Amy Yee

About

Amy Yee @amyyeewrites is author of narrative nonfiction book "Far From the Rooftop of the World: Travels among Tibetan Refugees on Four Continents" with a Foreword by the Dalai Lama. She is an award-winning journalist with the Chicago Sun-Times, previously with Bloomberg/CityLab and Financial Times in New York and India where she lived for seven years. She has reported from 20+countries, including 10 in Africa.Amy has also written for New York Times, The Economist, NPR, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, National Geographic, The Guardian, The Lancet, The Nation, Atlantic.com, Science Magazine, BBC Future, Foreign Policy, Forbes, NBCNews.com, ScientificAmerican.com, Christian Science Monitor, Boston Globe, Boston Globe Magazine, NBC Asian America, Undark (MIT), Slate, The Daily Beast, Ms., International Herald Tribune, Voice of America, The Progressive, Roads & Kingdoms, Atlas ObscuraAWARDS: * Won three United Nations Correspondents Association international awards (Gold, Silver, Bronze) for single byline articles. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon recognized her coverage of climate change and reducing child mortality in Bangladesh and India* Four Notable Essays in the Best American Essays*Winner, Chicago Writers Association Book of the Year award for nonfiction* Won four South Asian Journalists Association awards; seven-time finalist for reporting from India, Bangladesh, Nepal. All single byline* First place in Association of Healthcare Journalists contest for articles from Bangladesh and India about reducing deaths of children* Winner 2023 AAJA award for political reporting. Single byline* SPJ Northwest 2023 award for racial equity reporting, 2nd place. Single byline* Society of Environmental Journalists: Honorable Mention for climate solutions from AfricaReported from India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Kenya, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Uganda, Ghana, Senegal, Tanzania/Zanzibar, Mozambique, Australia, Bosnia, Russia, Myanmar, Sweden, Peru, Tibet, Canada, USKnight-Bagehot Fellow in Economics & Business Journalism with master's from Columbia + Harvard Kennedy SchoolHas the most articles (90+) in Solutions Journalism Network's database aside from SJN's foundersFrom South Asia and Africa wrote about poverty, human development, environment, climate change, business, clean energy, public health, culture and Tibet issues.Focuses on solutions to social problems, such as reducing deaths of children and mothers; improving safety in Bangladesh's garment factories; renewable energy to curb climate change etc