Alessandra Bergamin
@alessandrabergamin.bsky.social
Journalist — international environmental violence & human rights
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Work: In These Times, The Baffler, Atmos, Alta, Harpers, Waging Nonviolence
Find me on IG: @_alessandrabergamin
https://campsite.bio/alessandrabergamin
she/her 🌈 🫒 🐡 🧿
Work: In These Times, The Baffler, Atmos, Alta, Harpers, Waging Nonviolence
Find me on IG: @_alessandrabergamin
https://campsite.bio/alessandrabergamin
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Meet The Women Survivors of the World’s Worst Industrial Disaster | Atmos
Forty years after a pesticide company leaked toxic chemicals into the air and water of Bhopal, these women are still fighting for justice.
atmos.earth
1. Last October, for Atmos magazine, I spent time in Bhopal, India, speaking with survivors of the 1984 Bhopal Gas Leak — the world’s worst chemical disaster.
atmos.earth/meet-the-wom...
atmos.earth/meet-the-wom...
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Congratulations Alessandra, and if anyone hasn't read this story read it now. We need to connect these dots to the dangers that some Americans are waking up to now for the first time.
So very honored that my @inthesetimes.com investigation on U.S. security assistance fueling violence against environmental defenders won an award from @coveringclimatenow.org.
September 20, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Congratulations Alessandra, and if anyone hasn't read this story read it now. We need to connect these dots to the dangers that some Americans are waking up to now for the first time.
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For @inthesetimes.com, @alessandrabergamin.bsky.social compiles data on the past decade of violence against environmental defenders in 10 countries. Conservatively, she estimates 573 killings took place, with close to half involving state authorities. inthesetimes.com/article/bran...
October 16, 2025 at 8:22 PM
For @inthesetimes.com, @alessandrabergamin.bsky.social compiles data on the past decade of violence against environmental defenders in 10 countries. Conservatively, she estimates 573 killings took place, with close to half involving state authorities. inthesetimes.com/article/bran...
So very honored that my @inthesetimes.com investigation on U.S. security assistance fueling violence against environmental defenders won an award from @coveringclimatenow.org.
September 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
So very honored that my @inthesetimes.com investigation on U.S. security assistance fueling violence against environmental defenders won an award from @coveringclimatenow.org.
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Leonardo José Colmenares Solórzano, a 31-year-old Venezuelan, wants the world to know that he was tortured over four months in a Salvadoran prison.
He said guards stomped on his hands, poured filthy water into his ears and threatened to beat him.
He said guards stomped on his hands, poured filthy water into his ears and threatened to beat him.
Now That They’re Free, Venezuelan Men Want the World to Know What They Endured in CECOT
Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration say they endured months of physical and mental abuse inside a Salvadoran prison. Though happy to be home, they say the fact that they were released…
www.propublica.org
August 3, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Leonardo José Colmenares Solórzano, a 31-year-old Venezuelan, wants the world to know that he was tortured over four months in a Salvadoran prison.
He said guards stomped on his hands, poured filthy water into his ears and threatened to beat him.
He said guards stomped on his hands, poured filthy water into his ears and threatened to beat him.
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So thrilled to see @alessandrabergamin.bsky.social win the ASJA's award for environmental/climate/sustainability reporting for her 2024 @inthesetimes.com investigation "The Death Squads Hunting Environmental Defenders." I can't overstate how much painstaking reporting & research she put into this.
July 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
So thrilled to see @alessandrabergamin.bsky.social win the ASJA's award for environmental/climate/sustainability reporting for her 2024 @inthesetimes.com investigation "The Death Squads Hunting Environmental Defenders." I can't overstate how much painstaking reporting & research she put into this.
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If you do good journalism & report accurately, you convey a worldview that is broadly congenial to liberals & infuriating to the right (not in every case, but generally). Journalism has to choose. And it is choosing, over and over again, to betray itself.
Donald Trump and the rise of tribal epistemology
Journalism cannot be neutral toward a threat to the conditions that make it possible.
www.vox.com
July 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
If you do good journalism & report accurately, you convey a worldview that is broadly congenial to liberals & infuriating to the right (not in every case, but generally). Journalism has to choose. And it is choosing, over and over again, to betray itself.
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Thanks for the kind words, @alessandrabergamin.bsky.social! To join Alessandra in SEJ’s incredible community of environmental journalists, educators and students, apply now: www.sej.org/how-to-join-...
