Amy Yee is an award-winning journalist whose articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, on NPR and in other publications. She is a former correspondent for The Financial Times, based in India and New York. Her article about climate change in the Sundarbans mangrove forest of Bangladesh was a Notable Essay in The Best American Essays 2015.
Amy Yee
Freelance Writer
Spectrum
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