VICE News Reports

The Citizen app is advertised as a public safety tool: a place where people can connect, inform, and “protect one another” from local crime. But VICE News’ Motherboard got a hold of internal documents and messages that show how Citizen is pushing the boundaries of what an app-enabled vigilante force may be capable of. 

This episode was reported by Joseph Cox and Jason Koebler of VICE News’ Motherboard, and produced by Adreanna Rodriguez. Read more of their reporting here. 

VICE News Reports is hosted by Arielle Duhaime-Ross and produced by Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Sophie Kazis, Jen Kinney, Janice Llamoca, Julia Nutter, and Sayre Quevedo. Our senior producers are Ashley Cleek and Adizah Eghan. Our associate producers are Sam Eagan, and Adreanna Rodriguez. Sound Design and music composition by Steve Bone, Pran Bandi and Kyle Murdock. 

Our executive producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. Production coordination by Steph Brown.

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May 25th marked a year since the world watched the killing of George Floyd. His name and the video of his death reignited a reckoning with systemic racism. But that video doesn’t represent the man that his family knew. VICE News Correspondent Dexter Thomas traveled to Houston to speak with George Floyd’s brother Philonise about the last year, who his big brother really was and what’s next.

This interview is part of the STILL HERE x 8:46 project which VICE launched to memorialize George Floyd one year after his murder and to acknowledge the on-going work his death has inspired. Watch the video version of the interview here now. 

This episode was reported by Dexter Thomas, Sarah Svoboda and Myles Andrews-Duve. 

VICE News Reports is produced by Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Sophie Kazis, Jen Kinney, Janice Llamoca, Julia Nutter, and Sayre Quevedo. Our senior producers are Ashley Cleek and Adizah Eghan. Our associate producers are Sam Eagan, and Adreanna Rodriguez. Sound Design and music composition by Steve Bone, Pran Bandi and Kyle Murdock.

Our executive producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. Production coordination by Steph Brown.

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The hottest investment right now isn’t cryptocurrency or NFTs, it’s Pokémon cards. The pandemic collectibles boom has skyrocketed Pokemon card prices, with individual cards selling for hundreds of thousands of dollars and people swarming retail stores to get their hands on new cards. 

Editor-in-Chief of Motherboard and Pokemon aficionado Jason Koebler takes us through a deep dive of the resurgence of everyone’s favorite cuddly pocket monsters. Everyone is looking to catch’em all one more time, and Jason is no exception. 

This episode was produced by Sam Eagan. 

VICE News Reports is produced by Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Sophie Kazis, Jen Kinney, Janice Llamoca, Julia Nutter, and Sayre Quevedo. Our senior producers are Ashley Cleek and Adizah Eghan. Our associate producers are Sam Eagan, and Adreanna Rodriguez. Sound Design and music composition by Steve Bone, Pran Bandi and Kyle Murdock. 

Our executive producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. Production coordination by Steph Brown. Special thanks to Jason Koebler, Jeffrey Mercado and Jon Stern

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VICE News Correspondent Hind Hassan reports from on the ground in Jerusalem amidst the ongoing military offensive on the Gaza Strip. Hind unpacks one of the main sources of tension that has led to the deadliest violence the region has seen in years. She explains how the fight over who owns a few dozen homes in East Jerusalem is at the very heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. 

This episode was produced by Sophie Kazis and Julia Nutter. Reporting from VICE News’ Hind Hassan and Lama Al Arian. Check out their report, “Crisis In Jerusalem.” 

VICE News Reports is produced by Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Sophie Kazis, Jen Kinney, Janice Llamoca, Julia Nutter and Sayre Quevedo. Our senior producers are Ashley Cleek and Adizah Eghan. Our associate producers are Sam Eagan and Adreanna Rodriguez. Sound Design and music composition by Steve Bone, Pran Bandi and Kyle Murdock.

Our executive Producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. Production coordination by Steph Brown. Fact Checking by Nicole Pasulka. Thanks to Daniel Bateman, Ayman Abu Ramouz and Oren Rosenfeld.

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Over the past year, there have been numerous incidents of anti-Asian violence across the country. And after back-to-back videos of assaults on elderly people in the Bay Area went viral earlier this year, VICE News correspondent Dexter Thomas noticed a recurring theme — many comments on social media fixated on the fact that the attackers were Black. This is following a summer of protests against police brutality where many — including Asian Americans — showed solidarity with Black people on those same platforms. Here, Dexter digs into the legacy and current state of Black and Asian solidarity.

This episode was reported by Dexter Thomas and Janice Llamoca. Produced by Janice Llamoca. 

VICE News Reports is produced by Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Sophie Kazis, Jen Kinney, Janice Llamoca and Julia Nutter. Our senior producers are Ashley Cleek and Adizah Eghan. Our associate producers are Sam Eagan and Adreanna Rodriguez. Sound Design and music composition by Steve Bone, Pran Bandi and Kyle Murdock.

Our executive Producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. Production coordination by Steph Brown. Fact Checking by Nicole Pasulka. 

Episode art by our host, Arielle Duhaime-Ross.

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As a teenager, VICE journalist Adreanna Rodriguez was given a choice that would alter the course of her life. It's a choice she has considered and reconsidered again and again. In this collaboration with Snap Judgment, Adreanna travels to the Standing Rock Sioux’s Reservation in North Dakota, to find out what could have been. 

