Graphic Journalism on Human Trafficking in Nepal

An investigative journalism project to report on human trafficking in Nepal in real time in the form of a webcomic and graphic novel.

I’m a comics journalist, educator and animator originally from the UK and I am passionate about using comics and visual media to report on human rights issues with a focus on women and children. Not only does sketching in the field create a more personal, universal connection with my subjects, as opposed to thrusting recording equipment in their faces, but publishing social justice stories in visual format has proven to raise far more awareness and enjoy more popularity among a younger, harder to reach demographic of readers.

Test page adapted from Patricia McCormick’s SOLD

Sample comics interview with a survivor of human trafficking: sfpublicpress.org/news/2012-07/comic-obedience-is-the-best-weapon and an introduction to trafficking in Truthout here: truth-out.org/news/item/6662:slavery-lives-on-in-the-united-states.

In 2011 I was the first comics journalist to be awarded a John S. Knight Journalism Fellowship at Stanford, where I spent the year creating and developing interactive digital platforms for explaining news stories using comics, animation, interactive documentary and audio. Here’s a 3 min talk on the power of graphic journalism I gave at the end of it:

To support their work visit their kickstarter campaign: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/archcomix/graphic-journalism-on-human-trafficking-in-nepal