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Request QuoteAlessandra Ram is an award-winning producer, journalist and founder of Good Luck Media, the first journalism studio for climate. As a field producer for Al Jazeera, she reported from Flint, Puerto Rico, Thailand, the US-Mexico border, Canada and all over her home state of California. She received two Emmys and two National Edward R. Murrow awards for her documentary coverage of the refugee crisis and environmental justice. Her stories have garnered tens of millions of views and been shared widely across platforms. In 2020, she launched an immersive YouTube show about tourism and social media. She also led social strategy and editorial partnerships for WIRED, where she covered events in tech, entertainment and business. She started her journalism career as The Atlantic’s social and video fellow — a first for the 166-year-old magazine. Alessandra is a judge for the Edward R. Murrow Awards with the Radio Television Digital News Association.
Dena Takruri went on a ride-along with Border Patrol agents on the U.S.-Mexico border to get a firsthand look at how people who have just crossed into the U.S. experience their first encounter with U.S. law enforcement.
U.S. border agents have long been criticized for abuses along the Mexican border, but there’s trouble up north too. Officers stationed on the U.S.-Canada border are under fire for racially profiling and harassing people of color. Dena Takruri speaks to the latest people to blow the whistle – officers within Customs and Border Protection
Nestle, the world’s largest food and beverage company, bottles Michigan’s water for next to nothing and sells it at great profit. And the state has just approved its request to pump even more, despite the failed promise of jobs and 80,000 public comments against Nestle. Meanwhile, just two hours away, Flint still doesn't have clean water. AJ+'s Dena Takruri meets those who have a stake in this fight, including local environmentalists, a tribal citizen, ordinary residents and a Nestle spokeswoman.
Vieques, Puerto Rico: The island that was used by the U.S. Navy as a training ground for war for 60 years. Today, half of Vieques is a toxic Superfund site because the Navy is still cleaning up their leftover bombs – by literally exploding them.
Dena Takruri went on a ride-along with Border Patrol agents on the U.S.-Mexico border to get a firsthand look at how people who have just crossed into the U.S. experience their first encounter with U.S. law enforcement.
AJ+'s Dena Takruri returns to Flint for the 4-year anniversary of the water crisis. Officials here say the water is safe, but residents still don't trust them. And since the state of Michigan stopped providing free bottled water, people here are forced to pay some of the highest bills in the country for water they don't even use. When will this crisis be over?
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