Archive - Defender

Issue 19 — Running Towards the Fire

On lives lived and lives ended.

Oct 2 •

Alessandra Bergamin

September 2024

August 2023

Issue 14 — A Late Summer Update

If you live in the Northern Hemisphere, the last time I wrote it was probably cold, maybe wet, maybe snowing.

Aug 14, 2023 •

Alessandra Bergamin

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.

Aug 11, 2023 •

Alessandra Bergamin

Issue 12 — A Note & A Holiday Print Sale

As always, it has been a minute since my last newsletter.

Aug 11, 2023 •

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.

Aug 11, 2023 •

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.

Aug 11, 2023 •

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.

Aug 11, 2023 •

Alessandra Bergamin

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