Durrie’s Piece #3: Part 1 of 2 — Partner Violence in Papua New Guinea
As Durrie reports in this powerful piece, the number one indicator of intimate partner violence is not GDP, or income, or literacy rates. It’s social acceptance of abuse. “It’s what the world we live in tells us we can accept.”
Durrie’s Piece #2: Betel Nut Sellers & Domestic Violence
“When men react violently because their wives are earning money on their own, it’s because they see power as a zero-sum game, says Richard Eves, an Australian National University anthropologist who has published several studies on masculinity based on fieldwork in Papua New Guinea’s highlands.”
Stephanie’s Piece #6: Part 3 of 3 — Veriko’s Story
Veriko Ekhvaia had to flee Abkhazia for the first time in 1993, at age 6.
Stephanie’s Piece #5: Part 2 of 3 — Ana’s Story
The first thing that hit Ana Sabashvili when she arrived in Berbuki, in eastern Georgia, was the sound — or rather, the lack of it.
Stephanie’s Piece #4: Part 1 of 3 — Irakli’s Story
Stephanie worked with a team at NPR to build a stunning multimedia piece introducing us to three internally displaced people in Georgia.
Stephanie’s Piece #3: Displaced, Again
Stephanie airs part two in a series on NPR's Morning Edition.
Stephanie’s Piece #2: Lives in Limbo
Stephanie airs the first piece in a two-part series on NPR's Morning Edition.
Stephanie’s Piece #1: Dispatch from the South Ossetia Border
While still abroad, Stephanie aired a piece on NPR's Morning Edition.
Rebecca’s Piece #7: An Inuit Actor Reflects on His Role in 2013 Oscar-Winner “Gravity”
When Orto Ignatiussen landed a part in a Hollywood blockbuster in 2011, he thought it might be his big break. At the time, he was the director of a community theater in the small town of Tasiilaq, Greenland, already middle-aged and still hoping he might have a career as a serious actor.
Rebecca’s Piece #6: Embedded Podcast: How the Story Found Rebecca
Rebecca got to know some people in a tiny town on the edge of a massive ice sheet that covers most of Greenland — and that's when the trouble started. One day the story she was reporting on crashed into her life.
Rebecca’s Reporter’s Notebook #4: What I Learned in the Arctic
It’s funny, the things I originally planned to learn during this reporting trip. They were the most vague, grandiose lessons, as if, in a few months, I’d magically master things that have eluded me for decades.
Rebecca’s Piece #5: Two-Way: Back From Greenland
Rebecca spent 10 weeks in Greenland this winter trying to understand why the country has the highest known suicide rate. She speaks with Rachel Martin about it.
Rebecca’s Piece #4: Part 2 of 2 — The Arctic Suicides: It's Not The Dark That Kills You
In January, two young men killed themselves in one Greenland town. The country has the world's highest known suicide rate, and people worried these suicides would become a cluster. So they mobilized to prevent more deaths.
Rebecca’s Piece #3: Part 1 of 2 — The Arctic Suicides: It's Not The Dark That Kills You
Rebecca worked with the NPR Global Health and Visuals teams, plus an entire treasure trove of talented NPR co-conspirators, to create a beautiful multimedia series.
Rebecca’s Piece #2: Dispatches From the Arctic Winter Games
Nuuk, Greenland's capital, hosted about 2,000 people for this year's Arctic Winter Games. Rebecca was one of them.
Rebecca’s Reporter’s Notebook #3: Arctic Travel Zen
It’s something we don’t talk about much: the waiting. International reporting has a (somewhat deserved) reputation for being exciting and scary and full of illuminating anecdotes about far-flung places. And sure, all those things are true. But the sexy parts are the exception.
Rebecca’s Reporter’s Notebook #2: To Ittoqqortoormiit We Go
Ittoqqortoormiit, Greenland sits about 400 miles above the Arctic Circle, at the edge of the largest fjord in the world.
Rebecca’s Piece #1: Sunrise in the Arctic Circle
On November 24, the sun set in the tiny Greenlandic town of Ittoqqortoormiit. When Rebecca arrived in mid-January, it had yet to rise again.
Rebecca’s Reporter’s Notebook #1: Because, It Because (Or, Why I’m Not Going to Siberia)
I’m not going to Chukotka this winter. Because, it because. But I will be reporting on the problem of suicide and depression in the Arctic. I’ll be in Ittoqqortoormiit and Nuuk, Greenland. No visa required.