International journalism has always been my dream. I'm excited to share the ✨personal news✨ that I'll be living that dream in Cambodia 🇰🇭
Next month, I'm moving to Phnom Penh to cover news and environmental issues across Southeast Asia for
@SEA_GLOBE
.
More in the 📹 below:
In some ~personal news~ I'll officially be joining the
@azcentral
and
@USATODAY
staff this month as a full-time Environmental Reporter for
@azcenvironment
.
I'm thrilled to be moving back to Phoenix and can't wait to serve the people of Arizona for the next year🌵
✨the end✨
It's my last day with
@azcentral
and
@USATODAY
. My first post-grad year was an adventure, I am so fortunate to have spent it with
@azcenvironment
. I'm excited to share my next steps soon, but I still have a few 📝 in the works.
Here's why you should keep an 👀 out:
Humbled to share the ✨personal news✨ that as a
@SEA_GLOBE
staff reporter, I'll spend a year reporting on deforestation and rainforests as part of
@pulitzercenter
's
@Rainforest_RIN
.
Learn more about the 1️⃣9️⃣ journalists in 1️⃣2️⃣ countries joining the program:
We are pleased to announce the second cohort of
@Rainforest_RIN
Fellows!
19 journalists from 12 countries have been selected to investigate environmental crimes, supply chains, and public policies that contribute to global rainforest destruction.
The
#BlackLivesMatter
protest, led by
#greensboroRising
, is assembling in McDonald Plaza after a short march.
According to organizers, there are more than 1,200 demonstrators in attendance.
Just got off the funniest Zoom of the week — I was asking about a jaguar sighting, so the expert I called answered like this 😂
"It took a minute to figure out, but I did this just for you, Anton!"
Floored.
Humbled to end 2023 with this
@SEALAwards
for environmental reporting. Journalism is never done in isolation. Honored to represent
@SEA_GLOBE
and
@pulitzercenter
's
@Rainforest_RIN
.
Congrats to the other reporters! Grateful to hold the line with you all ⬇️
Congratulations to our 2023 Environmental Journalism Award Winners!
We are proud to celebrate these twelve brave and resourceful people whose investigations and reporting elevate the public discourse on ecology and climate justice.
Read more:
📰 FRONT PAGE 📰
In a months-long project that took over 2,000 miles to report,
@azcenvironment
delved into what happens in the years and decades after a wildfire.
That story is on the front page of today's edition of The Arizona Republic! Read it in 🗞️ or online, below:
"Living the dream"
Admittedly, it's been harder to say my main mantra recently. I moved to
#Cambodia
to join
@SEA_GLOBE
, heartbroken my two-year mark coincides with our closure.
My colleagues have said what I've struggled to. All I can add is that we are not done yet.
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It is with a heavy heart that today we announce the suspension of editorial operations at Southeast Asia Globe, taking effect at the end of September. Please take a moment to read the message from our team and how we came to this decision.
Me: My shower curtain arrived!
Dad: Why'd it take over two weeks?
Me: It took a while to find one that matched my Arizona aesthetic.
Dad: Your what?
Me: A-R-I-Z-O-N-A A-E-S-T-H-E-T-I-C
#Thailand
- Macaque monkeys climb onto a news photographer at the Phra Prang Sam Yod temple during the annual Monkey Buffet Festival in Lopburi province.
📸 Jack Taylor
#AFP
✨ a timeline cleanser ✨
I left for Utah a week ago and ended up taking +2,000 photos for
@azcentral
. Most were for my public lands story with
@azcenvironment
, but not all. Ease into Friday with a few random 📸 of southern
#Utah
.
Starting with this picturesque cow ⬇️
Surreal.
A local story that became a regional project just led the front page of a national newspaper 📰
Read
@azcenvironment
's reporting on what happens in the years and decades after a 🔥 on
@USATODAY
!
Proudly produced by
@azcentral
.
📰 FRONT PAGE 📰
In a months-long project that took over 2,000 miles to report,
@azcenvironment
delved into what happens in the years and decades after a wildfire.
That story is on the front page of today's edition of The Arizona Republic! Read it in 🗞️ or online, below:
Source: Want a picture?
Me: No, thanks! I prefer being behind the camera.
Source: Not even for your Mom?
Me: She knows what I Iook like.
Source: ~audible gasp~ Don't be a bad son. Smile!
Me: But I'm wearing a...
