Aurora Almendral Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

I was a senior correspondent on the global economy desk, writing news, features and investigations about economic disruption in the wake of pandemic, war and climate crisis, with a focus on shipping and supply chains, the climate economy and labor. I led a four-part investigative series on how the pandemic sparked a global bidding war for nursees, reported.

Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines

I covered breaking news in the Philippines for NBC's TV news and video verticals, including natural disasters, mass shootings, conflict, protests and presidential visits. For NBC's experimental video unit, I produced and directed documentaries on loneliness in Japan, the American far right in Texas and Florida, and global networks of child sexual.

Philippines

I wrote features and news analyses from the Philippines starting in 2016, at the start of Rodrigo Duterte's presidency, a period that saw tens of thousands of state-sponsored killings, increased threats of violence against critics, and the swift deterioration of democratic norms. I covered Duterte’s victims, supporters, enemies and cronies, as well as.

I have written and reported from five continents for National Geographic Magazine. My stories have included a three-part series on trans women migrating from Honduras, through Mexico into the United States, death rituals during Duterte's bloody drug war in the Philippines, and a 31-page feature on women and migration, published in 2022.

Based in Manila and Bangkok, I covered Asia and beyond for leading global news organizations. I’m primarily a writer, but adapt quickly to multi-platform storytelling with a strong sense of sound and visuals. I collaborate closely with photographers, and have won awards for my video documentaries and podcasts.My work was published or broadcast by The New.

Spain

I researched informal economies and shadow banking systems among Moroccan and Senegalese immigrants in Madrid. Prior to my research grant in Spain, I had a six-month Fulbright fellowship for intensive Arabic study in Morocco.

New York, New York, United States

I was a socioeconomic researcher for the UN Department of Social and Economic Affairs, where I contributed to reports and wrote talking points and speeches.

Art & Art History

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