Fellows & Editors
Brianna Lee
- Trip:
- Ecuador 2015
- Affiliation:
- International Business Times
- Country:
- Ecuador
- Year:
- 2015
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Brianna Lee is a reporter at the International Business Times, covering U.S. immigration and international affairs, with an emphasis on Latin America. She was previously a writer and editor with the Council on Foreign Relations' news team, and a web writer with the PBS news program "Need to Know." Lee is interested in practically all aspects of digital storytelling, including video and podcast production, data visualization, illustrated journalism, web design and innovative uses of social media. She holds a master's degree in global affairs from New York University. She lives in New York City but is originally from San Francisco, California.
Lee was also selected as a IRP fellow for the Nepal 2015 trip.
Stories
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Venezuela Elections 2015: Why Venezuelans Are Fleeing the Country
Tendrils of smoke filled the air as Sarahay Toti flipped a spatula full of sizzling pork on the grill. It was a rainy Friday night, and there were few customers at the...
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Ecuador’s Silicon Valley? Quito Bets Big to Be South America’s Next High-Tech Powerhouse
Fernando Albericio wanted to make history. Lured by the opportunity to help jumpstart a tech revolution in a new country, Albericio, a veteran professor of organic chemistry with a passion for...
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In Ecuador, Dependency on Beijing Financing of Development Projects Raises Fears, Uncertainty
The long stretch of roadway snaking through the parched, rolling hills outside this sleepy Ecuadorean port city will one day wind up at the foot of one of the country’s...
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Colombia Peace Deal Update: Refugees Displaced by Violence Say They’ll Never Return
A group of Ecuadorian children surrounded Yesenia’s 6-year-old daughter in the playground, taunting her. They pushed her face into the ground. “Dirty Colombian,” they said. ...
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Nepal Earthquake: Wait for Relief Swells Into Anger in Villages Outside Kathmandu
Crumbled, devastated buildings line the narrow roads of Sindhupalchok, a Himalayan foothill district where the death count from Saturday’s magnitude-7.8 earthquake has just surpassed that of the capital, Kathmandu....
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In Kathmandu’s Tent City, Government Services Few and Far Between
The Tudikhel grounds in the middle of Kathmandu has quickly morphed from a public park and army parade space to a sprawling encampment full of earthquake survivors, too afraid to return to...
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Grief, Anxiety, Fear Linger In Kathmandu
{image-1} Relatives stand next to the burning pyre of a family member at a cremation ground after an earthquake in Bhaktapur, Nepal, April 27, 2015. Photo: Adnan Abidi/Reuters On an ordinary day at...
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