Rachael Bongiorno

Rachael Bongiorno is a multimedia journalist and media educator living in Naarm (Melbourne, Australia). She has produced reports covering politics, immigration, education, arts and culture for outlets such as: NPR, WNYC, ABC Australia’s Radio National, Deutsche Welle, Democracy Now!, SBS Radio Australia, FSRN, Feet in 2 Worlds, and 3CR Radio. She has a master's in media studies from The New School in New York City and a bachelor of arts degree majoring in international studies and politics from The University of Melbourne.


An aerial view of a detention center

Australia detained this family on a remote island — alone

Refugees

This family of four ended up being the sole detainees of an Australian immigration detention center in the middle of the Indian Ocean for months.