Alexis Barnes

Alexis Barnes

My name is Alexis Barnes and I am a former NYC-based multimedia journalist currently based in Zambia where I freelance and work in development.

I have a BA and MA in journalism with a concentration on foreign reporting and have reported from Korea, Kenya, Haiti, the United States Virgin Islands and Belgium. I was a European Commission Lorenzo Natali Media Prize finalist and cover human rights, human interest stories and health.

Twitter: @AlexisKReports

How Zambia is tackling malaria

How Zambia is tackling malaria

Five-year-old Melanie lives on the outskirts of Lusaka, Zambia’s capital city in Chainda compound, a settlement that is less than one square kilometer (.24 square mile) yet houses approximately 26,000 people. She spends her days running around the maze of dirt roads and alleyways, playing with the dozen siblings and…

Alexis Barnes

My name is Alexis Barnes and I am a former NYC-based multimedia journalist currently based in Zambia where I freelance and work in development.