—— now ——
~sighing~ As I send my Mom the photo
#goodson
✅ Cambodian business visa
✅ Negative COVID-19 test
✅ Boarding passes
I'm officially Cambodia-bound 🇰🇭 There are ~28 hours of transit time between me and my quarantine room in Phnom Penh ✈️ I can't wait to start reporting for the
@SEA_GLOBE
this week!
My interest in leprosy was sparked more than a decade ago in Sunday School. Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would be able to report on it.
But thanks to the
@pulitzercenter
and
@eloncomm
I'll be spending this January covering leprosy in Brazil 🇧🇷
I've spent most of March so far in the field reporting from
#Cambodia
's stunning landscapes – including my first visits to the Cardamoms and Tonle Sap Lake.
Follow
@SEA_GLOBE
for the eventual 📝, for now some out-of-context 📸 of 🇰🇭:
The Pulitzer Center is pleased to announce our 2020 cohort of Campus Consortium Reporting Fellows! Over the next few days we will introduce you to each and every one of them. That's 37 students from 33 colleges, universities, HBCU's, and more! Welcome!
I skimmed the bookshelf on my way out of my AirBNB in
#Rabat
and to my surprise found an Elon Academic Catalog. I messaged both the alumna, whose name was on the book, and the home owner — neither knew how it got to
#Morocco
. I guess it's a reminder that home is never far away.
I called a source earlier today.
She briefly picked up and said she'd call back if she figured out the monkey trouble with her car.
I assumed I misheard her, I hadn't...
I've been excited to go to work for the last 365 days. While today marks my 1️⃣ year anniversary with
@azcentral
and
@USATODAY
— it's also my last week.
I still have a few final 📝 for
@azcenvironment
in the works, but I wanted to share a few things I'm really proud of ⬇️
📝 TOMORROW 📝
After weeks of work and thousands of miles,
@azcentral
's project delving into public lands issues goes live tomorrow on
@azcenvironment
!
Can't wait to share what I found while exploring how presidential turnovers alter
#publiclands
policy!
So far, there has been a limited visible police presence here in
#Greensboro
. Uniformed officers are mostly staying on bicycles ahead of the demonstrators.
Love deeply and say it often.
Lead with a smile.
Know no strangers.
Never let someone eat alone.
See differences as reasons for conversation.
Nick's not going anywhere, not as long as those who met him strive to be more like him. We love you, Nick.
Floored to have been chosen in the
#PulitzerStaffPicks
and featured in the
@pulitzercenter
's 2020 A Year in Stories.
My project with
@eloncomm
took me to northern Brazil where I reported on the resurgence of leprosy and spoke to those on the frontlines of the Biblical disease ⬇️
In a miraculous coincidence my Dad had a layover in 🇸🇬 this weekend and saw
@SEA_GLOBE
's collab with
@straits_times
on the front page 📰!
Naturally, he took the most Dad photo.
Today marks 6️⃣ months reporting for
@azcentral
and
@azcenvironment
, which so far has meant ~30 filed 📝 and +85 published 📸. See my favorite six stories below!
It's been humbling to work with such an incredible team and I can't wait to see how much more I learn from them.
Spending the next few days in southern Utah reporting on public lands for
@azcentral
— keep your 👀 on
@azcenvironment
for the eventual story!
While I'm living "life elevated" here in
#Utah
, I'll be updating this thread with a few of my 📸/🎥 highlights:
📝 JUST PUBLISHED 📝
On
@azcentral
's homepage this morning is a deep-dive into wildfires years and decades after the 🔥. I traversed Arizona visiting the burn scars of infamous fires to understand the changing landscapes.
Read it on
@azcenvironment
:
Weekend field days for
@SEA_GLOBE
!
Grateful to have timed this reporting in
#SiemReap
before
#Cambodia
's harvest season — colors were magnificent and the boat only slightly leaking.
Keep an 👀 out for the 📸:
On
#WorldNewsDay
, we reveal the
#TFYoungJournalist
shortlist, highlighting just why
#JournalismMatters
. 240 journalists from 59 countries sent us their best stories. 12 outstanding journalists have made it thro’. Read about them:
My first few days in Phnom Penh out of quarantine have been incredible! Relieved to finally be on the ground reporting for
@SEA_GLOBE
in Cambodia 🇰🇭
A view of my first 🛺 and ⛴️ ride this weekend:
I was asked to join
@azcentral
a year ago this week.
