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Amanda McGowan

ProducerThe World
Amanda McGowan was a radio producer for The World. Previously, she worked at GBH News in Boston, where she worked on the daily live news show Boston Public Radio and reported features for WGBHNewsorg. She has been the recipient of journalism fellowships from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional EthicsAmanda studied history at Harvard and wrote her senior thesis on the cultural significance of nylon stockings. Outside of work, she enjoys oil painting and would be happy to paint your picture.
Goats take over the streets of small seaside town
Is nudism experiencing a renaissance during lockdown? 
Researchers ‘virtually unfold’ 17th-century unopened letter
A beloved London pub gets destroyed — then rebuilt
Sheep moonlight as archaeologists at historic Irish graveyard
How a spectator-free Olympics impacts athletes
Members of Haitian diaspora seek role in Haiti’s future
A new space race, in Africa
UNESCO revokes World Heritage Site status for Liverpool, UK
As surfing debuts at the Olympics, some in Hawaii work to emphasize its roots 
Please eat the art 
Intense flooding in Germany 
Amid political turmoil in Haiti, a COVID crisis 
Cannes Film Festival returns after pandemic hiatus 
‘Chinatown Pretty’ book celebrates fashion of Chinatown’s older adults 
‘Last Kings of Shanghai’ explores the history of two Jewish families that helped shape the city
Tour de France organizers won’t sue fan
State Department announces third gender marker option
Corruption allegations around COVID vaccines rock Brazil 
Lego debuts brick prototype made from recycled plastic bottles 
Trimmed Rembrandt painting restored to original glory 
Kim Jong-un says North Korea should expect ‘dialogue and confrontation’ with the US
Biden’s symbolic gifts to Putin at Geneva
Famed woven bridge in Peru repaired 
Australia grapples with ‘plague’ of mice 
Attack on Afghanistan demining charity 
New Danish law would send asylum-seekers out of Europe
Herd of wild elephants approaches Chinese city of Kunming 
Stephen Hawking archive to be housed in the UK
Ad campaign for reopening the US-Canada border
Tasmanian devils born on Australian mainland after centuries
Swedish plant-based milk company Oatly makes stock market debut 
Nesting cranes in Ireland spark hope of resurgence in numbers
Celebrating Eid al-Fitr
Adopt a gargoyle
Mariachi musician Mireya Ramos on her accidental year in New Zealand
Is nudism experiencing a renaissance during lockdown?
Belgian farmer accidentally redraws international border
Musician and activist Nitin Sawhney responds to this moment
Biden expected to recognize Armenian genocide
What does the Chauvin verdict say about justice and police violence in the US?
US State Department warns against travel to 80% of the world due to COVID-19
Raúl Castro expected to step down as leader of Cuba 
South Africa pauses Johnson & Johnson vaccine after US decision 
Why is policing in the US so deadly?
Political instability in Haiti 
Indian comedian Vir Das on being funny during lockdown
H&M faces calls for boycott in China over Xinjiang statements
A beloved London pub gets destroyed, then rebuilt 
Overcrowding at border detention facilities for children in Texas
Memo banning girls’ singing in Afghanistan sparks social media backlash
Shootings in Atlanta
Increase in migration: View from Juárez, Mexico
Biden says all Americans will be eligible for a vaccine by May. What about other parts of the world? 
Museums begin to build COVID-19 collections
Controversial face-covering ban passes in Switzerland 
Researchers ‘virtually unfold’ a 17th-century unopened letter
These instruments made of ice will give you chills
Germany’s 81-year-old TikTok fitness star
Photos depicting life inside the Lodz Ghetto come to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston