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This is the same writer, Ian Urbina, as the Sea Slaves story that also made the HN homepage yesterday. He's been writing a number of sea stories that look fasc
by frandroid 11y ago
This is the same writer, Ian Urbina, as the Sea Slaves story that also made the HN homepage yesterday. He's been writing a number of sea stories that look fascinating:
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/u/ian_urbina/index.html http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/u...
Looking further back into his archive, he also writes about tech, and racism.
- mattdotc 11y agoAs you have correctly noted, this piece is another entry in The Outlaw Ocean series: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/07/24/world/the-outlaw-ocean.html http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/07/24/world/the-outl...
- alexqgb 11y agoNeedless to say, advocates for the shipping industry aren't happy about this kind of coverage. http://gcaptain.com/maritime-industry-advocates-slam-the-new-york-times-the-outlaw-ocean-is-attack-journalism/ http://gcaptain.com/maritime-industry-advocates-slam-the-new...
- bduerst 11y agoWow, that was a pretty substandard PR response. They talk about the complexity of their policies but don't talk about enforcement or performance.
- alexqgb 11y agoThat's exactly why I found it interesting. It's always revealing when a response mixes shock and outrage with a series of dodges, misdirections, and evasions.
- ersii 11y agoNote/JFYI: The link goes to a pretty slim article that has an auto-playing video.