For @thenation.com, I wrote about the weapons supply chain, direct action & what this moment asks of journalists: www.thenation.com/article/acti...

The Weapons Manufacturer Next Door

It’s been six years since I began attending pro-Palestine demonstrations. The most recent campaign at the Brooklyn Navy Yard feels different.

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I landed in Amman on July 2 to begin my @icwa.org fellowship. One week later, the U.S. resumed airstrikes on Iran — and then I began hearing air raid sirens. I wrote a short piece on the mood in Jordan right now. open.substack.com/pub/compass1...

Letter from Amman

Behind an appearance of normality, airstrikes on Jordan are raising questions about its uncomfortable dependence on the US.

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In military training zones within nature reserves, the army “literally goes in with tanks and helicopters to prepare for going to invade Gaza,” Mazin Qumsiyeh explained. Diana Kruzman reports on the Israel's environmental cover for dispossession: jewishcurrents.org/the-ecology-...

The Ecology of Dispossession

Israel's nature reserves in the West Bank use the language of conservation to restrict Palestinian life while facilitating settlement expansion.

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I've started a new Substack! I'll be reposting my @icwa.org dispatches here, as well as occasionally sharing other content. Follow along: dispatchesaftercollapse.substack.com

After Collapse | Diana Kruzman | Substack

Dispatches from Middle Eastern societies surviving through and adapting to multiple and intertwined crises, from economic to social, political and environmental. Click to read After Collapse, by Diana...

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Newly launched fellow Diana Kruzman @dkruzman.bsky.social reporting from the Dead Sea.

While in Ukraine, I also reported another story, my first for Foreign Policy, about the movement for "green reconstruction." Entrepreneurs and environmental groups are pushing the country to introduce renewable energy and circular economy principles into its reconstruction plans.

Foreign Policy@foreignpolicy.com · 4mo ago

Reconstruction offers Ukraine a unique opportunity to steer the country toward a more sustainable path.

In my first piece for The Baffler, I traveled to Ukraine to report on the growing power of agribusiness. More than four years into Russia's full-scale invasion, farmers, activists & academics are raising the alarm about the transformation of farmland, which is flying largely under the radar:

The Baffler@thebaffler.com · 4mo ago

Ukraine’s rise as a major agricultural exporter was due, in part, to land consolidation by large corporations. @dkruzman.bsky.social reports on how this is accelerating as the government leans into agribusiness as a vehicle for rebuilding the war-torn country. thebaffler.com/latest/betti...

A nation that helped shape modern war reporting is now treated as peripheral. In the wake of journalist killings, the consequences are clear, writes Zahra Hankir. www.cjr.org/feature/who-...

Who is left to cover Lebanon?

A nation that helped shape modern war reporting is now treated as peripheral. In the wake of journalist killings, the consequences are clear not only for members of the press, but for how the story of...

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All indications are that a novel method of pulling nitrogen from the air could revolutionize fertilizer production. But farmers worry it's too good to be true. New from @dkruzman.bsky.social: ambrook.com/offrange/tec...

Pulling Nitrogen From the Air

At a moment where fertilizer trade concerns are dominating headlines, a revolutionary sourcing alternative has emerged — as if from thin air.

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I’ll be giving an update on my IWMF-supported project later this month & celebrating Kim Wall’s life and legacy! Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/845870...

My latest from my reporting trip to Ukraine last fall — a story that was really two years in the making… thank you to @amiefr.bsky.social and New Lines for giving it a home.

New Lines Magazine@newlinesmag.bsky.social · 6mo ago

As the war in Ukraine nears its fifth year, the country is in the midst of a mental health crisis. Lacking other options, some are finding relief in the amanita mushroom newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...

📣 Submissions are now OPEN for the 2026 CCNow Journalism Awards! 🔔

NEW: Venezuelan Oil Brought to the U.S. Would Be Refined in Black Gulf Communities Black community advocates in Texas and Louisiana say U.S. control of Venezuela’s heavy crude will worsen “environmental racism” along the Gulf. capitalbnews.org/trump-venezu...

