Ottavia Spaggiari

New York

Investigative Journalist and Writer at Freelance

Investigative journalist and writer - Adjunct @CUNY, previously @columbiajourn @CNNI. Words in The Guardian, The New Yorker, Slate and others

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Articles

Mining the Past, Threatening the Future

2 weeks ago | thenation.com | Ottavia Spaggiari

In August 2024, the Hualapai Tribe could finally breathe a sigh of relief. After a five-year fight, a US District Court for the District of Arizona granted a temporary restraining order to block a lithium drilling operation that was threatening their land and one of their most sacred sites.
Mining the Past, Threatening the Future

3 weeks ago | thenation.com | Ottavia Spaggiari

In August 2024, the Hualapai Tribe could finally breathe a sigh of relief. After a five-year fight, a US District Court for the District of Arizona granted a temporary restraining order to block a lithium drilling operation that was threatening their land and one of their most sacred sites.
Climate Change Is Making It Harder For Tribes To Gain Federal Recognition

Jul 30, 2024 | thenation.com | Ottavia Spaggiari

Can we count on you? In the coming election, the fate of our democracy and fundamental civil rights are on the ballot. The conservative architects of Project 2025 are scheming to institutionalize Donald Trump’s authoritarian vision across all levels of government if he should win. We’ve already seen events that fill us with both dread and cautious optimism—throughout it all, The Nation has been a bulwark against misinformation and an advocate for bold, principled perspectives.
Eroding Indigenous Sovereignty - The Margin

Jul 30, 2024 | themargin.us | Ottavia Spaggiari

As a record-breaking hurricane headed toward the United Houma Nation’s ancestral and current homeland, Melanie Liner was in the eye of an existential crisis. It was August 2021, on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, when a category 3 storm named Ida suddenly upgraded to a category 4, catching many by surprise. Fueled by warming ocean temperatures, the storm had rapidly intensified in the Gulf of Mexico and stalled for hours in southern Louisiana.
Magmatic School of Environmental Journalism

Jul 26, 2024 | magma-mag.net | Marta Vidal |Jonathan Moens |Ottavia Spaggiari

Applications are now closed for the first edition of the Magmatic School of Environmental Journalism, to be held online from October 2024 to February 2025. The deadline to apply was August 30. &nbsp Six to nine early-career journalists based in southern Europe will be selected to participate in this hands-on five-month program. The program aims to enhance their skills in environmental reporting and narrative writing while expanding their portfolios.
How European countries wrongfully classify children seeking asylum as adults

Apr 10, 2024 | wearesolomon.com | Iliana Papangeli |Ottavia Spaggiari |Isobel Thompson

In July 2015, a Gambian teenager named Omar boarded a dinghy in Libya and crossed the Mediterranean Sea. Hours after landing in Italy, he was accused of steering the boat and arrested for people smuggling – a charge levelled against many asylum seekers and migrants attempting to reach Europe. Omar, whose name has been changed to protect his identity, told Italian authorities that he was 16 – a minor. But they didn’t believe him and X-rayed his hand and wrist to determine his age.
How European countries wrongfully classify children seeking asylum as adults

Apr 10, 2024 | thenewhumanitarian.org | Ottavia Spaggiari |Isobel Thompson |Iliana Papangeli

Republish this articleIn July 2015, a Gambian teenager named Omar boarded a dinghy in Libya and crossed the Mediterranean Sea. Hours after landing in Italy, he was accused of steering the boat and arrested for people smuggling – a charge levelled against many asylum seekers and migrants attempting to reach Europe. Omar, whose name has been changed to protect his identity, told the Italian authorities he was 16 – a minor.
How European countries wrongfully classify children seeking asylum as adults

Apr 10, 2024 | rb.gy | Ottavia Spaggiari |Isobel Thompson |Iliana Papangeli

Republish this articleIn July 2015, a Gambian teenager named Omar boarded a dinghy in Libya and crossed the Mediterranean Sea. Hours after landing in Italy, he was accused of steering the boat and arrested for people smuggling – a charge levelled against many asylum seekers and migrants attempting to reach Europe. Omar, whose name has been changed to protect his identity, told the Italian authorities he was 16 – a minor.
Le risaie della valle del Po a rischio per la siccità

Mar 28, 2024 | internazionale.it | Ottavia Spaggiari

Fino alla primavera del 2022 Luigi Ferraris, 58 anni, coltivatore di riso a Mortara, nella pianura padana, era ancora fiducioso. Le piogge erano diminuite del 40 per cento nei primi sei mesi dell’anno e sulle Alpi la neve era poca. Questo aveva provocato un calo dell’88 per cento della quantità d’acqua che arrivava al Po dal manto nevoso. Il fiume e i canali erano ai minimi storici, ma nonostante questo Ferraris credeva che la situazione sarebbe tornata alla normalità.
Migrant workers exploited, abused in Italy’s prized fine wine vineyards

Mar 19, 2024 | aljazeera.com | Ottavia Spaggiari

Names marked with an asterisk have been changed to protect identities.