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Issue 13 — Protesters, a Pipeline, and the Police
PUGLIA, ITALY—The mole arrived after dark — an almost 20-yard, 75-ton machine sent to bore a tunnel beneath the Adriatic Sea and into southern Italy…
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Alessandra Bergamin
Issue 12 — A Note & A Holiday Print Sale
As always, it has been a minute since my last newsletter. When I last sent out an issue of Defender, I was about to undertake a reporting trip to…
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Alessandra Bergamin
Issue 11 — Artifacts & Evidence: Remembering Edwin Dobb
Just over three years ago, the journalist, writer, teacher, and artist Edwin Dobb passed away suddenly and unexpectedly. Over the span of his career…
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Alessandra Bergamin
Issue 10 — A Belated "Ask Me Anything"
A couple of months ago, I asked my very few Instagram followers for questions about reporting and writing. While writing about “craft” makes me a little…
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Alessandra Bergamin
Issue 9 — Bitter Fruit, a weekend long read
When the Q’eqchi’ first moved northward, to a place then uninhabited, the land was tranquil and bountiful. There was maize to harvest, leafy hierba mora…
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Alessandra Bergamin
Issue 8 — The Devil and the Wool (Happy Earth Day)
Years ago, as I leaned back against a floor-to-ceiling glass window, my Nonna said to me in Calabrese dialect — "u diavulu un tena pècuri e và binnenn’a…
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Alessandra Bergamin
Issue 7 – Into the Forest and Out of the Fire
Hello Defender subscribers! I usually leave a personal note at the end of the newsletter but 🎉 new year, new me 🎉 or whatever it is we tell ourselves…
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Alessandra Bergamin
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Defender is a mostly monthly newsletter about global environmental justice and the process of reporting on it. It's written by investigative journalist, Alessandra Bergamin.
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