Women Journalists Covering COVID-19 by CFWIJ
January 2, 2020
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Struggling To Navigate Through Ever-changing Information & Policies On Covid-19?
This page was created on March 26, 2021.
It’s been nearly two years since Covid-19 changed the world as we know it. A lot has happened since it first hit, however, with societies adapting and evolving to overcome the health (and subsequent economic) crisis. Even as we appear to recover from Covid-19, the virus continues wreak havoc across the globe with new variants springing up in different countries. Over the past 20 months, women journalists have risked their lives reporting on the pandemic from different parts of the world. The Coalition For Women In Journalism has compiled a list of select women journalists whom you can follow to stay informed on the pandemic. None of us can be rid of the pandemic till all of us are and keeping this in mind, we have also put together a map so you can easily navigate through the Covid-19 situation in different countries.
If you are a woman journalist covering Covid-19 from the front lines please do reach out to us at <press@womeninjournalism.org>
Index
Afghanistan
Agnieszka Pikulicka FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Elise Blanchard Agence France-PresseTwitter > Work >
Kiana Hayeri FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Margaux Benn FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Stefanie Glinski FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Algeria
Zahra Rahmouni FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Argentina
Anita Pouchard Serra FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Zahra Rahmouni FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Armenia
Ani Mejlumyan FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Australia
Sophie Cousins FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Megan Clement FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Jacinta Bowler Science AlertTwitter > Work >
Kate Walton FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Austria
Denise Hruby FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Günseli Bayram Evrensel NewspaperTwitter > Work >
Bangladesh
Fabeha Monir BistandsaktueltTwitter > Work >
Maria Salam Kaler KanthoTwitter > Work >
Belgium
Teri Schultz NPRTwitter > Work >
Brazil
Ana Ionova FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Jill Langlois FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Lise Alves FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Cambodia
Danielle Keeton-Olsen FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Canada
Adrienne Arsenault CBCTwitter > Work >
Anya Zoledziowski ViceTwitter > Work >
Gloria Dickie FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Mersiha Gadzo Al JazeeraTwitter > Work >
Rosemary Barton CBCTwitter > Work >
Jenna Moon The StarTwitter > Work >
Joanna Chiu Toronto StarTwitter > Work >
China
Beimeng Fu ABC NewsTwitter > Work >
Betsy Joles NPRTwitter > Work >
Casey Hall The Business of FashionTwitter > Work >
Emily Feng NPRTwitter > Work >
Eva Dou Washington PostTwitter > Work >
Eva Rammeloo TrouwTwitter > Work >
Guo Rui South China Morning PostTwitter > Work >
Iris Hsu Committee to Protect JournalistsTwitter > Work >
Isolda Morillo RFITwitter > Work >
Jessie Lau FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Joyu Wang The Wall Street JournalTwitter > Work >
Lily Kuo The GuardianTwitter > Work >
Lucy Hornby Nieman FellowTwitter > Work >
Sheridan Prasso BloombergTwitter > Work >
Sophia Yan The TelegraphTwitter > Work >
Sue-Lin Wong Financial TimesTwitter > Work >
Tiffany Ap WWDTwitter > Work >
Yuan Yang Financial TimesTwitter > Work >
Egypt
Hagar Hosny FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Isabel Debre Associated PressTwitter > Work >
France
Annette Young France 24Twitter > Work >
Chloé Sharrock FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Constance Daire FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Germany
Birgitta Schülke DWTwitter > Work >
Didi Kirsten Tatlow German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)Twitter > Work >
