Fellows & Editors
Anna Maria Barry-Jester
- Trip:
- Fellows 2015
- Affiliation:
- FiveThirtyEight
- Country:
- Peru
- Year:
- 2015
- Find me on:
Anna Maria Barry-Jester is a writer and documentary photographer for FiveThirtyEight, where she covers public health, food and culture. She is interested in the social determinants of health, and has reported on a mysterious epidemic of kidney disease for the Center for Public Integrity, and multiple health and environmental stories in India where she was based for two years. Barry-Jester previously worked as editorial health producer for Univision and an editorial producer at ABC News for a yearlong series on global health. She has received awards from the Sidney Hillman Foundation, Society of Professional Journalists, Overseas Press Club, and Society of Environmental Journalists. She has a BA from New York University in Latin American Studies and a MPH from Columbia University in Epidemiology and Global Health.
Barry-Jester was awarded a prior fellowship with IRP, reporting from Indonesia in 2011.
Stories
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The Problem With Tying Health Care to Trade
I first met Cesar Alva on a gray winter afternoon in downtown Lima. He wore a knit stocking cap over a thick head of hair, drawing attention to his slight underbite...
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