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Anton Delgado

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Phnom Penh, Southeast Asia
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Climate and Energy Reporter for the @AP, covering Southeast Asia across multimedia formats

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I am a multimedia journalist in Southeast Asia.

I produce text, photo and video for ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด, ๐˜‰๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜จ, ๐˜•๐˜—๐˜™ and others covering climate, politics, business and the environment. I was senior reporter at ๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ˆ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ข ๐˜Ž๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ and I am currently a fellow with ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜—๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ป๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜Š๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณโ€™s ๐˜™๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ.

While freelancing, I continue job searching for a full-time reporting role.

Anton Delgadoโ€™s Journalist Portfolio

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Arizona wildfires: Bigger, hotter than ever. How will the land recover?

Arizona wildfires: Bigger, hotter than ever. How will the land recover?

After a 2,200-mile road trip across the burn scars of Arizona's most devastating wildfires, I dove into how tโ€ฆ

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How the race for a Covid vaccine enriched monkey poachers and endangered macaques

How the race for a Covid vaccine enriched monkey poachers and endangered macaques

Cambodiaโ€™s monkey business has always been murky at best. With a mind-boggling boom in macaque exports from Kโ€ฆ

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Shorthanded Specialists Struggle to Address the Resurgence of Leprosy in Brazil

Shorthanded Specialists Struggle to Address the Resurgence of Leprosy in Brazil

During a month-long embed with leprologists, I covered their attempts to curb the dramatic rise of new leprosโ€ฆ

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When South-east Asia's forests fall silent

When South-east Asia's forests fall silent

By stringing together narratives from snare patrols in Cambodia and wildlife markets in Vietnam, I investigatโ€ฆ

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Trump's border wall scarred sacred lands, displaced wildlife and drained water. Can it be taken d...

Trump's border wall scarred sacred lands, displaced wildlife and drained water. Can it be taken d...

By spending days along nearly every section of Arizonaโ€™s border wall with Mexico, I joined a trio of journaliโ€ฆ

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Reforestation follows Cambodian PM's intervention - Southeast Asia Globe

Reforestation follows Cambodian PM's intervention - Southeast Asia Globe

Back-to-back investigations into a satellite city development within a protected area altered public opinion,โ€ฆ

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Articles

The Waikato Times

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By Anton Delgado , Chan Ho-him 
| The Waikato Times
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The Global Read: Soaring prices during the Iran war jeopardise travel to tourism-dependent countries in Asia

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By Anton Delgado , Chan Ho-him 
| The Post (Wellington)
A crowd of tourists take pictures of a passing train at the Mae Klong Railway Market near Bangkok, Thailand. Asiaโ€™s peak tourist summer season is at risk as elevated jet fuel costs coupled with ceasefire uncertainties prompt flight cancellations and higher ticket prices.AP Photo/Anton L. Delgado / AP Photo/Anton L.
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Wie der Abbau Seltener Erden Millionen Menschen gefรคhrdet

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By Anton Delgado 
| Tagesschau
Podcast Wie der Abbau Seltener Erden Millionen Menschen gefรคhrdet Stand: 01.06.2026 โ€ข 06:00 Uhr
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Awards

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Society of Publishers in Asia

2023 - Honorable Mention for Excellence in Reporting on the Environment

Annually, the Society of Publishers in Asia hosts its Awards for Editorial Excellence. The quality of entries set a high standard as journalists stepped up in delivering top-level coverage on the complex issues happening in the Asia Pacific region. This honor was awarded to a collaboration between Southeast Asia Globe and Straits Times about 'silent forest syndrome' in the Mekong Region: https://www.straitstimes.com/multimedia/graphics/2022/10/south-east-asia-forests-silent/index.html

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Society of Professional Journalists Award

2023 - Winner for Investigative Journalism

Annually, the Society of Professional Journalists Washington, D.C. Chapter hosts the Dateline Awards, honoring excellence in journalism in the greater D.C. metropolitan area, including Northern Virginia and Maryland. This honor was awarded to a collaboration between Southeast Asia Globe and NBC about the global primate trade: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/race-covid-vaccine-enriched-monkey-poachers-endangered-macaques-rcna51970