Kate Connolly The GuardianTwitter > Work >
Lenora Chu The Christian Science MonitorTwitter > Work >
Valerie-Siba Rousparast FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Ghana
Stacey Knott FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Haiti
Jessica Obert FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Nadia Todres FreelancerTwitter > Work >
India
Amruta Byatnal DevexTwitter > Work >
Ankita Mukhopadhyay DW NewsTwitter > Work >
Deborah Grey FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Deepika Cariappa FreelancerWork >
Dhanasri Gopalakrishnan News18 Tamil NaduTwitter > Work >
Varsha Torgalkar LA Times Twitter > Work >
Karuna John SabrangTwitter > Work >
Krithiga Narayanan DT NextTwitter > Work >
Lavanya Natarajan News7 TamilTwitter > Work >
Mandakini Gahlot France 24Twitter > Work >
Marya Shakil CNN-News18Twitter > Work >
Prachee Kulkarni Pune MirrorTwitter > Work >
Priyanka Pulla The WireWork >
Rachna Khaira HuffPostTwitter > Work >
Raksha Kumar FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Sahana Ghosh Mongabay IndiaTwitter > Work >
Somdyuti Datta Ray FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Subhra Priyadarshini Nature IndiaTwitter > Work >
Suhasini Raj The New York TimesTwitter > Work >
Sukanya Shantha The WireTwitter > Work >
Sukhada Khandge Pune MirrorTwitter > Work >
Supriya Dedgaonkar Pune MirrorTwitter > Work >
Suraksha Pinnu Deccan HeraldTwitter > Work >
Pallabi Munsi Ozy.comTwitter > Work >
Nikita Jain Millenium PostTwitter > Work >
Manisha Mondal The PrintTwitter > Work >
Indonesia
Julia Winterflood FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Victoria Milko Associated PressTwitter > Work >
Iraq
Gülbahar Altaş FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Israel
Heidi Levine FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Italy
Andreja Restak APR NewsTwitter > Work >
Angela Giuffrida The GuardianTwitter > Work >
Federica Marsi The IndependentTwitter > Work >
Francesca Tosarelli FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Francesca Volpi BloombergTwitter > Work >
Scilla Alecci ICIJTwitter > Work >
Shelly Kittleson FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Stefania D'Ignoti FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Sylvia Poggioli NPRTwitter > Work >
Kenya
April Zhu FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Sara Jerving FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Lebanon
Bel Trew The IndependentTwitter > Work >
Elizabeth Fitt FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Malaysia
Emily Ding FreelancerWork >
Mexico
Celia Guerrero FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Elipe Mahé FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Flor Castaneda FreelancerWork >
Mariana Morales FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Netherlands
Anna Holligan BBC NewsTwitter > Work >
Manya Koetse What's On WeiboTwitter > Work >
Marije Vlaskamp De VolkskrantTwitter > Work >
Pakistan
Amber Rahim Shamsi Samaa TVTwitter > Work >
Amna Ali FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Aroosa Shaukat The NewsTwitter > Work >
Asma Shirazi Aaj NewsTwitter > Work >
Ayesha Tanzeem Voice of AmericaTwitter > Work >
Dr. Taneer Ahmed Samaa DigitalTwitter > Work >
Gharida Farooqui AAP NewsTwitter > Work >
Maria Memon ARY NewsTwitter > Work >
Ramsha Jahangir DawnTwitter > Work >
Razya Khan Express TribuneTwitter > Work >
Saadia Sattar China Radio InternationalWork >
Saira Malik APP NewsTwitter > Work >
Shaista Hakim Mashriq TVTwitter > Work >
Suddaf Chaudry FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Syeda Ramisha Ali Indepdendent UrduTwitter > Work >
Yusra Jabeen Independent UrduTwitter > Work >
Zuha Siddiqui FreelancerTwitter > Work >
New Zeland
Gwen McClure FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Monika Barton NewsHubTwitter > Work >
Nigeria
Bukola Adebayo CNNTwitter > Work >
Kofoworola Belo-Osagie The NationTwitter > Work >
Palestine
Dima Abumaria The Media LineTwitter > Work >
Faten Elwan AlhurraTwitter > Work >
Shireen Abu Aqleh Al JazeeraTwitter > Work >
Peru
Tania Mabel Valbuena N+1Twitter > Work >
Philippines
