Editor's note: The staff at CNN.com has recently been intrigued by the journalism of VICE, an independent media company and website based in Brooklyn, New York. VBS.TV is Vice's broadband television network. The reports, which are produced solely by VICE, reflect a transparent approach to journalism, where viewers are taken along on every step of the reporting process. We believe this unique reporting approach is worthy of sharing with our CNN.com readers. Brooklyn, New York (VBS.TV) -- Before I went to Sudan, I didn't know much about the conflict in Darfur beyond everyone saying, "It's the worst genocide of our time" and watching footage on CNN of the Janjaweed militia wiping out whole villages. Really, we only decided to go there because one of our favorite photographers had been chatting with an old friend of his who is now a UN press officer in Khartoum. She offered to pull some strings and get us visas and organize flights around the country, so we said, "F*** it" and got on a plane.
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VBS goes to Sudan on a quest to learn the motivation behind the Darfur conflict
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Research just before the trip opened reporter Shane Smith's eyes to scale of devastation
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Smith: "From the minute we got off the plane to the minute we flew out again, I was s***-scared."
They finally enacted a peace agreement to unite north and south @placeholder, and the UN went to Sudan especially to monitor that agreement.
The south of @placeholder is supposed to get 2 percent, but they have no auditing there, so it's like, "Two percent of how much?"