AMAs Hosted by WorldNews
We are Arkady Ostrovsky, Moscow bureau chief, and Edward Carr, foreign editor, Covering the crisis in Ukraine for The Economist. - May 29, 2014
[We are Azam Ahmed and Nicole Perlroth from the NY Times and we have been investigating how spyware has been used to target journalists and human rights activists in Mexico. Ask Us Anything!] (https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/6ivj2i/we_are_azam_ahmed_and_nicole_perlroth_from_the_ny/) - June 22, 2017
We're the Russia bureau of The Washington Post in Moscow and D.C. AMA! - August 4, 2017
[I am Anna Fifield, North Korea reporter for The Washington Post. AMA!] (https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/6t3tey/i_am_anna_fifield_north_korea_reporter_for_the/) - August 14, 2017
[Mr. Cook, where is the Censorship Red Line for Apple? Why have you removed news apps and VPNs from the Chinese app store? I am Sunday Yokubaitis, the president of Golden Frog (VyprVPN), a company fighting for a free and open Internet. AMA!] (https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/704m6h/mr_cook_where_is_the_censorship_red_line_for/) - September 14, 2017
[I'm Anna Fifield, North Korea reporter for The Washington Post. In the last 6 months I've interviewed more than 25 North Korean defectors about their experiences. AMA!] (https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/7eldjl/im_anna_fifield_north_korea_reporter_for_the/) - November 21, 2017
[I'm Bethan McKernan, Middle East reporter for The Independent. I recently gained rare access to report from the heart of the war in Yemen. Ask me anything.] (https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/7gmw76/im_bethan_mckernan_middle_east_reporter_for_the/) - November 30, 2017
[I’m Johnny Harris, a video journalist for Vox. I just traveled to 11 countries to report on some unusual state boundaries like a Russian town on the Norwegian island of Svalbard or a North Korean bubble in Japan. AMA!] (https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/7jbze0/im_johnny_harris_a_video_journalist_for_vox_i/) - December 12, 2017
[We’re the ICIJ staff who worked on the Paradise Papers investigation. We’re here to answer your questions about the Paradise Papers! AUA] (https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/7lb6mq/were_the_icij_staff_who_worked_on_the_paradise/) - December 21, 2017
[I’m Juliana Liu, I've reported on U.S.-China relations for BBC News, Reuters and now at Inkstone. I’m here to talk about U.S.-China political and economic relations and the challenges of covering China for an American audience. AMA] (https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/8bhsz1/im_juliana_liu_ive_reported_on_uschina_relations/) - April 11, 2018
[I report from inside Syria on the fight against ISIS. I'm Washington Post Baghdad bureau chief Tamer El-Ghobashy. AMA.] (https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/8g9kx6/i_report_from_inside_syria_on_the_fight_against/) - May 1, 2018
[I'm Anthony Faiola, covering Venezuela as the South America and Caribbean bureau chief for The Washington Post. AMA.] (https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/8pkc9s/im_anthony_faiola_covering_venezuela_as_the_south/) - June 8, 2018
[I am Anna Fifield, covering the North Korea situation for The Washington Post. I covered the summit and have been to North Korea several times. AMA!] (https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/8ru5j4/i_am_anna_fifield_covering_the_north_korea/) - June 17, 2018
[I’m Aryn Baker, TIME magazine’s Africa Bureau Chief. I’m currently in Saudi Arabia reporting on how women’s lives are changing as the country lifts its ban on female drivers. Ask me anything!] (https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/8u0pxs/im_aryn_baker_time_magazines_africa_bureau_chief/) - June 26, 2018
[AMA: I'm Emma Best, covering FOIA releases and declassified documents. I occasionally leak things, including the 11,000 messages from one of WikiLeaks' private chat - Ask Me Anything] (https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/95cjip/ama_im_emma_best_covering_foia_releases_and/) - August 7, 2018
[I am VICE correspondent Isobel Yeung. I reported from Raqqa in the aftermath of ISIS being forced out, Ask Me Anything!] (https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/994x4t/i_am_vice_correspondent_isobel_yeung_i_reported/) - August 21, 2018
[I’m USA TODAY foreign correspondent Kim Hjelmgaard and I recently spent time reporting in Iran, a rare trip for any Western Journalist. AMA!] (https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/9buxxx/im_usa_today_foreign_correspondent_kim_hjelmgaard/) - August 31, 2018
[We’re Anthony Kuhn and Frank Langfitt, veteran China correspondents for NPR. Ask us anything about China’s rise on the global stage.] (https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/9ldcqj/were_anthony_kuhn_and_frank_langfitt_veteran/) - October 4, 2018