Biena Magbitang FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Imelda Abano Internews Earth Journalism NetworkTwitter > Work >
Mara Cepeda RapplerTwitter > Work >
Poland
Magdalena Chodownik Euro NewsTwitter > Work >
Saudi Arabia
Ameera Abid Arab NewsTwitter > Work >
Singapore
Corinne Redfern The Fuller ProjectTwitter > Work >
Liza Lin The Wall Street JournalWork >
Rebecca Pazos Straits TimesTwitter > Work >
South Africa
Bhavna Maharaj FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Evelyn Morris FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Jamaine Krige FreelancerTwitter > Work >
South Korea
Dasl Yoon The Wall Street JournalTwitter > Work >
Kelly Kasulis FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Spain
Laura Villadiego FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Majo Siscar Banyuls FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Sri Lanka
Nirasha Piyawadani Boston LankaTwitter > Work >
Sweden
Maddy Savage Freelancer Twitter > Work >
Maria Hansson Botin FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Switzerland
Elettra Fiumi FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Sofika Yogarasa Tele M1Work >
Syria
Zeina Shahla Raseef22Twitter > Work >
Taiwan
Louise Watt FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Thailand
Allison Joyce FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Aurora Almendral FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Tunisia
Sofia Barbarani FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Turkey
Arwa Damon CNNTwitter > Work >
Ayça Örer Gazete DuvarWork >
Ayla Jean Yackley FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Burcu Karakaş FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Durrie Bouscaren FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Ece Toksabay ReutersTwitter > Work >
Eylem Yılmaz FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Zeynep Bilginsoy APTwitter > Work >
Gül Gündüz ARTI TvTwitter > Work >
Gonca Tokyol FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Hilal Sarı Dünya GazetesiTwitter > Work >
Müzeyyen Yüce Gazete DuvarTwitter > Work >
Rena Effendi FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Tuğçe Özbiçer Gazete DuvarTwitter > Work >
Seyhan Avşar CumhuriyetTwitter > Work >
Fulya Soybaş HürriyetWork >
Uganda
Sally Hayden FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Sumy Sadurni FreelancerTwitter > Work >
United Arab Emirates
Isabel DeBre AP NewsTwitter > Work >
United Kingdom
Aliya Hall The ChronicleTwitter > Work >
Allison McCann The New York TimesTwitter > Work >
Ana Gonzalez FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Hala Gorani CNNTwitter > Work >
Hannah Devlin The GuardianTwitter > Work >
Isabel Hilton ChinadialogueTwitter > Work >
Jennifer Hassan Washington PostTwitter > Work >
Megha Rajagopalan BuzzFeedTwitter > Work >
Rosie Blau The Economist 1843Twitter > Work >
Sarah Boseley The GuardianTwitter > Work >
Yasmeen Serhan The AtlanticTwitter > Work >
Yuan Ren FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Zozan Yasar FreelancerTwitter > Work >
United States
Afra Wang Loud Murmurs PodcastTwitter > Work >
Alessandra Bergamin FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Amanda Morris AZ CENTRALTwitter > Work >
Abigail Higgins FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Amelia Nierenberg NYTTwitter > Work >
Amna Nawaz PBSTwitter > Work >
Amy Davidson Sorkin The New YorkerWork >
An Xiao Mina Berkman Klein Center for Internet and SocietyWork >
Anne Henochowicz LARB China ChannelTwitter > Work >
Ava Wallace Washington PostTwitter > Work >
Bansari Kamdar FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Bethania Palma SnopesWork >
Breanna Cooper IndianapolisTwitter > Work >
Brittainy Newman NYTTwitter > Work >
Brooke Baldwin CNNTwitter > Work >
Brooke Herbert FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Carolyn Bick South Seattle EmeraldTwitter > Work >
Chloe Bennett Plano Star CourierTwitter > Work >
Chona Kasinger FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Christina Larson Associated PressTwitter > Work >
