CAPTIVE IN LIBYA - A REPORTER’S STORY A year ago, as the
uprising in Libya got underway, Clare Morgana Gillis was
covering the fighting and was captured by the Qaddafi forces.
She was held captive with two colleagues and a fourth was
killed. During the time, she was accused of being a spy and
eventually was brought to Saadi Qaddafi, the third son of the
then leader of Libya. Read Clare’s piece on her detention here.
Read Clare’s blog. A DAGUERREOTYPE CAPTURES ONE DAY IN 1848 Get
out your magnifying class for this conversation with a librarian
from the Cincinnati Public Library. She tells the story of a
daguerreotype of the Cincinnati river front that was examined,
blown up and conserved by the George Eastman House. Once the
work was done, details were revealed that no one could have
imagined, giving us a glimpse of a moment in life from 1848.
Explore the image here. Learn more about the project. Music in
this episode: 1850 by Claude Bourbon; Haymaker’s Hoedown from
Ashokan Farewell / Beautiful Dreamer - Songs