In a Time of Extreme Peril, Burmese Journalists Tell Stories From the Shadows

A pro-democracy sign is held aloft at a demonstration outside the United Nations office in Bangkok, Thailand, on Feb. 1, 2024, the third anniversary of Myanmar's military coup. Photo: Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images.

For 20 years, husband-wife team Jerry Redfern and Karen Coates reported on environmental and social issues from Southeast Asia. In that time they also taught journalism seminars, particularly in Myanmar in the lead-up to its democratic opening in 2012. Today, Redfern is a reporter with Capital & Main and Coates is fellowship editor at Mongabay. The two recently returned to their past home in Thailand and caught up with old friends now living there.

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