Cape Town, my first Nieman reunion

August 9, 2008

Cape Town – I spent a wonderful Saturday afternoon with two of my former Nieman fellows (2008), Melanie Gosling, who lives here, and Andrew Quinn, who is spending the (northern) summer reporting a series of stories about vaccines research in South Africa, Tanzania and Kenya. This was my first Nieman reunion since leaving Harvard in July, a nice gathering I did not expect would happen so soon! We spent most of the afternoon catching up and climbing the Echo Valley Mountain in Kalk Bay, 33 kilometers southeast of Cape Town, a stunning spot from where we watched a couple of whales wonder around False Bay — the huge bay east of Cape Town.