Fellows & Editors
Ruth Morris
- Trip:
- Fellows 2015
- Affiliation:
- Freelance
- Country:
- Indonesia
- Year:
- 2015
Ruth Morris is a freelance radio and print journalist based in Washington, DC. Previously, she covered immigration for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, served as the paper’s interim Havana bureau chief, and worked as a producer at NPR’s Miami affiliate, WLRN. She also lived in Colombia for six years, reporting on displacement, kidnappings and massacres during the height of that country’s internal conflict. On other assignments, Morris has written about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Venezuelan political strife, and Haitian deportees. Her work in China centered on radio projects for Interfaith Voices, PRI’s The World and Deutsche Welle, including the voices of an impoverished disciple of Mao, a family living on two buckets of water a day, and a young man who named himself ‘Yes.’ She holds a BA in English literature from Barnard College and a MSJ from the Medill School of Journalism.
Stories
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Her Resort Is a Refuge From More Than Just Stress
The Indonesian province of Aceh is known to many as the place devastated by a tsunami in 2004. But in Indonesia, it’s also known for its conservative religious beliefs. A peace...
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A Transgender Woman in Aceh, Indonesia, Gathers Strength as New Anti-Gay Sex Laws Roll Out
New regulations in Aceh now punish gay sex with fines, jail time, even canings. It’s the latest phase in a gradual rollout of Sharia laws that also prohibit unmarried men...
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Indonesians Got Help After the Tsunami. Now They Want to Help Myanmar’s Rohingya Refugees.
Refugees are not always met with open arms, but when some 1,800 Bangladeshi and Rohingya migrants came ashore in the Indonesian province of Aceh three months ago, villagers brought them food and clean...
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