, War Reporting
After six hours on the road, Afghan National Army soldiers wave down the convoy and tell them about what they believe is a bomb in an abandoned building near the roadside. Staff Sgt. William Cook, a from Waynesville, Missouri — goes to work. Cook is the...
by admin | Dec 22, 2014 | Featured Videos, War Reporting
After six hours on the road, Afghan National Army soldiers wave down the convoy and tell them about what they believe is a bomb in an abandoned building near the roadside. Staff Sgt. William Cook, a from Waynesville, Missouri — goes to work. Cook is the...
by admin | Dec 23, 2014 | Featured Videos, War Reporting
WARNING: SOME GRAPHIC MEDICAL PROCEDURES DEPICTED U.S. Combat Medics mostly from 3.2 Cavalry and newly deployed to Afghanistan, surround the gurneys, five or six per victim, as if they were hungry animals at a feeding trough. Each renders a service; ventilating with a...
by admin | Dec 24, 2014 | Featured Videos, War Reporting
At the table with the patient with the leg wound, Staff Sgt. Ben Swob, part of the newly arrived group notices the injury site is beginning to bleed again—heavily. He decides, unilaterally, to apply a second tourniquet just above the first. The Afghan man, sedated...
by admin | Dec 25, 2014 | Featured Videos, War Reporting
GRAPHIC IMAGES: VIOLENCE, WOUNDED SOLDIERS AND DEAD BODIES. NOT NOT NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN. In The Things They Cannot Say, eleven soldiers and Marines display a rare courage that transcends battlefield heroics — they share the truth about their wars. For each...
by admin | Dec 26, 2014 | Featured Videos, War Reporting
VERY GRAPHIC IMAGES: VIOLENCE, WOUNDED SOLDIERS AND DEAD BODIES. NOT NOT NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN. In The Things They Cannot Say, eleven soldiers and Marines display a rare courage that transcends battlefield heroics — they share the truth about their wars. For...
by admin | Dec 27, 2014 | Featured Videos, War Reporting
EXTREMELY GRAPHIC IMAGES: VIOLENCE, WOUNDED SOLDIERS AND DEAD BODIES. NOT NOT NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN. In The Things They Cannot Say, eleven soldiers and Marines display a rare courage that transcends battlefield heroics — they share the truth about their...
by admin | Dec 29, 2014 | War Reporting
A report originally filed for Global Post concerning the advent of summer (2010) and the NATO offensive to push the Taliban out of their strongholds in Kandahar and Southern Afghanistan.
by admin | Dec 30, 2014 | Featured Videos, Video Bylines, War Reporting
Video: Afghan security contractors undermine the U.S. counterinsurgency strategy. KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — When a commercial convoy hauling supplies for U.S. and NATO bases came under attack from Taliban insurgents in the western Zhari district of Afghanistan, the...
by admin | Jan 5, 2015 | Video Bylines
Even before a much-touted fall offensive in Kandahar Province, the United States suffered its deadliest month yet in Afghanistan with 66 Americans killed in July. GlobalPost’s Kevin Sites looks at what U.S. and coalition forces are up against in Afghanistan as the...