Ryan Brown Email & Phone Number

Johannesburg Metropolitan Area

I work with reporters across Africa to produce news and feature stories.

City Of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

•Freelance reporting for a wide variety of international news outlets including The Christian Science Monitor, The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, Newsweek, The Guardian, Runners World, 99 Percent Invisible, CityLab (The Atlantic), ForeignPolicy.com, Al Jazeera (English and America), Politico, The Daily Beast, U.S. News & World Report, and TheAtlantic.com•Produce reporting from 14 countries across southern, west, and east Africa, on topics related to development, public… Show more •Freelance reporting for a wide variety of international news outlets including The Christian Science Monitor, The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, Newsweek, The Guardian, Runners World, 99 Percent Invisible, CityLab (The Atlantic), ForeignPolicy.com, Al Jazeera (English and America), Politico, The Daily Beast, U.S. News & World Report, and TheAtlantic.com•Produce reporting from 14 countries across southern, west, and east Africa, on topics related to development, public health, politics, culture, and the arts. Show less

Johannesburg, South Africa

•Responsible for overseeing all Africa coverage for the Monitor, including writing and editing, and finding, training, and working with stringers from across the continent •Produced spot news, analysis, features, and long-form (4000+ words) stories for The Monitor’s website and weekly news magazine, with on-the-ground reporting from approximately two dozen countries in Africa on topics including humanitarian crises, aid, development and public health. •Developed guidelines to… Show more •Responsible for overseeing all Africa coverage for the Monitor, including writing and editing, and finding, training, and working with stringers from across the continent •Produced spot news, analysis, features, and long-form (4000+ words) stories for The Monitor’s website and weekly news magazine, with on-the-ground reporting from approximately two dozen countries in Africa on topics including humanitarian crises, aid, development and public health. •Developed guidelines to professionalize the Monitor's relationship with local journalists across Africa Show less

Boston

Wrote and edited for the Monitor from Boston, Oxford, and Johannesburg, with a special focus on African current affairs.

Johannesburg, South Africa

One-year fellowship to South Africa, where I researched and wrote the manuscript for my first book ("A Native of Nowhere: The Life of South African Journalist Nat Nakasa, 1937-1965"), which was published by Jacana Media in September 2013. I also produced freelance news pieces in the Chronicle of Higher Education and the Mail & Guardian (South Africa).

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Earned approximately 25 clips for the Chronicle's faculty and administration section; Wrote breaking news, news analysis, features, profiles and blog entries

Produced weekly reported blog entries and monthly features for the student news website of the Center for American Progress

Master Of Science (Msc), African Studies, Distinction

Activities and Societies: St. Antony's Boat Club, Clarendon Scholar Thesis: "Scaling Upward? An Ethnographic Study of Ponte City.

Ba, History

Activities and Societies: Duke Chronicle, Duke Archive, Robertson Scholar Thesis: "Dispatches From the Fringe: The Life of South African.