The Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism
2006-2007

Jimmie Briggs
Freelance Journalist
New York, N.Y., USA

TOPIC: Explore the psychosocial impact of gender-based violence on female survivors of war living in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The Killing Fields
The Democratic Repulic of Congo, beset with atrocities during a long civil uprising, offers a grave example of an often overlooked war crime: the rampant spread of HIV through sexual violence and rape.

Katrina's Outskirts
The year Hurricane Katrina hit, 2005, saw three of the strongest storms ever recorded in the United States: Katrina, Rita and Wilma. The weakest of the three, Katrina, had the most damaging impact, causing $80 billion in damage over an area the size of the United Kingdom.