More on Alessandra and her work: www.sej.org/sejspotlight...
More on Alessandra and her work: www.sej.org/sejspotlight...
May 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Thanks for the kind words, @alessandrabergamin.bsky.social! To join Alessandra in SEJ’s incredible community of environmental journalists, educators and students, apply now: www.sej.org/how-to-join-...
More on Alessandra and her work: www.sej.org/sejspotlight...
More on Alessandra and her work: www.sej.org/sejspotlight...
1. Last October, for Atmos magazine, I spent time in Bhopal, India, speaking with survivors of the 1984 Bhopal Gas Leak — the world’s worst chemical disaster.
atmos.earth/meet-the-wom...
atmos.earth/meet-the-wom...
Meet The Women Survivors of the World’s Worst Industrial Disaster | Atmos
Forty years after a pesticide company leaked toxic chemicals into the air and water of Bhopal, these women are still fighting for justice.
atmos.earth
March 31, 2025 at 9:08 PM
1. Last October, for Atmos magazine, I spent time in Bhopal, India, speaking with survivors of the 1984 Bhopal Gas Leak — the world’s worst chemical disaster.
atmos.earth/meet-the-wom...
atmos.earth/meet-the-wom...
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Imagine identifying a crisis, working for decades to see it solved, and then have to watch it return
US could see return of acid rain due to Trump’s rollbacks, says scientist who discovered it
US could see return of acid rain due to Trump’s rollbacks, says scientist who discovered it
Gene Likens, who first identified acidic rainwater in 1960s, said the Trump administration’s ‘rollbacks are alarming’
www.theguardian.com
March 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Imagine identifying a crisis, working for decades to see it solved, and then have to watch it return
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NEW: these women survived the world’s worst industrial disaster.
Forty years later, they’re still fighting for accountability.
@alessandrabergamin.bsky.social for @atmosmagazine.bsky.social
Forty years later, they’re still fighting for accountability.
@alessandrabergamin.bsky.social for @atmosmagazine.bsky.social
Meet The Women Survivors of the World’s Worst Industrial Disaster | Atmos
Forty years after a pesticide company leaked toxic chemicals into the air and water of Bhopal, these women are still fighting for justice.
atmos.earth
March 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
NEW: these women survived the world’s worst industrial disaster.
Forty years later, they’re still fighting for accountability.
@alessandrabergamin.bsky.social for @atmosmagazine.bsky.social
Forty years later, they’re still fighting for accountability.
@alessandrabergamin.bsky.social for @atmosmagazine.bsky.social
Luz — the vice-president of Kababaihang Nagtataglay ng Bihirang Lakas (KNBL) or women with extraordinary strength — shows me around her garden in the district of Tugbok on the Philippine island of Mindanao.
#InternationalWomensDay
#InternationalWomensDay
March 9, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Luz — the vice-president of Kababaihang Nagtataglay ng Bihirang Lakas (KNBL) or women with extraordinary strength — shows me around her garden in the district of Tugbok on the Philippine island of Mindanao.
#InternationalWomensDay
#InternationalWomensDay
A few photos from reporting in the Philippine's far northern Cordillera region. L-R:
- Lolo with little one in Hapid, Lamut.
- Rice paddy and carabao in Lagawe.
- Marceline and Virgi pick starfruit and guava in the hamlet of Olilicon.
- Lolo with little one in Hapid, Lamut.
- Rice paddy and carabao in Lagawe.
- Marceline and Virgi pick starfruit and guava in the hamlet of Olilicon.
March 5, 2025 at 12:22 AM
A few photos from reporting in the Philippine's far northern Cordillera region. L-R:
- Lolo with little one in Hapid, Lamut.
- Rice paddy and carabao in Lagawe.
- Marceline and Virgi pick starfruit and guava in the hamlet of Olilicon.
- Lolo with little one in Hapid, Lamut.
- Rice paddy and carabao in Lagawe.
- Marceline and Virgi pick starfruit and guava in the hamlet of Olilicon.
I recently relaunched Defender — a newsletter about environmental violence and human rights — with a post about the anniversary of the killing of Berta Cáceres and global solidarity among environmental defenders around the world.
