The Articles

All articles by Greg Campbell
(This is a very small sample — there are many more where these came from;
feel free to ask if there's something particular you'd like to see)


Africa

Sierra Leone and its diamonds: Digging in the downturn
Diamonds are a luxury— but not to some of the world's poorest who mine them.
The Economist, May 28, 2009.

That giant, roaring, gas torch next door
A look at life in the glare of a nature-gas flare in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta.
Christian Science Monitor, May 1, 2001.

Perilous path to freedom
Refugees die while awaiting evacuation from the Parrot's Beak in northeastern Sierra Leone.
Christian Science Monitor, July 19, 2001.

Islands of hope emerge in a sea of chaos
Transposing the contradictions of daily life in Freetown, Sierra Leone, as peace begins to take hold.
San Francisco Chronicle, July 22, 2001

Blood Diamonds
The book condensed to article form for Amnesty International's Amnesty Magazine.
Amnesty Magazine, 2002

Days of atonement: Searching for Justice in Nigeria

How Nigeria attempted to overcome years of brutal leadership at the hands of thuggish military dictators after its first quasi-democratic presidential election.
In These Times (redirected through Thirdworldtraveler.com), June 2001

Killing fields: Oil ravages the Niger Delta
Poverty and abysmal petroleum infrastructure combine to disastrous results in Nigeria's Niger Delta.
In These Times (redirected through Thirdworldtraveler.com), June 2001
 

Eastern Europe

'I hate the Serbs with all of my soul'
Rebuilding Kosovo means a resurgence of Albanian nationalism.
Longmont Times-Call, July 9, 1999

The bridge to nowhere
Kosovo enemies hold tense standoffs at a new line of ethnic demarcation.

Longmont Times-Call, July 11, 1999

Massacre in Studime; eyewitnesses detail atrocities as UN investigators begin crime scene analysis
Eyewitnesses describe an ethnic cleansing massacre of civilians in Studime, Kosovo.

Longmont Times-Call, July 11, 1999

A reversal of fortunes
American soldiers have their hands full dealing with ethnic Albanians threatening Serb civilians in Gnjilane.
Longmont Times-Call, July 13, 1999


Life is good in Prizren ... unless you're a Serb
Ethnic cleansing is alive and well in Kosovo's largest southern city; this time, it's the Serbs who are targeted.

Longmont Times-Call, July 16, 1999

Witnesses say police chief led Studime massacre
Survivors of a May 2 assault identify a local police chief as leading the massacre of unarmed civilians.

Longmont Times-Call, July 18, 1999

United States

Private Hammond's Nightmare
Although the event that caused Brad Hammond's PTSD happened five years ago, he's doomed to relive it each night in his dreams.
Paris Match (France), Dec. 10, 2009

A Rock in a Hard Place
The dwindling fortunes of the diamond industry place the consumer in an unusual position—in charge.
WSJ. Magazine, Sept. 12, 2009

The high price of crystal meth
An investigation of the epidemic of meth use in Fort Collins.
Fort Collins Weekly, Nov. 16, 2006

What now? ICE raids drive a wedge in Greeley's community
A well publicized round-up of illegal immigrants at a meatpacking plant in Greeley was just the beginning of the story for the city's Hispanics.

Fort Collins Weekly, Dec. 23, 2006

'My mind has exploded'
The court provided all of the details of Jason Clausen's gruesome murder of Lacy Miller but one: why.

Fort Collins Weekly, April 9, 2003

A new trial for an old murder?
The first story in Colorado about Tim Masters' bid for a new trial to prove his innocence in a nearly two-decade old murder.

Fort Collins Weekly, July 11, 2007

The Masters files: The plot thickens
As testimony develops in Tim Masters' bid to prove his innocence, the case against him begins to fall apart.

Fort Collins Now, Nov. 3, 2007

The DNA of an overturned murder conviction
Masters was released from prison, but the story of the DNA behind his release was more intriguing than prosecutors liked to admit.
Fort Collins Now, Jan. 23, 2008

Chasing Reid Meloy
The author tracks down the forensic psychiatrist whose testimony was key to putting Masters behind bars in the first place.

Fort Collins Now, Feb. 1, 2008

The case of the 'missing' bracelet
The author discovers a potentially key piece of evidence in a 20-year-old murder that police long claimed was missing.

Fort Collins Now, April 30, 2008

Fear and Loathing on the Poudre River
Two men embark on a foolish adventure to travel from Fort Collins, Colo. to Greeley by canoe.

Fort Collins Weekly, Aug. 23, 2006
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