Stories

My Reporting Work

As a journalist, I documented how humans respond to environmental changes. I primarily focused on adaptation and cultural resilience in communities affected by climate change and mining around the world. I am trained in science communications and solutions journalism, with a background in international development and anthropology. I was invited to spend a year living with families in the Pacific island nations of Kiribati and Fiji as a Fulbright National Geographic Fellow. I designed and led a year-long collaborative reporting project covering climate adaptation, displacement, the ongoing impacts of mining operations, grassroots innovation, and cultural resilience.

Many of the communities I have lived in and written about—in addition to dealing with the legacy of colonization—have been disproportionately affected by climate change, fossil fuel extraction, or mining. But they have also developed innovative ways to adapt to environmental changes, maintain their cultures, and survive.

Most of my work has been done with an ethnographic approach--living with families and getting to know people on a deeper level. I do my best to avoid furthering colonial narratives. I hope that the work I do stays as true to the local narrative as possible, though I am aware that as a foreigner, my presence in a community affects the stories I might hear.