Fellows & Editors
Eliza Barclay
- Trip:
- Fellows Fall 2007
- Affiliation:
- Freelance Print, Mexico City
- Country:
- Tanzania & Kenya
- Year:
- 2007
Eliza Barclay is a writer, multimedia producer, and photojournalist. Currently based in Washington, DC, she frequently travels to Latin America and East Africa to report on a range of issues including public health, the environment, immigration, economic development and food. For three years she was based in Mexico City, first as a correspondent for United Press International and then as a freelancer. She has written for The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Washington Post, National Geographic News, The Lancet and many other publications. In addition to the IRP, she has received fellowships from the Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting, and the EcoHealth prize from the World Federation of Science Journalists. She was shortlisted for the 2009 Amnesty International Media Award for human rights reporting in the new media category. She has also trained and mentored African journalists on covering HIV/AIDS with the media development organization Internews. Her recent work can be found at www.elizabarclay.com.
Stories
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African fishermen find way of conservation in the Koran
Photo by Fall 2007 IRP Fellow Eliza Barclay. A fisherman in Tanzania cleans a fish caught in a way his imam would approve of. Pemba, Zanzibar - For years, Salim Haji was told...
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China Spurring Illegal Timber Trade in Tanzania
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania - China's growing hunger for timber may wipe out much of Tanzania's commercially valuable forests in two decades, scientists warn. The Asian powerhouse is the fastest growing importer...
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Charity vs. Capitalism in Africa
Photo by Fall 2007 IRP Fellow Eliza Barclay. Two women carry home mosquito nets they purchased for $1 each in their village of Engutoto, Tanzania. Jenifa John recently spent $1 on a billowy swath of...
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Climate Change Fueling Malaria in Kenya, Experts Say
Photo by IRP Fellow Eliza Barclay. Malaria patient Elsante Karangira Pallangya sits with his mosquito net, which is riddled with holes. Pallangya must share two bed nets with his family of five...
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A New Approach to an Old Disease
Photo by Fall 2007 IRP Fellow Eliza Barclay A nurse shows the current malaria treatment. Kenya - Charles Kimando, a doctor in Kenya, has long been frustrated with his limited arsenal of drugs...
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Trade-Offs: Is China the Key to Africa’s Development?
Eliza Barclay Young men sell a variety of products on the streets of Arusha. Arusha, Tanzania - Inside a dark shop opposite a frenetic bus station, transistor radios are stacked beneath newfangled...
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June 11, 2009 | by Barclay, Eliza
IRP Fellow Eliza Barclay awarded Metcalf Fellowship
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