Carsten Stormer
Born in 1973, Carsten hoped to become a ship captain but abandoned his training to become a shipping agent, bartender, and traveller. Not a habitual reader, nor even a writer of postcards, he nonetheless resolved to go into journalism, initially joining the Phnom Penh Post in Cambodia and Burma’s Myanmar Times. He later studied journalism in Bremen and at the Indian Institute of Technology in Chennai, India before receiving a scholarship to the Günter Dahl school of feature reporting. Free-lance writer since 2004.
Features
Between the front lines
The southern Philippines are racked by war between the army based in Manila and Muslim rebels. Hundreds of thousands of people have been rendered homeless More »
The Burmese patient
In eastern Burma, a few hundred freedom fighters are taking a stand against the military dictatorship, armed only with medicine, cameras, and religious faith. The Free Burma Rangers hope to end the genocide against the Karen people. More »
Life is good
In Mindanao in the southern Philippines, war has broken out again. This is the story of Bailyn Mandi, trapped between the front lines. More »
Squatting on grandma's slab
Several thousand people live in Manila’s north cemetery, along with two million of the dead. They live in mausoleums or sleep on or between graves. The dead don’t envy them.
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Blind spot
Ethiopian occupiers, a powerless government, Islamic militias, pirates, hundreds of thousands of refugees at the edge of starvation: Somalia is out of control. More »
Under the bridges of Manila
They call them “bat people.” In the crowded metropolis of Manila, thousands of the poor suspend simple dwellings from the undersides of bridges. There’s no room anywhere else. Somehow, they manage to maintain their dignity. More »
Darfur
Darfur has been in a state of civil war for years, with rebels resisting the Sudanese government. The entire province is on the run. Carsten Stormer of Zeitenspiegel accompanied rebels on patrol. More »