Now, 12 months later, I can't be more excited to share the two journalists joining
@azcenvironment
after me. I hope you'll all welcome
@Lkbotts
and
@zaynasyed_
to the
@USATODAY
family!
A bit about them below:
End of an era.
To all those who trusted
@SEA_GLOBE
these past 16 years, thank you.
As
@ahaffner1
said "it’s a privilege to do what we do. Even on days when the news is slow... there’s not a moment that passes where we’d rather turn our backs on the journalistic pursuit."
While today marks the end of the week and a halt to
@SEA_GLOBE
’s operations, we would like to continue our trip down memory lane. Here's to more of our hits from the archives! But, do stay tuned, our team will be publishing some final original pieces throughout next week. 1/5🧵
🐟 fresh fish just dropped 🐟
Lovely spending Friday morning at the confluence of 🇰🇭's Mekong and Tonle Sap Rivers to document
@mekongwonders
' release of +5,000 threatened fish, including two 𝘔𝘦𝘬𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘎𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘪𝘴𝘩.
Stay tuned on
@SEA_GLOBE
!
Thrilling to see one of my stories on the front-page of The Arizona Republic for the first time this weekend 📰
For our print subscribers, be sure to keep reading on page 14A. For our online audience, visit the link below:
A couple I met with for an environmental story were so relieved to have a journalist reporting on the issue that they sent a letter to all their neighbors asking them to come out ~socially distanced~ and speak to me about it!
You gotta love reporting local 😭
For the first time since arriving in Arizona I frolicked into the state's great outdoors this weekend ⛰️
I made sure to stay on brand as an environmental reporter by bringing along my camera. These are my favorite shots from
#DevilsBridge
in Sedona.
Being a
@news21
fellow has been my dream since freshman year and I can't be more grateful to everyone
@ElonNewsNetwork
and
@eloncomm
for helping me get here. 141 days to go!
I left Brazil a year ago today 🇧🇷
With
@pulitzercenter
support, I spent a month reporting on the resurgence of leprosy. Since then the world has cataclysmically changed, only making these stories more important to remember.
Here's a thread showcasing the full project:
(1/12)
Environment: 2️⃣
Anton: 0️⃣
Grateful to be on the mend after another field reporting incident last week, this time in Phnom Tamao. Hopefully it is the last one.
Or else, as
@geraldrflynn
aptly put it, "Cambodia's environment is gonna be the death of you!"
The clearing and saving of 🇰🇭's Phnom Tamao Forest has been baffling.
I covered the politics behind the Prime Minister's intervention and the race to reforest, which experts say is doomed.
On
@SEA_GLOBE
, supported by
@pulitzercenter
's
@Rainforest_RIN
:
✨ a timeline cleanser ✨
I love the excitement of a new week, but the end of a weekend is always bittersweet — especially after one in New Mexico.
Ease into your Monday morning by scrolling through 📸 of a walk at
#WhiteSandsNPS
⬇️
I was a little burnt out from wildfire coverage, so I pitched a 🐍 story!
I spent a day at
@PhoenixHerp
, learning about native species and why Arizona is considered the "mecca" for herpetology. Keep 👀 on
@azcenvironment
for the story!
For now, a few 📸 teasers:
Shoutout to all the wonderful students who came to my over-enthusiastic lecture about covering 🇰🇭's environment!
Appreciate
@SEA_GLOBE
and
@pulitzercenter
's support with this partnership with the 𝙍𝙤𝙮𝙖𝙡 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙋𝙝𝙣𝙤𝙢 𝙋𝙚𝙣𝙝!
I was told that to do this job right, I had to report from hard-to-reach places in far away spaces.
Today, I tried and failed.
This 📸 of my car, Squash, is down the road from where I hydroplaned into a mud pit — just 8 miles away from my source. You win some, you lose most.
I’m so grateful to be employed, but I want to recognize the many failures I had during my journey. This word cloud is made up of all the rejection letters I received during my job search.
The clearing and saving of 🇰🇭's Phnom Tamao Forest has been baffling.
I covered the politics behind the Prime Minister's intervention and the race to reforest, which experts say is doomed.
On
@SEA_GLOBE
, supported by
@pulitzercenter
's
@Rainforest_RIN
:
✨a timeline cleanser✨
After a forest closure and some re-planning, I was finally able to make the climb up 𝐌𝐭. 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐲𝐬, the highest peak in Arizona!
