Elaine Monaghan – On the front lines: “Talk to strangers”
Elaine watches the fall of the Berlin wall.
Elaine was profiled by Amari Leigh for News Decoder.
Elaine Monaghan dodged death in Albania and skirted bombs in Northern Ireland. A journalist’s job? To ask the right questions.
Dressed in a red T-shirt and jeans, youthful Elaine Monaghan mans a barbecue while surrounded by co-workers in Kukës, Albania.
Sent to the region in 1999, Monaghan was in northern Albania to report from refugee camps holding Kosovans who had fled their homes in one of the largest movements of people in Europe since World War Two. Monaghan’s stint in the Balkans remains one of her most memorable experiences as a correspondent on the front lines.