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When Journalists Fail

May 9, 2017 · by michaelbirdjournalist | in Comment, Travel | tagged Italy, Men, Prostitution, Roma, Romania, Rome | Leave a comment

We wanted to expose how Romanians are the main nationality of male prostitutes in Rome… and we did not do it An article co-authored with Vlad Odobescu and published in The Black Sea         A taxi driver told us where to find boys. His name was Mario. He wasn’t an average taxi […]

The Two Tones of the Plait

May 9, 2017 · by michaelbirdjournalist | in Fiction, Short stories | Leave a comment

A piece of fiction published in the excellent Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology Volume 8 Ana was the last name on the list. I had not met her at the court hearings or at the committee gatherings. Her name was not on any petitions. As far as I knew, the other women from the association […]

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