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La Repubblica

rosegeorge — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:12:16 +0000

Today I am front page news in Italy. I suspect that won’t happen often again in my lifetime. La Repubblica writes about Il Grande Bisogno, which is published in Italian on May 5 by Bompiani. Headline: “Rose, the lady of the sewers.” The newspaper first page is below. The article itself, by Francesco Merlo, follows.

Link TV

rosegeorge — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:02:42 +0000

I should have posted this months ago but neglected to. An interview conducted by Miles Benson with me on Earth Focus, a show on Link TV.

Cleveland talk

rosegeorge — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:28:32 +0000

The efficient media professionals at the North-eastern Ohio Regional Sewer District, who invited me to give a public lecture in March, have uploaded much of the talk on their Youtube site, which is here. There’s a short summary of the talk here.

Covers

rosegeorge — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:06:07 +0000

One world, many graphic designers. I just received copies of the Spanish edition of my book, published by Turner, and it reminded me that I had yet to post the delightfully weird cover image of the Japanese version. So here are both.

University of Pennsylvania

rosegeorge — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:51:55 +0000

I spent a happy year at the University of Pennsylvania in 1993-4, attempting to understand International Relations (and failing; I switched to comparative politics), living luxuriously on the generosity of the splendid Thouron Award (and Fulbright for the travel) and getting far too fond of the vegetarian meatballs served up by the Magic Carpet lunch truck just off campus. So I am extremely touched and honoured that the university’s Penn Reading Project has selected The Big Necessity for next year. The Penn Reading Project gives out a copy of its chosen book (though last year the choice was a painting) to all freshmen (freshpeople) students. I think I’m the youngest choice, and the first woman to be chosen for twelve years (the last was Maxine Hong Kingston in 1998). Needless to say, I am extremely chuffed, not least to be in the company of Euripides, Voltaire and Graham Greene. And to be chosen by one of my alma maters (the other being Somerville College, Oxford, which has yet to want to inflict me or my book on its students or alumni), is even more gratifying.

WASH media awards

rosegeorge — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:05:51 +0000

I’ve been asked, gratifyingly, to chair the judging panel for this year’s WASH media award, administered by the excellent Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC for short). The WASH awards celebrate the best of sanitation- and hygiene-related journalism. Not forgetting water supply. They’ll be judged over the summer and awarded at World Water Week in September in Stockholm. Details of how to enter are below. Please send on to anyone who might be interested in applying.

The WASH Media Award 2009/2010 Competition

“Honouring the best in water supply, sanitation and hygiene journalism!”

The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) and the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) welcome entries for the third edition of the WASH Media Awards competition. This competition is open to journalists who publish or broadcast original investigative reports between March 2009 and April 2010 on water supply, sanitation or hygiene (WASH) issues in their countries.

The WASH Media Award initiative recognizes and supports the crucial role of the media in raising awareness of the importance of water, sanitation and hygiene services. It aims to help improve access to these services by having a positive influence on politicians, business persons, civil society representatives and individual citizens.

Journalists can submit one piece of work such as an article from traditional print or recognized online newspapers, magazines or journals; a radio broadcast; or a television documentary or report.

To be eligible, entries must be published or broadcast between 1 March 2009 and 1 April 2010. Articles or broadcasts can be submitted in French, English, Spanish, Portuguese and Russian. Works not originally published or broadcast in one of these languages must be translated into one of those five competition languages.

Seven prizes will be awarded:

One in each of the five competition languages for developing country journalists
One for the best entry focussing on gender (’women and WASH’) for developing country journalists
One for the best entry from a non-developing country journalist

The winners will receive a cash prize and participate in the World Water Week in Stockholm in August 2010 as special guests of WSSCC and SIWI.

Submissions will be evaluated by an international jury of distinguished media professionals. Entries will be judged on the following criteria:

Originality of subject: capacity of the story to surprise

Quality of content & treatment: style, structure and objectivity of information

Quality of research: thoroughness in researching, compiling and incorporating
relevant information

Relevance of the WASH issues: capacity of the story to link WASH issues to the
overall development process

All entries must be received by no later than 1^st April 2010. For more information visit www.wsscc.org or www.siwi.org.

Submissions should be sent to:

Water Supply & Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC)

WASH MEDIA AWARD

15, chemin Louis-Dunant

1202 Geneva, Switzerland

Tel: +41 22 560 8181

Fax: +41 22 560 8184

Email: wsscc@wsscc.org (mention in e-mail title: WASH MEDIA AWARD Entry)

Queries can be directed to:

Ms. Tatiana Fedotova, WSSCC Communications Officer

tatiana.fedotova@wsscc.org

Ms. Lovisa Selander, SIWI Communications Officer

lovisa.selander@siwi.org

Cleveland lecture

rosegeorge — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:50:19 +0000

I’ll be giving a lecture at a meeting of the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District in Cleveland, Ohio, on 23 March. Free entry and free parking! More details from NEORSD’s site here.

Written in Water

rosegeorge — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:30:53 +0000

I’ve contributed a chapter to Written in Water: Messages of Hope for Earth’s Most Precious Resource, published by National Geographic. I’ve just received my copy, and it looks great, with contributions from Peter Gleick of the Pacific Institute (described in the intro as “an internationally renowned water visionary”), Scott Harrison of charity:water (which I persist in hoping will one day spawn a charity:sanitation) and Fred Pearce, famed environmental journalist and lover of rivers, amongst many others. You can buy it from National Geographic’s store here, or from Amazon here.

WaterAid/Channel 4

rosegeorge — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:11:58 +0000

I’ll be speaking at a panel about manual scavenging on 19 January at a WaterAid/Channel 4 event. It’s invitation-only so journalists should apply to WaterAid press office for an invite, if hearing about cleaning latrines with your bare hands just after breakfast is your thing. [click on title for the flyer...]

Mozambique

rosegeorge — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:46:10 +0000

I’ve written an article for the Huffington Post on a fascinating trip to Mozambique where I looked at how UNICEF is leading an effort to clean up open defecation with Community-Led Total Sanitation.