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Melanie Stetson Freeman

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Sep 17, 2026
Outlet visibility, for The Christian Science Monitor
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Aug 27, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Melanie Stetson Freeman

    This designer in Côte d’Ivoire is tailor-made to suit dignitaries (opens the original)

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    Promoting African designers is part of the wider mission of Pathé’O – starting with himself. As the rhythmic clicking of a dozen sewing machines echoes through his small workshop, Ainé Pathé Ouédraogo weaves through the room, checking seams and hems. He holds a piece of multicolored tie-dye fabric up to the light, checking each stitch. When you’re dressing the likes of Nelson Mandela, everything must be perfect. The designer, known widely as Pathé’O, never thought he’d end up here – owning his o

  2. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · Melanie Stetson Freeman

    Everyone has a 9/11 story. This is mine, from behind the lens. (opens the original)

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    Everyone of a certain age has a story from 9/11. This is mine. Twenty-five years ago on Sept. 11, I was in the Monitor newsroom in Boston starting my normal workday as a staff photographer. I began with my usual tasks – editing photo shoots and setting up new assignments. Televisions that hung from the ceiling were broadcasting morning talk shows. And then, they were all showing the same image: a World Trade Center tower in New York on fire. We gathered around to watch. Newscasters first reporte

  3. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · Melanie Stetson Freeman

    Nature is forever carving, and recarving, picturesque Upper Antelope Canyon (opens the original)

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    Sept. 10, 2026, 12:00 p.m. ET | Navajo Nation, Arizona Stepping into the cool, dark mouth of the slot canyon, I feel an immediate relief from the relentless desert sun. Only then do my eyes adjust to the sandy, swerving path ahead, allowing Upper Antelope Canyon to reveal itself to me. Light streams in from the top of the canyon at different angles, as Navajo tour guides help pose and photograph visitors for the perfectly illuminated shot. For a quarter of a mile, I join the other visitors weavi

  4. Article · Aug 27, 2026 · Melanie Stetson Freeman

    A vintage sports league’s rallying cry: Take me out to the really old ballgame (opens the original)

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    Aug. 27, 2026, 12:00 p.m. ET | Newbury, Massachusetts They pitch lofty underhands instead of fastballs, wear no gloves, and follow the score scrawled on a big green chalkboard. Welcome to the competitive league of vintage base ball – note, two words – played according to rules used in Massachusetts in the 1864 version of the game. For many years now, members of the Essex Base Ball Organization have gathered at Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm in Newbury to compete in period-accurate uniforms. The daug

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