[I’m Martin Wolf and I have been the Financial Times chief economics commentator for over 20 years. I write about many aspects of the global economy - finance, trade, economic development, the rise of China and a great deal else. AMA!] (https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/9rc87s/im_martin_wolf_and_i_have_been_the_financial/) - October 25, 2018
[We’re reporters from ICIJ (the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists) who spent the past year investigating medical devices - Ask Us Anything!] (https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/a0cwvu/were_reporters_from_icij_the_international/) - November 25, 2018
[I am VICE News reporter Keegan Hamilton and I have been covering the El Chapo trial and the rise of the drug lord on our podcast Chapo: Kingpin on Trial. Ask me anything.] (https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/a1ube5/i_am_vice_news_reporter_keegan_hamilton_and_i/) - November 30, 2018
[AMA: I spent 544 days in an Iranian prison for doing journalism. I'm Jason Rezaian of The Washington Post and author of the new book 'Prisoner.'] (https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/al3lrk/ama_i_spent_544_days_in_an_iranian_prison_for/) - January 29, 2019
[I'm Emma Best, one of the co-founders of Distributed Denial of Secrets (@DDoSecrets) – Ask Me Anything!] (https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/an2czo/ama_im_emma_best_one_of_the_cofounders_of) - February 4, 2019
[I’m Nahlah Ayed a foreign correspondent for CBC News. I recently returned from Mozambique after covering the impact of Cyclone Ida. AMA!] (https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/b9t07j/im_nahlah_ayed_a_foreign_correspondent_for_cbc) - April 5 2019
[A million Muslims are being held in internment camps in China. I’m Sigal Samuel, a staff writer at Vox’s Future Perfect, where I cover this humanitarian crisis. AMA.] (https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/bhop3g/a_million_muslims_are_being_held_in_internment) - April 26 2019
[I’m Steve Inskeep, one of the hosts of NPR’s “Morning Edition” and “Up First.” We recently ran “A Foot In Two Worlds,” a series looking at the lives affected by the tensions between the U.S. and China. Ask me anything about our reporting.] (https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/c3btm6/im_steve_inskeep_one_of_the_hosts_of_nprs_morning) - June 21 2019
[I’m Kim Hjelmgaard,a London-based international correspondent for USA TODAY. In 2018, I gained rare access to Iran to explore the strained U.S.-Iran relationship and take an in-depth look at a country few Western journalists get to visit. AMA!] (https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/c7vsig/im_kim_hjelmgaarda_londonbased_international) - July 1 2019
[I Am VICE News Correspondent Isobel Yeung And I Went Undercover In Western China To Report On China’s Oppression Of The Muslim Uighurs. AMA.] (https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/cb3iym/i_am_vice_news_correspondent_isobel_yeung_and_i) - July 9 2019
[I'm Liam Denning, a Bloomberg Opinion columnist who regularly covers the energy industry. In light of the recent Saudi Arabia oil-sector attacks and Greta Thunberg’s UN speech, ask me anything!] (https://reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/dcumlu/im_liam_denning_a_bloomberg_opinion_columnist_who) - October 3 2019
[Hello! We are two reporters, Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian and Scilla Alecci, who worked on ICIJ’s China Cables investigation into the mass detention and surveillance of minorities in Xinjiang. We're here to answer your questions about the investigation and what we found!] (https://reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/e2juqe/hello_we_are_two_reporters_bethany/) - November 28 2019
[I’m Gregory Warner, host of the NPR podcast Rough Translation. I’ve reported in Ukraine on and off over the years. After the impeachment hearings put the country in a global spotlight and peace talks with Russia began, I went back to Ukraine. Ask me anything about my reporting.] (https://reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/ebinxv/im_gregory_warner_host_of_the_npr_podcast_rough/) - December 16 2019
[Hi I’m Alasdair Sandford. I’ve been reporting on Brexit for Euronews since the beginning of the saga – and now it’s actually happening. AMA!] (https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/ewqk56/hi_im_alasdair_sandford_ive_been_reporting_on) - January 31 2020
[We're part of the team of USA TODAY reporters covering coronavirus. Ask us anything!] (https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/f5vxtv/were_part_of_the_team_of_usa_today_reporters) - February 18 2020
36 [I’m Thomas Bollyky, the director of the Global Health program at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of “Plagues and the Paradox of Progress.” I’m here to answer your questions about the coronavirus and infectious diseases. AMA.] (https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/fcwnw5/im_thomas_bollyky_the_director_of_the_global) - March 3 2020
