Frontline World

I only recently stumbled on to PBS' Frontline World series, and it's worth a gander if you can catch it. It deviates from the typical Frontline exposés by spending a half-hour telling a story usually from some place that's outside of the American media's narrow lens, rather than delving deep into one specific topic for an hour or more.

The episode that caught my eye was on the UN's efforts to disarm Liberia following its ongoing, catastrophic civil war. One rarely gets a chance to see images from Africa that aren't offensive caricatures here in the US, and reporter Jessie Deeter delivered a storyline that was compelling, concise, and informative. It didn't go excessively deep into background and didn't assume the audience was familiar with the conflict, which is probably a good thing considering how poorly the entire continent is covered here.

After taking a look at the FW website, it appears that there are a lot of other interesting episodes. Many of them are available online, too.