Subscribe here: defender.beehiiv.com
Subscribe here: defender.beehiiv.com
March 5, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I recently relaunched Defender — a newsletter about environmental violence and human rights — with a post about the anniversary of the killing of Berta Cáceres and global solidarity among environmental defenders around the world.
Subscribe here: defender.beehiiv.com
Subscribe here: defender.beehiiv.com
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NEW from @dropsitenews.com: In Sudan, Doctors Forced to Operate in Shipping Containers Buried Underground
Healthcare facilities have been heavily attacked in the conflict between the RSF and the Sudanese National Army.
Story by Eisa Dafalla
www.dropsitenews.com/p/in-sudan-d...
Healthcare facilities have been heavily attacked in the conflict between the RSF and the Sudanese National Army.
Story by Eisa Dafalla
www.dropsitenews.com/p/in-sudan-d...
In Sudan, Doctors Forced to Operate in Shipping Containers Buried Underground
Healthcare facilities have come under heavy attack in the conflict between the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese National Army
www.dropsitenews.com
February 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
NEW from @dropsitenews.com: In Sudan, Doctors Forced to Operate in Shipping Containers Buried Underground
Healthcare facilities have been heavily attacked in the conflict between the RSF and the Sudanese National Army.
Story by Eisa Dafalla
www.dropsitenews.com/p/in-sudan-d...
Healthcare facilities have been heavily attacked in the conflict between the RSF and the Sudanese National Army.
Story by Eisa Dafalla
www.dropsitenews.com/p/in-sudan-d...
Looking at photos from my reporting trip in central India last year (while I procrastinate from writing the actual story) and remembering what a privilege it was to spend time with this group of women — the story will be out in March.
February 3, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Looking at photos from my reporting trip in central India last year (while I procrastinate from writing the actual story) and remembering what a privilege it was to spend time with this group of women — the story will be out in March.
Reposted by Alessandra Bergamin
Amazed by the risky but important work by Wally, Gina, Robert and the rest of @latimesphotos.bsky.social team to capture the devastation and humanity of all the fires raging across L.A. County.
Stunning and humbling images 👇🏼
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Stunning and humbling images 👇🏼
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Photos: Southland battling multiple wildfires, fueled by fierce Santa Ana winds
Firefighters scrambled to corral a fast-moving wildfire in the Los Angeles hillsides dotted with celebrity homes as a “life-threatening, destructive” windstorm hit Southern California, fanning the bla...
www.latimes.com
January 9, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Amazed by the risky but important work by Wally, Gina, Robert and the rest of @latimesphotos.bsky.social team to capture the devastation and humanity of all the fires raging across L.A. County.
Stunning and humbling images 👇🏼
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Stunning and humbling images 👇🏼
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Perhaps no better way to start using this app in earnest than posting a thread of a few of my favorite stories from this year...
December 31, 2024 at 8:17 PM
Perhaps no better way to start using this app in earnest than posting a thread of a few of my favorite stories from this year...
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On the occasion of Global Witness's new report on the murder of environmental activists worldwide, make time for Alessandra Bergamin's stunning @inthesetimesmag.bsky.social investigation about how that's played out in the Philippines, with U.S. government complicity. inthesetimes.com/article/bran...
The Death Squads Hunting Environmental Defenders
Around the world, government forces regularly attack environmental activists with impunity—and U.S. support.
inthesetimes.com
September 11, 2024 at 2:27 PM
On the occasion of Global Witness's new report on the murder of environmental activists worldwide, make time for Alessandra Bergamin's stunning @inthesetimesmag.bsky.social investigation about how that's played out in the Philippines, with U.S. government complicity. inthesetimes.com/article/bran...
Reposted by Alessandra Bergamin
In 2019, US activist Brandon Lee narrowly survived an assassination attempt widely attributed to the Philippine military. In this yearlong, blockbuster investigation @inthesetimesmag.bsky.social @alessandrabergamin.bsky.social finds Lee's case is far from an anomaly inthesetimes.com/article/bran...
The Death Squads Hunting Environmental Defenders
Around the world, government forces regularly attack environmental activists with impunity—and U.S. support.
inthesetimes.com
July 10, 2024 at 2:32 PM
In 2019, US activist Brandon Lee narrowly survived an assassination attempt widely attributed to the Philippine military. In this yearlong, blockbuster investigation @inthesetimesmag.bsky.social @alessandrabergamin.bsky.social finds Lee's case is far from an anomaly inthesetimes.com/article/bran...