AJ+ Washington - Journalism Residency Intern
Responsibilities: Duration: 3 Months
Pitched and produced original news packages revolving around climate change, refugees, and discrimination against minorities in South Asia.
Received a combined viewership of 200-500k on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. One of my videos went viral and accounted for 2 million views.
In Brazil, indigenous communities are often underrepresented and mistreated. In March, President Jair Bolsonaro pushed to legalize mining on indigenous lands. This fashion show has allowed indigenous people to use fashion as resistance.
Sanitation workers in Pakistan face religious discrimination in the form of inadequate safety equipment and limited work opportunities. Christians make up less than 2% of the population, but occupy more than 80% of sanitation jobs.
Trans people in India are reclaiming the spaces where they were abused and harassed by painting colorful murals. The Aravani Art Project aims to give trans communities a platform to fight stereotypes and express themselves.
This Palestinian engineer has come up with a way of getting healthy snacks to the people of Gaza despite the Israeli siege: She's built a machine to turn local produce into affordable dried fruit snacks.
These puppeteers in Ukraine are keeping families distracted as Russian bombs rain above them. Ukraine’s eastern front is currently being focused on by Russia. On April 17th, Russian shelling in residential areas killed five people and injured 13.