Writing
Selected articles in English and Lithuanian, in chronological order.
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War Darkens a Second Winter in Lithuania
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has placed the Baltic countries in an anxious limbo.
Essay for The Wall Street Journal
Photography by Denis Vejas
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Correcting the Record: Michael Casper on Jonas Mekas
A Yale University historian took a fresh look at Jonas Mekas’s wartime years in Lithuania – the time before Mekas came to New York and became a key figure in the American avant-garde film scene.
For NARA. Photography by Mantautas Sulskus.January 2023
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Inside Suwałki Corridor
A stretch of Lithuania, where NATO and Russia meets, has been dubbed “the most dangerous place on Earth”. Is it?
For Vice, with reporting by Tomas Valkauskas. Photography by Denis Vejas.
July 2022
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“We Should Side with Democracy.” Baltic Journalists and the War in Ukraine
Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Baltic states’ independent media reckon with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
For Nieman Reports. Photography by Gints Ivuskans.
July 2022
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We are Defending Our Border. But Who Will Defend Our Soul?
Essay on Lithuanian immigration policy and its consequences to both asylum seekers and Lithuanian people.
For NARA. Photography by Berta Tilmantaite.
December 2021
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A Quiet Rebel: In Conversation with Lina Lapelytė
Composer and sound artist Lina Lapelyte doesn’t believe in hierarchies, yet she found herself at the top of the ‘Art Olympics’.
For Lithuanian Music Link. Translated to Lithuanian for NARA. Photography by Berta Tilmantaite.
December 2021
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“I Am 18. I Have Depression Since I Was Ten.”
On the state of mental health in Lithuanian high schools. Cases of two students from the town of Gargzdai. With co-reporting by Robertas Macius.
For NARA. Illustration by Kissi Ussuki.
March 2021
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“We Need to Raise Rebel Girls”
For Lithuanians who have met Eskedar Tilahun, she is often the first refugee and the first African they have spoken to.
For Sisters of Europe, a platform documenting women's condition in post #MeToo Europe. The project was nominated for European Press Prize, Media Innovation Award.
Translated to Lithuanian at NARA. Photography by Berta Tilmantaite.
October 2020
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Syrian Painter Challenges Lithuania's Fear of Refugees
Fleeing war-torn Syria, painter Majd Kara found himself in Lithuania where half the population says they refuse to help asylum-seekers.
For Deutsche Welle. Photography by Saulius Ziura.
November 2016
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'Sonita,' the Afghan Teen Who Raps to End Child Marriage
Her family wanted to sell her as a bride. An Iranian film director saved her by breaking the main rule of documentary filmmaking: do not interfere.
For Deutsche Welle.
October 2016