Katerina Barton was born in post-communist Czechoslovakia and grew up between New Mexico and Texas — part of a family of journalists. She fell in love with audio while at J-school at NYU and started her first public radio job at WNYC's The Takeaway, since producing for On the Media and StoryCorps Studios. She pitched us on a story about climate change in Indonesia, fourth-most-populated country in the world and home to some of the Earth’s most biodiverse ecosystems.

Katerina reported from Indonesia during the winter of 2026. Follow her journey in photos and behind the scenes via our blog and Instagram and at NPR.org.

• “A cooler of eggs and a bold plan to save leopard sharks” — Short Wave, 7/28/2026

• “The Indonesian islands divided over nickel mining” — State of the World, 6/2/2026

• “Locals of Indonesia's Raja Ampat weigh the future of nickel mining on their islands” — All Things Considered, 6/1/2026

• "These farmers accuse the developers of an EV battery hub of land theft" — Apple News, 5/14/2026

• “Dirty nickel: The health costs of mining in Indonesia” — NPR.org, 5/7/2026

• “Greetings from a sea village in Indonesia, where Indigenous fishing gets help from mangroves” — NPR.org Special Series: Far-Flung Postcards, 5/6/2026

• “Dirty nickel: The health costs of mining in Indonesia” — All Things Considered, 4/29/2026

• “Indonesia's capital of the future faces doubts in the present” — All Things Considered, 4/8/2026

• “In Indonesia, a fishing village replants mangrove forests one seedling at a time” — All Things Considered, 3/15/2026