Covering corruption, coups, and war crimes in the Middle East
ICIJ’s Cairo-based investigative reporter Maggie Michael talks about the challenges of unearthing secrets and atrocities in a region where threats to press freedom abound. May 3, 2021 In 2018, Maggie Michael talks with two boys as part of her reporting on children forced to guard checkpoints and fight on the front lines during Yemen’s war.
In nearly two decades as a journalist covering the Middle East and North Africa, Maggie Michael has learned a few things.
For Michael a Cairo-based reporter for the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists one lesson stands out above all others.