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Performer (Interviewee)
Alessandra Bergamin
Interviewer
Dr. You Li
Geographic Location
United States
Biography
Alessandra Bergamin is an award-winning Australian investigative journalist who divides her time between Melbourne and Los Angeles. Alessandra covers the intersection of environmental conflict and human rights around the world. Her work has appeared in The Baffler, In These Times, Harper’s Magazine, National Geographic, and The New Yorker.com, among others. In 2022, Alessandra was honored as a Distinguished Journalist by the Society of Professional Journalists, Los Angeles in the newspaper/print (smaller circulation) category. She has received fellowships and grants from many entities to investigate environmental and human rights issues.
In this interview, Bergamin reviewed her experiences and takeaways from reporting labor and human trafficking issues during the pandemic. She shared approaches and advice to developing and cultivating sources who reside remotely and in hard-to-reach communities. She also commented on the importance of mental health and the challenges of being a freelancer and woman journalist. Finally, she reflected on the meaning of the pandemic to her personally and professionally. She called for more understanding of the differential impact of the pandemic on different populations.
Interview Date
6-2-2023
Subject
Eastern Michigan University, Eastern Michigan University Archives, Journalism, Women in journalism, United States, Covid-19, Environmental justice, pandemic, mental health, social equity, freelance journalist, trauma reporting
Publisher
Eastern Michigan University Archives
Digital Object File Type
mp3
Run Time
0:53:33
Rights
Copyright to the audio resource and its transcript, headshot, and stories is held by the content creator, author, artist, or other entity, and is provided here for educational purposes only. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any other format without written permission of the copyright owner, Eastern Michigan University Archives (lib_archives@emich.edu).
Recommended Citation
Li, You, "Alessandra Bergamin, Oral History Interview, 2023" (2023). Collective Memory of Women Journalists in COVID-19. 2.
https://commons.emich.edu/cmwj/2
Author Page
http://www.alessandrabergamin.com/about