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Freddie Clayton

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Covers:  Climate, Environment, Sport.
Reporter @NBCNews. Also climate and health for NewLines, Guardian, AJ, New Humanitarian, Yale e360. Pulitzer grantee

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Freddie Clayton is an NCTJ qualified journalist covering climate, environment and public health. He specialises in investigative, on-the-ground reporting on marginalised and vulnerable communities, working alongside local journalists whenever possible.

His work has been supported by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, the Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism, and the Solutions Journalism Network, and published in The Guardian, Al Jazeera, New Lines Magazine, The Economist, Nat…

Freddie Clayton’s Journalist Portfolio

Namibians Are Choosing Between Parched Farmland and Slums

Namibians Are Choosing Between Parched Farmland and Slums

As climate change hits, many of the country's rural citizens are struggling to remain in drought-prone areas

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After the Storm, Malawi's Farmers Face a Precarious Future

After the Storm, Malawi's Farmers Face a Precarious Future

When Cyclone Freddy walloped southern Africa last March, Malawi's farmers - mostly women - lost their land, l…

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'It's scary': Malawian women forced to sell sex after cyclone destroys crops

'It's scary': Malawian women forced to sell sex after cyclone destroys crops

In devastating land and livelihoods, Cyclone Freddy pushed more women and girls into prostitution to feed the…

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Why everybody wants to drink like the Namibians

Why everybody wants to drink like the Namibians

In an era of megadroughts, politicians are flocking to a small African city to learn the secret to its circul…

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Trump administration live updates: GOP scrambles to find replacement for Lindsey Graham

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By Freddie Clayton Verified, Dennis Romero Verified, Sahil Kapur Verified
| NBC News Verified
FILLING GRAHAM'S SEAT: Republicans are starting to scramble to find both a temporary and a permanent replacement for Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.,who died suddenly over the weekend at the age of 71. MCCONNELL FALL: Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said yesterday in his first public statement since he was hospitalized nearly a month ago that he was “briefly unconscious” after he suffered a fall.
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New plant-munching long-necked dinosaur from 130 million years ago uncovered in Thailand

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By Freddie Clayton Verified
| NBC News Verified
When Apirut Nilpanapan was growing up, his grandfather would read to him from a book of dinosaurs every night. Now, he has helped discover a new species. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.
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Ukraine loses its closest ally in Trump’s circle

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By Freddie Clayton Verified
| NBC News Verified
Lindsey Graham had visited Kyiv and pressed for stronger sanctions on Russian oil in the days before his death. For Ukraine, the loss of an ally with Trump’s ear is a tough blow.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Volunteering for an English Language newspaper in Northern Peru - the Huaraz Telegraph