​Foreign Reports

Can Kazakhstan Bury Its Nuclear Past?
Forgetting the site where Russia became a nuclear power comes with its own risks.

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International​
​Investigation

Kazakhstan's Bloody January
​Six-Part Series

Two Medias, Three Languages

Entire Six-Day Series in English                     Entire Six-Day Series in Russian                   Entire Six-Day Series in Kazakh

​Day 1, Zhanaozen to Aktau

English version
Russian version*
​Kazakh version*

Day 4, Ust-Kamenogorsk to Kokshetau

English version
Russian version
​Kazakh version

Day 2, Aktobe to Atyrau

English version
Russian version
​Kazakh version

*Note Russian and Kazakh versions may require a VPN set to Kazakhstan

Day 5, Taraz to Shymkent

English version 
Russian version
​Kazakh version

Day 3, Uralsk to Kyzylorda 

English version
Russian version
​Kazakh version

Day 6, Almaty

English version 
Russian version
​​Kazakh version

​​International​
​Investigation

Kazakh Journalist Says He Took Money to Delete a Businessman's Name in a Story

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Foreign Reports

Kazakhstan Blogger is Arrested on Suspicion of Extorting More Than $100,000

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​International​
​Investigation

Part I​: Uzbekistan's Soviet Legacy Lives on in Its Treatment of Journalists 

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Extreme Travel

Decades after nuclear disaster, tourism is booming in Chernobyl

​Foreign Reports Interview

Voice of America Interview with Cheryl Reed

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​International​
​Investigation

Part II​: Uzbekistan's Journalists: "Censorship in Our Minds and Hearts" 

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Historical Travel

Third Place Winner in the Society of American Travel Writers

​This Nuclear Ghost Town is Luring Tourists

Foreign ​Reports

Foreign ​Reports

​She was jailed. She was harassed. But this journalist in Azerbaijan finds new ways to battle alleged rights abuses

Belarusian media is ‘on the edge of survival’ amid crackdown

​Foreign Reports

The journalist running for president in Ukraine

Foreign Reports

In Times of War, Investigative Reporting is a Hard Sell in Ukraine

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Media Commentary

Why I turned to fiction to write about opioids

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Financial Report

Photo by Ajah Suresh

Fed Must Be Cautious About Rate Increases With Inflation Low, Kocherlakota Says

Magazine Investigation

Newspaper Investigation

Inside the "don't ask, don't tell" policy of the Catholic church.

Wounded Warrior Series proved that Illinois disabled veterans were the worst compensated in the nation.

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Photography

Story, Photos and Videos by Cheryl Reed

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Television

Bill O'Reilly doesn't like an editorial I wrote in which we say that students should be able to protest the war without facing a ten-day suspension.

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​Radio

WGN's After Hours with Rick Kogan

WGN

Rick Kogan interviews Cheryl Reed on her  book, Unveiled: The Hidden Lives of Nuns

NPR

WYSO

 DIY-MFA Podcast