JOANNA JOLLY is an award-winning BBC reporter based in London. She began her journalism career at the Japanese newspaper Sankei Shimbun, moving on from there to freelance in India and Australia before covering the fight for independence in East Timor. During the past decade, she's worked as a BBC producer and reporter in Jerusalem, South Africa, Brussels, Washington, and India as well as spending two years as the BBC correspondent in Kathmandu, Nepal. During that time Jolly specialised in stories of sexual violence against women. Jolly has won several awards, including the 2007 BBC Onassis Bursary. In 2015, she won the Association of International Broadcaster's best current affairs documentary award for her in-depth look at the prosecution of rape in India. Red River Girl is her first book.
“Tina Fontaine brought international attention to the tragedy of
missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit folks.
This retelling of her life and the investigation into her death is
a breathtaking account of the fight to find justice for Tina.”
—Wab Kinew, author of The Reason You Walk
 |
Ask a Question About this Product More... |
|
