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

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.

Australia detained this family on a remote island — alone