Libya Approaching

I'm going to Libya. 


By Thanksgiving, I'll be an international journalist. 


By Thanksgiving I'll have been in two north African countries, eaten Libyan food, drank Libyan water, and walked through an alien country understanding maybe 5 percent of those around me.


By Thanksgiving I'll have completed reporting on a more exciting, difficult, frightening project than most journalists will ever undertake, and I'm still a new journalist, by most measures.

This isn't a recent decision. The idea came to me in June, and I had convinced myself, (or decided to ignore all fears and warning signs,) and decided that I should go. I should go cover a family from a small community near Flint. The video has the basic rundown of what's happening.


To date, I have my passport, have applied for a Libyan Visa, have made contacts for transportation, bought a laptop, started learning Arabic, and created a kickstarter account to raise funds.


I still need to secure a visa, get my equipment ensured, and nail down a location to meet the subjects of the story- an American/ Libyan family living and working a midst a smoldering revolution.


I plan for this blog to be the main source of stories an information while I am gone. I've been back filling this blog to get caught up before I start filling it with hopefully very compelling images, words and video.




Basically, I'm crossing fingers, and  everything I have, hoping I can pull off the trip of this part of my career. I still need a plane ticket, and I still need to convince the family I'll be safe.


Much more to come- including details of how this got started, and the stories I've already written.