Lex Weaver is an associate producer at The World. Based in Boston, as a 2021-2022 Poynter-Koch fellow, Weaver previously served as the editor-in-chief at The Scope: Boston, a local news outlet with a social justice lens. She has also worked as an outreach assistant for FRONTLINE’s Impact department, working extensively on the Un(re)solved tour and public programming to support FRONTLINE films and with The Associated Press' elections team. Weaver holds a master’s in journalism from Northeastern University and a bachelor’s in English and art history from Rutgers University.
Guyana’s discovery of oil reserves has the nation split between boosting the economy and preserving the environment
Guyana is hoping that newly discovered offshore crude reserves can help transform the country's economy and offset its ongoing poverty crisis. But some people are concerned about what this may mean for the environment.
Artist Yun-Fei Ji grew up during China's Cultural Revolution. He ponders art as 'global citizenship.'
Blocking BBC documentary on Gujarat riots goes against India's democratic values, journalist says
A decade after the deadly assault of Jyoti Singh, has safety for women in India improved?
Negotiators meet in Uruguay to map out global plastics treaty
As Earth surpasses 8 billion people, 'the planet can feed and sustain billions more,' demographer says
It only took just over a decade for the world to add 1 billion more people. To break down what this growth means for societies around the globe, The World's host Carol Hills speaks to demographer and author Jennifer Sciubba.
100 years since the discovery of King Tut's tomb
“This was an amazing discovery on so many levels,” said Peter Der Manuelian, an Egyptology professor at Harvard University and author of the book “Walking Among Pharaohs.”