Am not so thrilled about being back in Greece, which, despite being my country of birth, appears to have the same effect on me that Kryptonite does on Superman. Learning radio has kept me both happy and sane, and it’s kept me busy in the last few weeks. Here are a few pieces on… * [...]
January 4, 2010 – 3:21 am
Our story on environmental migrants moving en masse to the megacity of Dhaka is finally in The International Herald Tribune and The New York Times. The story was the front-page centerpiece of the global NYT edition. (Here’s the front page of the IHT’s Asia edition.) I love Mahe and Nizam. They’re gentle, generous people, and [...]
By Joanna Kakissis
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Also posted in The New York Times
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Tagged Atiq Rahman, Bangladesh, Barisal, climate change, Dhaka, environmental migrants, International Herald Tribune, Korail, mega-cities, Rabab Fatima, Saleemul Huq, slums
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December 20, 2009 – 9:40 am
Here are a couple of stories I did for Al-Jazeera English: one on the public battle over whether climate change is real, and another on the geopolitics of global warming pacts.
By Joanna Kakissis
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Tagged Atiq Rahman, Bangladesh Center for Advanced Studies, Barack Obama, Chatham House, China, Cleo Paskal, climate change, Geoff Dabelko, geopolitics, global warming, India, Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research, Jerry Meehl, Jim White, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Wilson Center for International Scholars
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December 17, 2009 – 2:39 am
Thanks to an outstanding editing job by radio journalist extraordinaire David Baron, the first story from my trip to Bangladesh turned out unbelievably well. And it managed to air during the Copenhagen climate talks. A success, all around! I will forever be grateful to the International Reporting Project at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced [...]