Venezuelan Oil Brought to the U.S. Would Be Refined in Black Gulf Communities

Communities in Texas and Louisiana say U.S. control of Venezuela’s heavy crude will worsen “environmental racism” along the Gulf.

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Israel’s war and occupation in Palestine has damaged vast amounts of cropland. In the West Bank, a social enterprise is equipping farmers with the resources they need to cultivate their lands and establish autonomy over food production. @pragathiravi.bsky.social www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...

Some news: I’m moving to Beirut in May! Incredibly honored and humbled for the opportunity to return to this country & region to research grassroots solutions under difficult economic & political conditions. I’ll be writing monthly dispatches for the ICWA website, so make sure to follow along!

Institute of Current World Affairs@icwa.org · 8mo ago

A @nyu.edu graduate and recent Fulbright research fellow in Kyrgyzstan, journalist Diana Kruzman @dkruzman.bsky.social will investigate how communities in Lebanon adapt & even thrive after breakdown, & she’ll report on wider developments in the Middle East.

Zambia’s Kafue River once fed local farms and communities, but the expansion of foreign-owned copper mines are now polluting this vital artery and the surrounding lands. Journalist Diana Kruzman (@dkruzman.bsky.social) traces the impact on people and ecosystems. www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...

The Rising Costs of Zambia’s Copper Boom

Already implicated in serious environmental harms, the nation’s mining industry looks poised to grow — with US support.

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Shameless plug for my Substack (which I’m trying to post on more frequently… will see how that goes) where I share additional thoughts & photos from my reporting trips as well as background on the stories I do! Here’s my newest post: thejailoo.substack.com/p/yes-anothe...

Yes, another Aral Sea story

But not the one I set out expecting to write, and possibly not the one you were expecting to read.

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The drying up of the Aral Sea is a powerful warning from history and a reminder of our choices today — the economies we prioritize, the nature we neglect and the future we risk. @dkruzman.bsky.social travels to Central Asia, for @newlinesmag.bsky.social

Environmental Disaster and Hopeful Revival in Central Asia

From the United States to Jordan, lakes are shrinking, but the history of the Aral Sea may offer lessons for the future

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Excited for my first byline in @newlinesmag.bsky.social, reported with support from the Overseas Press Club Foundation!

New Lines Magazine@newlinesmag.bsky.social · 10mo ago

“Far from belonging to the distant past, the Aral Sea is the site of countless choices in our present: what kinds of economies we prioritize, what forms of nature we value and what we want our future to look like.” @dkruzman.bsky.social reports

Our special issue on "Religion, Activism, & Community Action" is here! Articles on religious leaders supporting immigrants, clergy paying for abortions, multifaith organizing, the Catholic Worker, queer religious activism, pro-Palestinian rabbis, a new TV series on religion & more! therevealer.org

An honor to judge this year's awards with so many incredible stories!

Covering Climate Now@coveringclimatenow.org · 11mo ago

🥁 Drumroll please... An investigation into the fossil fuel industry’s role in anti-protest laws; A profile of a Palestinian woman collecting climate-resilient heirloom seeds; And a sprawling television series tackling the profound fight between saving the planet and growing our economies...

Urgent ideas for defending press freedom in Gaza, the world’s deadliest place for journalists. By @azmatzahra.bsky.social, @meghnadbose.bsky.social, and @laurenwatsonjourno.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/feature/urge...

Urgent Ideas for Defending Press Freedom in Gaza

Letters, condemnations, and Israeli court cases have failed to change the world’s deadliest place for journalists. We’ve cast out for a new approach.

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Finally made the migration from that other site -- sharing my website with my latest stories for any new followers on here who may be confused: www.dianakruzman.com

Diana Kruzman

I'm a reporter covering the environment, religion and urbanism in the U.S. and abroad.

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