Irene Caselli founded The First 1,000 Days, a reader-supported newsletter covering early childhood.

Having worked as a foreign correspondent in Latin America for a decade, she became the world’s only First 1,000 Days correspondent for The Correspondent in 2019. The Correspondent is a transnational, member-funded journalism site. Following the closure of The Correspondent in December 2020, she launched her own newsletter.

She has been awarded fellowships by the IWMF, the European Journalism Centre, and the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma. She speaks six languages and is currently learning Greek.

Photo by Lise Straatsma

Irene Caselli

Basic information

Name
Irene Caselli
Title
Multimedia reporter and writer
Expertise
culture, equality, social affairs, healthcare, human rights, media, sport, youth
Country
Greece
City
Lagonisi
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Supported projects

How Europe's Child Protection Systems Work for Migrant and Racialised Communities

  • Justice
  • Migration
  • Social affairs

EDINBURGH/ ROME/ BUCHAREST - What makes a mother fit to look after her children in the eyes of the authorities? And are these assessments shaped by systemic discrimination rooted in cultural and racial biases, particularly against racialised and migrant communities? These are the central questions that guided our investigation, focusing specifically on Roma and Black migrant families.

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Busting Kabootar Baazi in Punjab: A trick or trade for trafficking women

  • Exploitation
  • Migration
  • Trafficking

PUNJAB - For years, the focus has been on men from Punjab who get trafficked to Europe, which is also colloquially known as Kabootar Baazi. This investigation by Journalismfund's grantees reveal how Punjabi women are increasingly being trafficked by travel agents from India, but due to the social stigma, the state doesn’t have enough information about this growing menace.

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Europe's fault lines in the reception of Ukrainian orphans

  • Armed conflict
  • Social affairs
  • Youth

KYIV / CATANIA / BARCELONA – This investigation by a cross-border team of journalists from Ukraine, Spain and Italy reveals what happened when thousands of Ukrainian orphans, who had been placed in foster care across Europe following Russia’s large-scale invasion, were called back to Ukraine.

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