I’ll have to get back to Africa on my own dime

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Looks like I won’t be spending any quality time with Nick Kristof anytime soon. Casey Parks, a j-school grad student at the University of Missouri, won the trip to Africa with the New York Times columnist to report/blog/videoblog for NYT and MTV.

Read her essay and the musings of the other 12 finalists.


Comments

3 responses to “I’ll have to get back to Africa on my own dime”

  1. If it’s not too personal, you should post your essay submission

  2. Eh. Hmm. Upon reading it again, I think I’m going to deem it too self-serving to post here. Funny how that works.