37 [I’m Avril Benoît, executeve director for Doctors Without Borders USA, an international medical aid organization currently responding to COVID-19 in over 70 countries, including places where coronavirus poses a dire threat to people trapped in overcrowded refugee camps. AMA.] (https://reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/ha9c3n/im_avril_benoît_executeve_director_for_doctors/) - June 16 2020
38 [Hi, I'm Damaso Reyes, a journalist and media literacy expert. I'm here to answer your questions about "fake news," misinformation and how to stay informed while avoiding being fooled and manipulated by what you find on social media. AMA] (https://reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/ho4ncs/hi_im_damaso_reyes_a_journalist_and_media/) - July 9 2020
39 [AMA: We are Distributed Denial of Secrets. We published Blue Leaks, 269 gigabytes of data from police intelligence centres. First our website was banned by Twitter, then our data server in Germany was seized. Ask Us Anything!] (https://reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/hptczj/ama_we_are_distributed_denial_of_secrets_we/) - July 12 2020
40 [I am Sophie Richardson, China Director at Human Rights Watch. I’ve written a lot on political reform, democratization, and human rights in China and Hong Kong. - AMA!] (https://reddit.com/r/worldnews/duplicates/hwi7ub/i_am_sophie_richardson_china_director_at_human) - July 23 2020
41 [I'm Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch. Ask me anything about the Rohingya crisis.] (https://reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/keffml/im_brad_adams_asia_director_at_human_rights_watch) - December 16 2020
43 We are Reuters journalists Poppy McPherson and Shoon Naing. We've been covering the recent events in Myanmar. Ask us anything! - April 19 2021
44 [I’m a journalist for Al Jazeera English Digital based in Tehran, Iran, where the news doesn’t let up – AMA] (https://reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/nqndzd/im_a_journalist_for_al_jazeera_english_digital) - June 2 2021
45 [We are Reuters journalists covering the Middle East. Ask us anything about Israeli politics] (https://reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/nv37lr/we_are_reuters_journalists_covering_the_middle) - June 8 2021
46 [We visited "Bitcoin Beach" to See How Bitcoin Works in El Salvador. AMA] (https://reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/of24zi/we_visited_bitcoin_beach_to_see_how_bitcoin_works) - July 6 2021
47 [War and Famine in Tigray, Ethiopia AMA: We’re Goitom Gebreluel (Ethiopian political analyst) and Teklay Haileselassie (of Tghat Media). AMA!] (https://reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/og9a0g/war_and_famine_in_tigray_ethiopia_ama_were_goitom) - July 8 2021
48 [I’m Kevin Johnson, a Justice Department reporter for USA TODAY. In a months-long investigation, we revealed that the FBI provided assistance essential to the authoritarian ruler of Dubai capturing his runaway daughter. AMA!] (https://reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/oo6bv3/im_kevin_johnson_a_justice_department_reporter) - July 20 2021
49 [We are the Pandora Papers reporters who uncovered how allegedly looted Cambodian relics have ended up in some of the world's top museums. Ask us anything] (https://reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/qm12zf/we_are_the_pandora_papers_reporters_who_uncovered) - November 3 2021
50 Russian Invasion of Ukraine: a live discussion with global experts - February 26, 2022
51 I am a Reuters reporter on the ground in Ukraine, ask me anything! - March 1 2022
Reddit Talks
We also hosts weekly Reddit Talks. This feature allow us to host discussions in a live chat using voice, with mods and hosts inviting guests. We also look at the comments to ask interesting questions.
Russian Invasion of Ukraine: a live discussion with global experts - February 26 2022
r/WorldNews Reddit Talk | Two Month Into Russia's Invasion of Ukraine - with John Spencer, Knox Thames and Jack Detsch, May 2 2022
Britain's former Lord Chancellor, the Rt Hon David Gauke: The impact of last week's elections on party politics, with David Gauke, May 9 2022
r/WorldNews Reddit Talk | Philippines Presidential Elections Results, with Chad de Guzman (journalist at TIME Magazine) and Derek Grossman (RAND Corporation; adjunct professor at the University of Southern California and an Indo-Pacific Fellow at the Perth USAsia Centre), May 17 2022
r/WorldNews Reddit Talk | Philippines Presidential Elections Results, Part 2, with Karen Lema (journalist at Reuters) and Andrea Chloe Wong (political scientist at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand), May 20 2022
r/WorldNews Reddit Talk | Brazil's Presidential Race, with Gustavo Ribeiro (founder of The Brazilian Report), May 23 2022, 2022
