Dorian Merina has reported for The Miami Herald Newspaper, the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, The New York Times, The Jakarta Post, Hyphen Magazine, Latin Beat Magazine, Filipinas, Public Radio International, Free Speech Radio News and WNYC. He is one of the producers of Asia Pacific Forum, the weekly radio show on WBAI 99.5 FM in New York.
He is the author of two chapbooks of poetry, The Changegiver and Stone of the Fish, and a spoken word CD, Heaven is a Second Language. The short film, MIGRATIONS, for which he wrote and performed the poetry, was awarded the 2008 Poetry Foundation Award at the Chicago International Children's Film Festival. He’s also worked as a teacher and a counselor in the public schools of Los Angeles.
Check out his regular blog at Southeast Asia: News, Culture, Voices. |