Jill Langlois

Independent Journalist

Jill Langlois is an independent journalist based in São Paulo, Brazil, whose work focuses on politics, human rights, social justice and the impact of socioeconomic issues on people’s lives. She has covered everything from Venezuela’s refugee crisis and the lives of women in the aftermath of a prison massacre, to solutions to domestic violence that focus on the abuser and a soccer team that acts as a support group for transgender men. Her work has appeared in publications like the Los Angeles Times, National Geographic, The New York Times, The Lily, The Associated Press, The Sunday Times, Teen Vogue and Foreign Policy. Jill is fluent in French and Portuguese. She holds a degree in journalism from Ryerson University in Toronto and is a 2018 Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting grantee. Her reporting will focus on indigenous issues in Brazil.

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The prayer house: A fight for indigenous rights in Brazil

As explosions from a rock quarry shake the ground and evangelical churches move in, one Kaiowá family in Brazil is rebuilding their traditional prayer house and keeping their way of life alive. Jaguapiru village, Dourados…
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In Brazil, indigenous people are fighting to keep their children

DOURADOS, BRAZILThe warm wind of summer whipped across the high plains of the Brazilian city of Dourados on the February day in 2015 when Élida de Oliveira’s newborn was taken away. Oliveira, a member of…