Standout Alumni Stories from 2022
There's no question: Our alumni always impress us with the reporting they produce following a workshop or institute, or with funding from one of our reporting grants. While it's impossible to say which of the 2022 lineup of stories were the best, we're excited to highlight a few of our favorites:
Photo by Shanna Baker
With Old Traditions and New Tech, Young Inuit Chart Their Changing Landscape
Hakai Magazine
By Cheryl Katz; reporting supported by IJNR's 2020 Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas Reporting Grant; Photos and video by IJNR alum, Shanna Baker
Photo by Andria Hautamaki
How these neighbors use fire to revitalize their communities, and land
NPR
By Andria Hautamaki; reporting supported by a wildfire post-workshop grant
Photo by Jonathan Aguilar
West Chicago is cleaning up the last of its nuclear contamination. Residents exposed to radiation say ‘it’s not over.’
WBEZ Chicago
By Liuan Huska; reporting supported by our
2022 Mary G. Hager Reporting Grant
(photo by Jonathan Aguilar)
Photo by Ashley Braun
Making nature less predictable
bioGraphic
By Ashley Braun; supported by a Frank Allen Field Reporting Grant
Photo by Shantal Riley
Lake Superior’s Forever Chemicals
The Washington Post Magazine
By Shantal Riley; supported by a Great Lakes post-workshop reporting grant
Photo by Mel Figueroa
Can traditional knowledge keep California from going up in flames?
Ensia
By Sena Christian; supported by a Frank Allen Field Reporting Grant
(photo by Mel Figueroa)
Photo by Taylor Roades
The Mamalilikulla’s long journey home
The Narwhal
By Stephanie Kwetásel'wet Wood, photography by Taylor Roades; reporting supported by IJNR's 2022 Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas Reporting Grant
Photo by Michelle Gustafson for The Washington Post
In place of Sandy-ravaged homes, a ‘living’ beach helps N.J. prepare for next storm
The Washington Post
By Colleen Hagerty; reporting supported by an Ocean + Climate post-workshop grant
(Photo by Michelle Gustafson for The Washington Post)
Photo by Michael Kotutwa Johnson
The Hopi farmer championing Indigenous agricultural knowledge
Aljazeera
By Jane Palmer; supported by an Environmental Racism & Indigenous Communities post-workshop reporting grant; (Photo courtesy Michael Kotutwa Johnson)