Robert Browman

Indpendent Journalist, Freelance Writer | Miami, South Florida

Recent Work

Who’s Minding the Mines? A Look at Massey Energy’s Don Blankenship

On April 5, 2010, an explosion at Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch coal mine in West Virginia killed 29 miners. The incident was the worst coal mining disaster in the United States in forty years.

In the aftermath of the accident, much of the criticism of the company has focused on Massey’s CEO, Don Blankenship.

Opponents have long characterized the 60-year old Blankenship as an unscrupulous coal baron who flouts the law, buys political favor and sacrifices miner and public safety for the sake of profit.

Read my profile of Blankenship, and form your own opinion.

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Photography

Personal Essay

My Old Man & The Sea»

A trip to visit family and friends gave me the opportunity to introduce my young son to an old love, the sea.

Witness to Human Suffering»

Recent hurricanes brought up some memories of the people I photographed during Haiti’s 2004 political crisis.

Anyone Know a Good Cleaners?»

A remembrance of the life lessons learned at a family-run business.

Op/Ed

Bush, Gonzales, FISA and the Loyalty Myth»

Should the man with the largest credibility problem in the country be in charge of wiretapping American citizens?

News Feature

Back Against the Wall»

Dr. Eloisa Tamez’s family has lived on land just north of the Rio Grande for over 250 years. Last August, the government called and threatened to take it away.

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