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As seen in: Nieman Reports, Teen Vogue, WBUR-FM (Boston, MA), KWMU-FM (St. Louis, MO), Editor & Publisher, SupChina, KBIA-FM (Columbia, MO), California Health Report, KSMU-FM (Springfield, MO), The Mendocino Voice, nuvoices.com and
Covers:  immigration, race, culture, and climate change
assistant editor @niemanreports / board member @nuvoices / co-director @aaja / previously: @wbur @foreignpolicy @storycorps / @pulitzercenter fellow

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Colleges Need to Take Asian American Studies Seriously

Colleges Need to Take Asian American Studies Seriously

“I get so many students who are Asian or Asian American who are just starved for any courses, or any course c…

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1904 World's Fair Revised: One Artist Memorializes Filipino And Indigenous People

1904 World's Fair Revised: One Artist Memorializes Filipino And Indigenous People

Louisa Francis Bihinang, Mariana Vilana, Antonio Estudillo, Suyon and Maura. These are a few of the Filipinos…

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Chinese podcast app Ximalaya to go public - SupChina

Chinese podcast app Ximalaya to go public - SupChina

In 2020, Xima hosted over 161,000 content creators in 2020 (according to its SEC filing). The audio giant ear…

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U.S. relaxes COVID travel curbs and lets Chinese students back in - SupChina

U.S. relaxes COVID travel curbs and lets Chinese students back in - SupChina

The recent exemption does not help newly admitted students for the 2021-2022 school year, who have yet to obt…

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'Without Saying Goodbye': St. Louis Indian Community Reacts To COVID Crisis In India

'Without Saying Goodbye': St. Louis Indian Community Reacts To COVID Crisis In India

“Everyone is being impacted one way or another,” said Srini Rajinikanth Gangavarapu, board chairman of the Hi…

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Community gatherings offer healing for emotional wounds after disasters - Center for Public Integ...

Community gatherings offer healing for emotional wounds after disasters - Center for Public Integ...

Convivencia means “coexistence” — or colloquially, “gathering.” Formally speaking, they are therapeutic suppo…

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Shut Out: For the First Time, Iranian Journalists Are Denied Entry to Cover a FIFA World Cup

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By Megan Cattel Verified, Kourosh Ziabari
| Nieman Reports Verified
At the age of 26, Iranian photojournalist Sajad Imanian has already covered several international sports events such as the Olympic Games and past World Cup soccer tournaments. He hardly expected his nationality would haunt him six years after leaving Iran to live in Australia, where he is working as a social media specialist with the Asian Football Confederation.
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A Tip Line, a Crackdown, and a Chilling Effect

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By Megan Cattel Verified
| Nieman Reports Verified
In the first 100 days of the second Trump administration, as the federal government was being — with mass layoffs underway, funding freezes disrupting programs, and agencies like USAID being forcibly dismantled — Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson set out to understand what was happening from the inside. She began, as many reporters do, with a tip.
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Lynsey Addario in ‘Love+War’: A War Photographer’s Life on the Front Lines and at Home

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By Megan Cattel Verified
| Nieman Reports Verified
Photojournalist Lynsey Addario was wrapping up an assignment in Kyiv, shortly after the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, when she jumped into a car heading for the Polish border. She wasn’t racing toward her next assignment, however, but rushing to make it home to London in time for her son’s school concert.
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