Medill Assistant Prof. and filmmaker Brent Huffman offers a different look at a country that has been at the epicenter of our overseas national security for more than a decade — Afghanistan.  Here are his insights into how — and why — he has become a champion of saving an ancient Buddhist city in Afghanistan from destruction by a Chinese mining company. And the journalism lessons he’s learned along the way. Read the full story.

A Buddah peeks from a hole at the ancient Buddhist city at Mes Aynak, Afghanistan. The Buddah and countless other artifacts face destruction in December when a Chinese mining company is expected to begin mining an enormous supply of copper beneath the area.