Emily Judem

Multimedia Editor, The GroundTruth Project

GlobalPost

Emily Judem is multimedia editor at The GroundTruth Project, a foundation-supported initiative dedicated to training the next generation of foreign correspondents in the digital age. It is focused on issues of social justice including human rights, freedom of expression, emerging democracies, the environment, religious affairs and global health, producing Special Reports and continuing coverage for GlobalPost and other key partners. Emily has led the multimedia production for GlobalPost Special Reports on a range of topics including youth unemployment, women's rights, HIV/AIDS and child health. The series she co-led on child health, "Step by Step: The path to ending child mortality," won the 2013 AHCJ Award for global health reporting. Her work has also appeared on the BBC, Capital New York, Huffington Post, Columbia Journalism Review and others.

Before joining GlobalPost, Emily worked as online communications manager at Root Capital, an international development organization based in Cambridge, Mass. There she managed the organization's website and produced multimedia stories about Root Capital's clients in Latin America and Africa. Emily also spent a year teaching kindergarten in Quito, Ecuador, and six months studying Spanish in Salamanca, Spain. She holds an M.S. in digital media journalism from Columbia University and a B.A. in American studies from Colby College.


Micronutrients: The smartest investment the world can make

Politics

The Copenhagen Consensus 2012 Expert Panel put micronutrients at the top of their list of worthy investments. Dr. Klaus Kraemer explains why they’re essential to fighting malnourishment.

Truvada: A Delayed Decision

Politics

USAID’s Rajiv Shah: ‘End preventable child deaths in a generation’

Politics

Examining the Global Fund: Successes, failures and challenges ahead

Politics

Child survival conference sets zero-death goal

Politics

The case for condoms: Washington, DC’s public distribution campaign

Politics

Washington, DC is one of only a handful of US cities with public sector condom distribution campaigns. Why are there so few, while in other parts of the world, they are so common?

A Forgotten Anniversary: PEPFAR’s real birthday

Politics

Ten years ago today President Bush stepped into the Rose Garden to announce a $500 million program to stop the transmission of HIV passed from mothers to children during birth. That announcement is what led the way to PEPFAR.

Thanking Goodness: Community care workers and HIV/AIDS patients help each other in South Africa

Politics

PEPFAR is moving to support local leadership and implementation capacity for AIDS care and treatment. And given the South African health system’s weaknesses in the face of the magnitude of AIDS and TB, that means an investment in people like Goodness Henama –– lay listeners with just a few weeks of training.

New numbers show mixed picture in DC’s AIDS fight

Politics

Washington, DC has released more information about its HIV/AIDS epidemic – and the results are mixed.

Immunizations for all: Q&A with GAVI Alliance’s Dagfinn Høybråten

Politics

Dagfinn Høybråten is the Board chair of GAVI alliance, an organization that aims to save lives by increasing immunization in developing countries. While at the Child Survival Call to Action Conference in Washington, DC this month, he spoke with GlobalPost about why he believes vaccines are essential to Secretary Clinton’s goal of ending preventable child deaths.