Victoria

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Correspondent — Presenter — Writer

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ABOUT VICTORIA

Victoria Craig is a journalist with more than a decade of experience finding and telling stories across the world.

She spent five years at the BBC in London, where she presented flagship business programmes for the World Service. She hosted Marketplace Morning Report — a breakfast show made in partnership with American Public Media that brings global business news to millions of American listeners on US public radio stations each day.

Victoria relocated to Turkey in 2023 after reporting extensively on the country’s economy and the February 6 earthquake. Based in the capital, Ankara, as a freelance foreign correspondent, she focuses her coverage on the intersection of business, politics, and economics.

FEATURED WORK

  • Safeguarding Hatay's food culture


    Hatay is long famed for its cuisine, and even has special UNESCO recognition for its gastronomy. Since the 2023 earthquakes the local population has stayed away, and the city lays in ruins. I trace the region’s culinary history and talk to those working to safeguard its future.

  • Progress in Hatay six months after disaster


    President Erdogan vowed to rebuild Turkey’s earthquake zone within one year of the twin disasters that rocked 11 provinces in the country’s southwest. But halfway to that goal, progress is slow in the hardest-hit province of Hatay where residents fear it’ll take decades to return to normal.

  • Historic election runoff from opposition HQ


    After an historic runoff presidential election in Turkey, incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdoğan claimed victory as votes were still being tallied. His five percentage point win was enough to send supporters to the streets, honking and waving flags in gridlocked traffic outside opposition headquarters.


PHILOSOPHY

The most powerful stories come from meeting people, questioning those in power, learning about discoveries, and being guided by events on the ground. The foundation of good reporting is about understanding how people live, businesses evolve, and communities subsist: What moves them, what drives them, how government policies affect them, how they adapt and overcome obstacles.

The best journalism is guided by facts without fear or favour.