Fellows & Editors
Jacqueline Koch
- Trip:
- Fellows Fall 2000
- Affiliation:
- Freelance Photographer
- Country:
- Indonesia
- Year:
- 2000
Jacqueline Koch is a Seattle-based freelance photojournalist who has focused on Indonesia since her IRP Fellowship in fall 2000. After her fellowship, she made additional reporting trips to Aceh and has focused on internal conflicts, military reform and the transition to democracy in post-Suharto Indonesia. Following the 2004 tsunami, Koch returned to Aceh as a journalist and a media trainer for the International Center for Journalists. She established and managed a community and media liaison office for a British medical organization. In recent years she has focused on global health issues both as a photojournalist and communications specialist for NGOs in Kenya, Mozambique, Myanmar and Sri Lanka, as well as in Indonesia. Her journalism work has appeared in Time, Newsweek, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Sydney Morning Herald, The Seattle Times and Salon. Her most recent work can be seen at www.jmkoch.com.
Stories
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Photo Essay: Struggle in Aceh
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‘Widows’ of Aceh fight for freedom in a bitter land
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia December, 9, 2000 -- Demure and modestly veiled in jilbab headscarves, women circulate through Aceh's coffee shops, food stalls and open markets. Youth and gender shield them from suspicion as they...
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Indonesia boils over
Security seeks to put lid on huge separatist rally in Aceh province BANDA ACEH, Indonesia November 11, 2000 -- A new round of the violence that has beset Indonesia's outer regions appeared on the...
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