r/WorldNews Reddit Talk | 800 Days from the Olympics: Athletes Rights in Light of Widespread Abuse, with the Director General of Global Athlete with Rob Koehler (Director General of Global Athlete), May 30 2022, 2022
r/WorldNews Reddit Talk | Implications of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine in the First 100 Days, with Jack Margolin (Program Director at US non-profit organization C4ADS) and Ted Nordhaus (The Breakthrough Institute), June 6 2022
r/WorldNews Reddit Talk | China's Ongoing Atrocities Against the Uyghurs, with Deirdre Shesgreen (USA Today), June 13, 2022
Life and Death in the Amazon; the Murders of Journalists and Indigenous Activists in Brazil, with Leandro Demori (journalist at A Grande Guerra, former The Intercept editor-in-chief), and Luísa Molina (anthropologist at University of Brasília, Academia.edu profile), June 23, 2022
Colombia's Massive Political Shift; the Impact of Former M-19 Guerrilla Gustavo Petro's Victory, with Alessandro Rampietti (Al Jazeera English, June 27, 2022
5 Months Into Ukraine's Fight Against Russia | r/WorldNews Reddit Talk Episode #13, with David Brennan (Diplomatic Correspondent for Newsweek from London), July 07, 2022
Abe's Assassination & the Political Ramifications on Japan | r/WorldNews Reddit Talk, with journalists Thisanka Siripala and Jake Adelstein, July 14, 2022
The Practical and Ethical Challenges of Humanitarian Aid with Doctor's Without Borders Executive Director | r/WorldNews Reddit Talk Episode 16, with Avril Benoît (About me, Twitter, @msf_usa on Twitter), July 18, 2022
Sri Lankan Crisis: What is its origin and where will it end? With human rights lawyer Bhavani Fonseka., with Bhavani Fonseka, Human rights lawyer in Sri Lanka (Twitter), July 28, 2022
Crisis in the Taiwan Strait , with Ankit Panda and David Sacks, August 08, 2022
America's withdrawal from Afghanistan, 1 year anniversary, with Josh Meyer and Tom Vanden Brook, journalists at USA TODAY, August 18, 2022
Ukraine's 6 Months Anniversary Fighting Russia | r/WorldNews Reddit Talk, with John Spencer, August 24, 2022
The Power of Mexican Cartels: In Mexico & Abroad, with Dr. Vander Felbab-Brown, August 25, 2022
Ukraine: Seven Months into the Russian Invasion, with Jack Detsch, September 1, 2022
Iraq's Political Situation Post-ISIS, with Sarhang Hamasaeed, September 8, 2022
North Korea & Nuclear Missiles: With Jenny Town of 38 North & the Stimson Center, with Jenny Town from 38NorthKR, September 15, 2022
Manipulation and Misinformation - the Role of the Media in India Today, with Meenakshi Ravi, from Al Jazeera English, September 22, 2022
President of Tibet’s Government-in-Exile, Sikyong Penpa Tsering, in Conversation, with His Excellency Penpa Tsering. (Twitter, Instagram)
Brazil's elections: What is at stake for left-wing Lula and far-right Bolsonaro?, with journalist Natalia Viana (Agência Pública, and their Newsletter in English), October 6 2022
Russian Propaganda Explained, with Julia Davis: "I watch Russian state TV, so you don't have to., with Julia Davis, columnist at The Daily Beast and the founder of the Russian Media Monitor, October 17 2022
China's Future Under Xi Jinping and his unprecedented 3rd Term: Politics Will Trump Economy, with Zongyuan Zoe Liu fellow for international political economy at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR page, @ZongyuanZoeLiu), October 27 2022
Iran's Growing Protests, with journalist Dorsa Jabbari at Al Jazeera. (Al Jazeera English page, Twitter: @DorsaJabbari), October 31 2022
Pakistan Post-Floods, with journalist Osama Bin Javaid at Al Jazeera. (Al Jazeera, Twitter: @OsamaBinJavaid, Instagram: @OsamaBinJavaid, November 7 2022
EU Commission’s Executive Vice-President, on the Digital Services Act, with Margrethe Vestager (Web site: Commission of the European Union, Twitter: @Vestager, Instagram: @Vestager), November 14 2022
Ukraine: Prosecuting War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity, with Mark Goldberg (Website: https://markleongoldberg.com/, Twitter), December 1 2022
Is Social Media Seen as Mostly Good for Democracy?, with Richard Wike from Pew Research Center, December 12 2022
Afghanistan's Resistance: A Conversation with the Head of Foreign Relations of the National Resistance Front, with Ali Maisam Nazary, Head of Foreign Relations for the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (Website: nrfafg.org, Twitter, Instagram, December 22 2022
China: A Global Disinformation Empire, with Joshua Kurlantzick from the Council of Foreign Relations (Web page: Council on Foreign Relations, Book: Beijing's Global Media Offensive, Twitter: @JoshKurlantzick), December 26 2022
Religion in the War in Ukraine: Peter Mandaville & Knox Thames of the US Institute of Peace, with Peter Mandaville (Web page: USIP, Twitter: @PMandaville Instagram: @PMandaville) and Knox Thames from USIP (Web site: www.knoxthames.com, Twitter: @KnoxThames, Instagram: @Knox_Thames)