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Liam Scott

Liam Scott

Liam Scott is an award-winning journalist and Livingston finalist based in Washington, D.C. He previously covered press freedom at Voice of America and has also reported for outlets including The Washington Post, Columbia Journalism Review, Foreign Policy and Poynter.

Latest from Liam Scott

For the Uyghur Diaspora, the Taste of Home Brings Both Joy and Sorrow

For the Uyghur Diaspora, the Taste of Home Brings Both Joy and Sorrow

Jewher Ilham is a 31-year-old Uyghur residing in the U.S., and the dishes she grew up eating continue to remind her of home. But her relationship with these flavors changed after her father was arrested back in China and later sentenced to life in prison on charges of “separatism.”

Liam Scott
Hard News: The Struggle to Report on Myanmar and Belarus From Exile

Hard News: The Struggle to Report on Myanmar and Belarus From Exile

The situations in Belarus and Myanmar are very different, but what they have in common are attacks on human rights and democracy. In both countries, assaults against freedom of the press have driven most independent journalists into exile.

Liam Scott