I hope you enjoy these 📸 from the trail as much as I enjoyed hiking it:
1/6
✨a timeline cleanser✨
If the Sunday scaries are setting in, take a moment to look at a few 📸 from my first hike in Cambodia 🇰🇭
I took a day trip to Baseth Mountain, roughly 30km northwest of Phnom Penh, to visit several pagodas and go on a ~6km hike around the area ⬇️
A Cambodian official's arrest in 🇺🇸 for smuggling
#wildlife
, sheds a light on
#Cambodia
's monkey business.
But trade continues, even as another official is accused of bribery and facilitating donations to 🇰🇭's ruling party.
@SEA_GLOBE
with
@pulitzercenter
's
@Rainforest_RIN
:
Ministry official: "This is our mother tree, you should hug"
Me: "Sorry? Oh, I'm good. Thank you"
Ministry official: "Hug"
Me: "ok"
Excited for more odd moments in the field for
@SEA_GLOBE
in 🇰🇭!
#ForestDay
#IntlForestDay
Only 3⃣ luxury-grade timber tree species were replanted:
➡️ Siamese Rosewood
➡️ Cambodia Beng
➡️ Burma Padauk
Thousands of these saplings came from a government tree nursery in Siem Reap. Officials told
@nasadip20
and I that "we cannot just do conservation without development."
Happy to officially announce I'm spending the rest of my semester interning with
@MoroccoWNews
as a news correspondent!
I can't wait to continue reporting for this great organization and I'm so grateful to
@ReportMorocco
,
@SITStudyAbroad
and
@ElonGlobal
for making this possible.
Congratulations to
@antonldelgado
for winning this year's Student Media Award from
@elonuniversity
ODK. You may have seen the video commemorating him, but you haven't seen the director's cut. So, here it is.
Thank you, Anton, for your contributions to student media at Elon.
Forever grateful to
@pulitzercenter
.
The center has empowered me to cover pressing issues in Brazil, Vietnam and across Cambodia. What started at
@eloncomm
has become one of my most meaningful professional relationships.
I hope
@elonuniversity
students jump at this chance.
Calling all Elon students with journalism experience!
The
@pulitzercenter
awards fellowships to students to report from the U.S. and around the world. All majors are welcome to apply!
Don't miss our info session on Wed, Nov. 1, at 6 p.m. Email lahearn(at)elon(.)edu to RSVP.
✨a timeline cleanser✨
I spent more than half of May on the field for
@azcenvironment
, traveling ~2,700 miles and taking +4,800 photos.
While I can't share details, here are a few out-of-context 📸. I hope you enjoy, what my editor would call, 𝙖 𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙛𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙩:
1/12
📰 FRONT PAGE 📰
One of my last 📝 for
@azcentral
, which led the Valley & State section of The Arizona Republic, delved into native fish recovery programs. I reported on a controversial
@USFWS
proposal to down list a 🐟 from endangered to threatened.
Scroll down for 📸 and 📹:
For me, today marks three months with
@azcenvironment
. While I've filed over 20 stories for the
@USATODAY
network, I've also had the privilege of taking photos for
@azcentral
.
While some are published and others are pending — here are a few of my favorite photos so far ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Celebrating 1️⃣ year in 🇰🇭 this week!
Grateful to call
#Cambodia
home and excited to be reporting for
@SEA_GLOBE
and
@pulitzercenter
's
@Rainforest_RIN
.
Looking back at the past 12 months, I wanted to share a 🧵 of a few of the Kingdom's stunning landscapes ⬇️
✅ Cambodian business visa
✅ Negative COVID-19 test
✅ Boarding passes
I'm officially Cambodia-bound 🇰🇭 There are ~28 hours of transit time between me and my quarantine room in Phnom Penh ✈️ I can't wait to start reporting for the
@SEA_GLOBE
this week!
Crazy to realize it's been a month since I started reporting for
@azcenvironment
and
@azcentral
. Here's a thread of my first 1️⃣0️⃣ stories.
To keep up with future work, visit my author's page:
Three of my top photos from yesterdays mostly peaceful
#BlackLivesMatter
protest in
#CharlotteNC
. According to organizers, demonstrations are expected to continue through the weekend.
