Deep dives
This topic followed food security as both an emergency and a design problem. FEWS NET alerts and UN hunger reports gave it a crisis backbone, especially around Somalia and the Horn of Africa.
SOMALIA | Alert | FEWS NET
Robin Landis also kept room for practical fixes: post-harvest loss, smarter storage, milk cans, university outreach, biofortification, and public-private partnerships. The archive made clear that food security depended on systems as much as harvests.
KENYA | Africa has an astonishing food waste problem--this is what one group is doing
A recurring gender lens gave the topic depth. Articles on women, land, farming, and nutrition showed food insecurity as a question of power, access, and resilience, not only supply.
Why gender inequality and food security go hand-in-hand - Christian Science Monitor
The Ebola topic worked as a fast-moving reference file for a public-health emergency. It gathered science, outbreak counts, response reports, and field reporting, with the West African epidemic framed as a crisis still not fully under control.
West African Ebola Epidemic after One Year — Slowing but Not Yet under Control — NEJM
Official material mattered here. USAID, WHO, UN agencies, MSF, Reuters, and major news outlets appeared side by side, giving the topic a practical documentary character rather than a personal commentary thread.
Ebola Outbreak Fact Sheet #17 (FY 15) | U.S. Agency for International Development
The strongest selections widened the frame beyond infection curves. Posts on orphans, survivors, economic impact, recovery planning, and daily protective work showed how Ebola disrupted institutions, families, work, and culture.
Ebola Orphans Challenge West African Culture
The climate topic linked adaptation directly to daily survival in East Africa and the Horn. Rainwater, drought, floods, food production, and disaster risk reduction appeared as connected pressures rather than separate policy files.
KENYA | Farmers urged to save rainwater to tackle food insecurity
Robin Landis repeatedly selected pieces about information, forecasting, and climate-smart farming. The emphasis was practical: farmers, institutions, and data systems needed to work together before shocks became disasters.
As Climate Change Threatens Food Production, Countries Fight Back by Arming Farmers with Information
The topic also made gender and resource access central. Women’s land rights and equal access to power were treated as adaptation tools, not side issues.
Equal access to resources and power for food security in the face of climate change
