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Title
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Stefania D'Ignoti, Oral History Interview, 2023
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Performer
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Stefania D'Ignoti
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Interviewer
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Dr. You Li
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Description
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Stefania D'Ignoti from Catania, Italy, is a freelance journalist who covers migration, conflict, women’s rights, and organized crimes in the broader Mediterranean region. She has reported from Sicily, Turkey, Lebanon, Egypt, the Syrian border, Israel and the Palestinian Territories. Her work has appeared in National Geographic, The Economist, Al Jazeera, The Washington Post, the BBC, the Guardian, and more.
D'Ignoti was forced to shift the reporting focus from the Middle East to Coronavirus in Italy overnight after her flight to Iraq was canceled due to a border lockdown. She mostly covered the impact of COVID-19 on migrants and asylum seekers. In this interview, she commented on the challenges of being a woman journalist in Italy, the gender disparity in newsrooms and leadership, the contributions of women journalists, and concerns about job security and safety as a freelance journalist. Despite the challenges, D'Ignoti considered the pandemic a booster of her career.
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Exact Date
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5-24-2023
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Subject
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Italy, marginalized community, human interest, mental health, freelance journalist, gender stereotypes, women journalists, women in journalism, journalism, COVID-19, pandemic, Eastern Michigan University Archives
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Publisher
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Eastern Michigan University Archives
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Run Time
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48 minutes, 3 seconds
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Language
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English
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Rights
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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).
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