✨a timeline cleanser✨
I clocked ~900 miles for
@azcenvironment
this week, which brought me near 3️⃣ national monuments. I just had to take a quick detour.
For all the other young people early in their careers out there, I hope these 📸 ease you into a sleepy Sunday!
The history of
#water
in the West continues to be made as the federal government declares the first-ever 💧 shortage on the
#ColoradoRiver
.
For her first 📝 with
@azcentral
,
@zaynasyed_
worked with
@ByIanJames
to explain what this'll mean for Arizonans:
How it started 𝐯𝐬 How it's going
L: Covering the 2019 Woodbury Fire for
@news21
.
R: Covering the 2021 Horton Fire for
@azcentral
.
Horton is in the burn scar of the 2011 Wallow Fire, the largest 🔥 in state history. 📸 for
@azcenvironment
, below:
❗Let's talk about public lands❗
I’ve been reporting on renewed
#publiclands
initiatives across the Southwest. For
@USATODAY
, I spoke to those most involved and affected by these coming decisions.
📝/📸/🎥 on
@azcentral
/
@azcenvironment
:
1/20
🇻🇳
@SEA_GLOBE
Vietnam Bureau 🇻🇳
Great to finally meet the legendary
@GoviSnell
during
@jack_brook96
and I's visit to Ho Chi Minh City. Excited to welcome you to 🇰🇭 some day soon, Govi!
I had no idea I was this sad to be leaving
@eloncomm
, but my final automated noreply email from the Gear Room really got me.
It's been real, Gear Room 📷
The March for Justice & Community in
@AlamanceNC
has just started.
#BlackLivesMatter
demonstrators are taking a 1.5 mile-long route that will end in front of the Confederate statue in the city of Graham.
Been thinking about
@nickoza1
all week, but I'm especially grateful for him today.
Nick was home every where he went and he knew no strangers. If all of us treated people the same way Nick did, the 🌎 would be a far better place.
Get well soon, brother, and happy birthday!
✨ a timeline cleanser ✨
It's time for the Monday morning grind, but first I figured we could all easy into our weeks by scrolling through 📸 of a Sunday at Sedona.
For mountains, landscapes and
@AmandaMoMorris
scroll down ⬇️
☑️ First field day of 2022
Spent the weekend on the field, actually on the river, for
@SEA_GLOBE
documenting 🐟 for an upcoming 📝. Here is an out-of-context sneak peek at my first 📸 of the year:
Forever grateful I got to work with the late Nick Oza on this project. We spent several days together reporting by the 🇺🇸-🇲🇽 border for
@azcentral
.
Our long drives, brutal hikes, daily meals and run-ins with Border Patrol became the foundation of a friendship I miss deeply.
.
@ByIanJames
,
@Erstone7
and I reported on the environmental impacts of the 🇺🇸-🇲🇽 border wall.
We were lucky enough to work with the late
@nickoza1
, who defined our project with his work ethic and stunning 📸.
#SEJSpotlight
— Read the 📝 on
@azcentral
:
CEO's child: "What are you doing?"
Me: "Worki-"
CEO's child: "Can I draw you?"
Me: "Uh, sure..."
~ 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 ~
Me: "This is without a doubt the greatest gift anyone has ever given me."
You may have seen this young man around campus – or in one of a dozen
#ElonComm
promotional materials. Congratulations to
@antonldelgado
for being named the Outstanding Senior Award recipient in our journalism major. Much love, Anton!
#ElonCommWeek
For my first 📝 with
@SEA_GLOBE
, I worked with
@jack_brook96
to feature Kavich Neang, who is winning awards for his film “White Building.”
The 🎥 focuses on his childhood home, which bridged
#Cambodia
's past and present, before its demolition:
My top photos from the March for Justice & Community in
@AlamanceNC
this weekend included nearly 20 portraits of
#BlackLivesMatter
protesters.
I found it difficult to capture the diversity of this event in words, so I thought I'd let the 📸 speak for themselves.
🏆 From the broader economic and environmental issues to the real-life implications for people who suffer from major environmental shifts, congratulations
@restofworld
for winning Excellence in Regional Reporting on the Environment.
#SOPAwards2023
📰
✨a timeline cleanser✨
Before leaving the
#Southwest
, I went on one last road trip, which took me to
#Colorado
. In
@SanJuanNF
, I went for an incredible hike on 𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥.
I hope these 📸 ease you into hump day and the rest of the week ⬇️