Christine Nguyen FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Colleen Hagerty FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Connie Wang Refinery 29Twitter > Work >
Darian Benson Indiana Public BroadcastingTwitter > Work >
Denise Grady NYTTwitter > Work >
Dori Zinn FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Elizabeth Conley FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Eliazbeth Izzo ADK Daily EnterpriseTwitter > Work >
Elie Levine FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Ellen Byron Wall Street JournalTwitter > Work >
Emily Bloch FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Emily Sohn FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Erin Blewett Kensignton VoiceTwitter > Work >
Esmy Jimenez KUOWTwitter > Work >
Farah Stockman The New York TimesTwitter > Work >
Frankie Huang FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Gabriella Borter ReutersTwitter > Work >
Ida Mojadad San Francisco ExaminerTwitter > Work >
Jayme Fraser USA TodayTwitter > Work >
Jovelle Tamayo FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Justine Lofton MLiveTwitter > Work >
Heather Haddon Wall Street JournalTwitter > Work >
Helen Redmond Filter MagazineTwitter > Work >
Helen Rosner The New YorkerTwitter > Work >
Jacqueline Alemany Washington PostTwitter > Work >
Jeanette Beebe Center for Cooperative MediaTwitter > Work >
Jordyn Dahl LinkedIn EditorsTwitter > Work >
Julie Dermansky FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Kate O'Keeffe Wall Street JournalTwitter > Work >
Katie Couric Katie Couric Media CompanyTwitter > Work >
Katie Hafner The New York TimesTwitter > Work >
Katherine Foley QuartzTwitter > Work >
Keren Landman FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Kyle Mackie FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Laura Ly CNNTwitter > Work >
Laura Tsutsui Valley Public Radio Twitter > Work >
Lauren Theisen Daily NewsTwitter > Work >
Laurie Garrett FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Leah Rosenbaum ForbesTwitter > Work >
Lila Hassan FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Lisa Guerrero Inside EditionTwitter > Work >
Lisette Morales FreelancerWork >
Lucy Sherriff FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Luiza Duarte CNN BrazilTwitter > Work >
Madi Bolanos Valley Public Radio Twitter > Work >
Maura Friedman National GeographicTwitter > Work >
Maritza L. Félix FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Mary Meisenzahl Business InsiderTwitter > Work >
Megan Pratz CheddarTwitter > Work >
Mikala Compton FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Molly Bilinski The Press of Atlantic CityTwitter > Work >
Monica Lam KQEDTwitter > Work >
Natalie Andrews Wall Street JournalTwitter > Work >
Nicole Nguyen Wall Street JournalTwitter > Work >
Nikki Ross Daytona Beach News-JournalTwitter > Work >
Nina Shapiro The Seattle TimesTwitter > Work >
Paige Pfleger WOSUTwitter > Work >
Qinling Li FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Rosa Inocencio Smith The AtlanticTwitter > Work >
Rosem Morton FreelancerWork >
Samm Quinn IBJ NewsTwitter > Work >
Sarah Bahr FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Sarah Fowler Clarion LedgerTwitter > Work >
Sarah Macaraeg The Commercial AppealTwitter > Work >
Sarah Mearhoff News TribuneTwitter > Work >
Sarah Spohn FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Shannon Sims FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Shea Singley FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Sophie Beach China Digital TimesTwitter > Work >
Stephanie Wade RTV6Twitter > Work >
Stephanie Keith FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Susan B. Glasser The New YorkerTwitter > Work >
Tanya Bindra FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Taylor Hatmaker Tech CrunchTwitter > Work >
Victoria Bouloubasis FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Vivian Wang The New York TimesTwitter > Work >
Wudan Yan The New York TimesTwitter > Work >
Yelena Dzhanova CNBCTwitter > Work >
West Africa
Jenna Le Bras FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Vietnam
Sen Nguyen FreelancerTwitter > Work >
Zambia
Cynthia Tamara Nkhata FreelancerWork >