This story was produced by Adreanna Rodriguez and Shaina Shealy with additional editing by Anna Sussman and Mark Ristich.

This story was supported by the USC Center for Health Journalism, which helps journalists investigate health challenges and solutions in their communities – reporting that serves as a catalyst for change.

VICE News Reports is produced by Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Sophie Kazis, Jen Kinney, Janice Llamoca and Julia Nutter. Our senior producers are Ashley Cleek and Adizah Eghan. Our associate producers are Sam Eagan and Adreanna Rodriguez. Sound Design and music composition by Steve Bone, Pran Bandi and Kyle Murdock. 

Our executive Producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. Production coordination by Steph Brown. Fact Checking by Nicole Pasulka. 

Episode art by Teo Ducot

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Museums the world over are filled with stolen works of art and artifacts. One man named Mnyaka Sururu Mboro has spent most of his life on a mission to return these sacred objects, including the remains of the Tanzanian war hero Mangi Meli, home. Mboro shares his emotional journey with reporter Tarisai Ngangura.

This episode was reported by Tarisai Ngangura and produced by Julia Nutter. 

This story was originally reported for VICE Magazine’s Unthinkable Ideas issue. Reported by Tarisai Ngangura and edited by Leah Feiger. Kate Dries is VICE’s Editorial Director, Features.

VICE News Reports is produced by Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Sophie Kazis, Jen Kinney, Janice Llamoca and Julia Nutter. Our senior producers are Ashley Cleek and Adizah Eghan. Our associate producers are Sam Eagan and Adreanna Rodriguez. Sound Design and music composition by Steve Bone, Pran Bandi and Kyle Murdock. 

Our executive Producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. Production coordination by Steph Brown. Fact Checking by Nicole Pasulka.

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Today we are sharing an episode from one of our newest series -- Strongman. It’s a show that takes on the rise of authoritarianism in a new way, by telling intimate stories about power and control at every level of society, all over the world. 

This episode, host Hind Hassan takes us to Egypt, where sexual violence has often been used to silence women and limit their political power. But some women in the country have started to speak up about their experiences of sexual harassment and assault -- including about an infamous case of rape at Cairo’s Fairmont hotel.

You can go listen to the entire series of Strongman right now in all the places you get your podcasts. 

For resources on sexual harassment and assault go to https://www.rainn.org/ in the U.S. and http://ecwronline.org/ in Egypt.

Strongman is a production of VICE News, It’s hosted and reported by Hind Hassan. And each episode has additional amazing reporters from around the world.

Stephanie Kariuki is the Senior Producer. Field Producer on this episode is Lama Al Arian.

Strongman is produced by Pete Lang Stanton and Pallavi Kottamasu. Sam Eagan is the associate producer.

Sound Design and original score by Pran Bandi. Annie Aviles is the Executive Producer. 

Kate Osborn is the VP of Vice Audio.

Our Senior Production Manager is Janet Lee. Production coordination from Stephanie Brown.

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A surge of migrants from around the world has begun arriving at the US’s southern border, some having traveled thousands of miles to get there. For many, the most dangerous part of their journey is a 60-mile stretch of lawless jungle connecting Colombia and Panama called the Darien Gap. We take you along as VICE on Showtime correspondent Paola Ramos follows the journey of migrants traveling through the Darien. 

This episode was produced by Adreanna Rodriguez. 

VICE News Reports is produced by Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Jen Kinney, Janice Llamoca and Julia Nutter. Our senior producers are Ashley Cleek and Adizah Eghan. Our associate producers are Sam Eagan, Sophie Kazis, and Adreanna Rodriguez. Sound Design and music composition by Steve Bone and Kyle Murdock. 

Our executive Producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. Production coordination by Steph Brown. Fact Checking by Nicole Pasulka. 

This story was originally reported for VICE on Showtime -- you can see the documentary version on Showtime now. New episodes of VICE on Showtime air on Sundays at 8pm EST. Reporting and producing from Paola Ramos and Miguel Fernandez-Flores with production assistance from Juan Arturo Gómez Tobón and Sofía Villamil. Srdjan Stojiljkovic was the camera operator. Editing from Chris Iversen and Kelly Kendrick. Greg Wright is supervising producer. Co-Executive producer Craig Thomson. And executive producers Beverly Chase and Subrata De.

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With countries competing to land on the moon again, private companies launching rockets into space, and plans for Mars colonization becoming less like science fiction every day, we’re in the midst of a new space race. And that means, aliens and UFO sightings are also having a heyday. Reporter MJ Banias takes us on a ride through the new space race and what our alien obsession reveals about our hopes and fears for humanity itself. 

This episode was produced by Jen Kinney. 

VICE News Reports is produced by Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Jen Kinney, Janice Llamoca and Julia Nutter. Our senior producers are Ashley Cleek and Adizah Eghan. Our associate producers are Sam Eagan, Sophie Kazis, and Adreanna Rodriguez. Sound Design and music composition by Steve Bone and Kyle Murdock. 

Our executive Producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. Janet Lee is Senior Production Manager for VICE Audio. Production coordination by Steph Brown. Fact Checking by Nicole Pasulka. 

Episode art by our host, Arielle Duhaime-Ross.

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