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Society of Professional Journalists Award

2020 - Regional Winner for Online In-Depth Reporting

Annually, the Society of Professional Journalists presents the Mark of Excellence Awards, honoring the best in student journalism. The awards offer categories for print, radio, television and online collegiate journalism. Entries are first judged on the regional level, this award was given in Region 2. This honor was awarded to my project about the resurgence of leprosy in Brazil: https://pulitzercenter.org/projects/resurgence-leprosy-brazil

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Society of Professional Journalists Award

2019 - Best Feature Writer in the South

The Green Eyeshade Awards were established in 1950. It is administered by the southeastern regional directors of the Society of Professional Journalists. The competition recognizes the best work in print, television, radio and online, and is judged by professional journalists and journalism educators outside the contest area. This honor was awarded to a portfolio of my stories, many of which can be found on the feature's page of my website: https://www.antondelgado.com/elon-news-network.html

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Society of Professional Journalists Award

2019 - Best News Reporter in the South

The Green Eyeshade Awards were established in 1950. It is administered by the southeastern regional directors of the Society of Professional Journalists. The competition recognizes the best work in print, television, radio and online, and is judged by professional journalists and journalism educators outside the contest area. This honor was awarded to a portfolio of my stories, many of which can be found on my website: https://www.antondelgado.com/elon-news-network.html

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Society of Professional Journalists Award

2019 - National Winner for Breaking News Photography

Annually, the Society of Professional Journalists presents the Mark of Excellence Awards, honoring the best in student journalism. The awards offer categories for print, radio, television and online collegiate journalism. Entries are first judged regionally, winners then move on to the national level of the competition. This honor was awarded to my photo of an arborist working during the landfall of Hurricane Michael in Alamance County: https://www.antondelgado.com/uploads/9/9/1/2/99128256/delgado-anton-news-2_orig.jpg

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Society of Professional Journalists Award

2019 - Regional Winner for Immersion Journalism

Annually, the Society of Professional Journalists presents the Mark of Excellence Awards, honoring the best in student journalism. The awards offer categories for print, radio, television and online collegiate journalism. Entries are first judged on the regional level, this award was given in Region 2. This honor was awarded to my website about how to survive a school shooting on Elon University's campus: http://projects.elonnewsnetwork.com/activeshooter/

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Society of Professional Journalists Award

2019 - Regional Winner for Breaking News Reporting

Annually, the Society of Professional Journalists presents the Mark of Excellence Awards, honoring the best in student journalism. The awards offer categories for print, radio, television and online collegiate journalism. Entries are judged on the regional level, this award was given in Region 2. This honor was awarded to my story about the landfall of Hurricane Michael in Alamance County: www.elonnewsnetwork.com/article/2018/10/rains-from-michael-drench-elon

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Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas

2018 - First Place for Multimedia News Report

The Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas holds an annual fall meeting for students in North and South Carolina, which offers training from professionals and honors winners of the awards competition. This honor was awarded to my story about a local organization fighting white supremacy with art: http://projects.elonnewsnetwork.com/confederatesday/

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Associated Collegiate Press

2018 - First Place in Multimedia Package

The Best of Show competition is held at all conventions and workshops sponsored by the Associated Collegiate Press. The Best of Show award does not signify a ranking of national excellence, but rather overall excellence among the attendees and entries. This honor was awarded to my story about the landfall of Hurricane Michael in Alamance County: www.elonnewsnetwork.com/article/2018/10/rains-from-michael-drench-elon

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North Carolina College Media Association

2018 - First Place in Feature Writing

Annually, the North Carolina College Media Association honors stories produced by student journalists. The awards contest included hundreds of entries from more than 20 college media outlets from across the state. This honor was awarded to my story about a student's passion for engineering and electric motorcycles: http://projects.elonnewsnetwork.com/batteryman/

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