Audrey Adam

Intern

The World

Audrey Adman was a summer 2015 intern at PRI's The World.

Hi, my name is Audrey Adam and I am a graduate student in journalism at Northeastern University.

I was born in Colmar, France, and I spend most of my life there. My culture is very important to me even though I love living in Boston. I did my undergrad at the University of Strasbourg, France. I majored in English and Spanish and minored in Portuguese and German. In France, journalism degrees are only at a graduate level, so I thought languages were a good asset to pursue my journalism career.

Before coming to Boston for my graduate degree, I did a year of master's in website creation and translation and another year at the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Mass., as a French teaching assistant.

At Northeastern, I mainly focused on video and investigative journalism and I am glad to be able to live the radio experience at The World.

A house and vehicles damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, as seen in Ishinomaki, northern Japan.

A decade after Katrina, one researcher looks for global lessons in its aftermath

There's a big difference between an earthquake and a hurricane. But both of them unleash the same kinds of devastation, says researcher Malka Older.

A decade after Katrina, one researcher looks for global lessons in its aftermath
Japanese Yasutaro Koide, 112, receives the Guinness World Records certificate as he is formally recognized as the world's oldest man. He lives in a nursing home in Nagoya, in central Japan.

Japan is home to the world's oldest population — and the world's oldest man

Japan is home to the world's oldest population — and the world's oldest man
La Cocina de Lilliam

Here's how you get a great bite to eat in Cuba

Here's how you get a great bite to eat in Cuba
White Bull Beer

South Sudan has only one brewery — and it might shut down

South Sudan has only one brewery — and it might shut down
Seaweed blanket in Mexico

Smelly seaweed assaults, blankets Caribbean beaches

Smelly seaweed assaults, blankets Caribbean beaches
Dutee Chand after winning the bronze medal in the women's 200 meters at the 2013 Asian Athletics Championship 2013.

Indian sprinter Dutee Chand wins the right to compete again

Indian sprinter Dutee Chand was suspended for having high testosterone, but on appeal, she won the right to compete again, despite having naturally high testosterone levels.

Indian sprinter Dutee Chand wins the right to compete again
Drug tunnel between Mexico and the US

Improved tunnels allow for easier drug trafficking

The Sinaloa drug cartel doesn't build just any tunnels. They build "super tunnels." New Yorker writer Monte Reel reveals the underground world of super tunnels used for drug trafficking and other illicit activities by the cartel.

Improved tunnels allow for easier drug trafficking
Malaria vaccine

First malaria vaccine has been approved

Malaria kills hundreds of thousands of people each year but this may be about to change. The first malaria vaccine had been approved by the European Medicines Agency. David Kaslow, Path vice president, talks about the impact of this vaccine.

First malaria vaccine has been approved
Pope Francis signs a declaration during the "Modern Slavery and Climate Change" conference

There's irony floating over — and on the streets outside of — the mayors meeting in the Vatican

Pope Francis called a meeting at the Vatican to discuss climate change, environmental degradation and human trafficking. But the meeting is taking place while Rome is filled with trash because of a trash collectors' strike.

There's irony floating over — and on the streets outside of — the mayors meeting in the Vatican
No to bailout by Euro Zone

Greeks are afraid of what comes next for them

Greece accepted the financial aid from the eurozone, and more austerity, despite a large 'no' at the referendum. Mark Lowen describes how Greeks feel in this period of transition.

Greeks are afraid of what comes next for them
Fourth of July fireworks over San Diego, 2014

Why did we start using fireworks to celebrate the Fourth of July?

It wouldn't be the Fourth of July without fireworks, But how and when did this firework frenzy for the 4th get launched?

Why did we start using fireworks to celebrate the Fourth of July?
salary

How Canada tried to eradicate poverty with guaranteed income

For some residents of the Netherlands it will soon be money for nothing. Utrecht in the Netherlands just announced it would be experimenting with "basic income." That is, giving people on welfare a paycheck regardless of whether they get a job or not. This isn't the first experiment in handing out checks without strings. Economist Evelyn Forget studied a similar experiment in Manitoba in the 1970s.

How Canada tried to eradicate poverty with guaranteed income
French special Police forces escort a woman from a residential building during a raid in Saint-Priest, near Lyon, France, June 26, 2015.

Terrorist attack at French business shocks France with its grisly tactics

People in France are shocked to hear the news of a new terrorist attack in their country. Details of the attack, such as a decapitated body, resemble violence committed by ISIS in the Middle East.

Terrorist attack at French business shocks France with its grisly tactics
Five Guys Burger and Fries

The culinary world capital is about to get another taste from America

When you think of French food, you probably think of croissants, crepes and croque madames. But with Five Guys opening their first store in Paris, you might want to add hamburgers to that list.

The culinary world capital is about to get another taste from America
A North Korean soldier on Kim Il-sung Square in Pyongyang. The permanent markings on the street and square indicate marching steps for parades.

What hedgehog spine toothpicks reveal about North Korea

Photojournalist David Guttenfelder has taken 40 reporting trips to North Korea, and he says it continues to provide surreal images. But he wants to show how North Korea is also a place full of real people, with real lives, trying to get by.

What hedgehog spine toothpicks reveal about North Korea