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Elaine Monaghan reports on the Troubles in Northern Ireland for Reuters during the 1990s. Photo courtesy of Elaine Monaghan
Elaine was profiled by Marah Yanky for the IU Bloomington News.
“You’ll find a different version of the same story wherever you are around the world.”
In 1989, Elaine Monaghan was teaching English to high school students and young adults in East Germany as the Soviet Union collapsed. She was on site as the Berlin Wall fell, and she knew she was witnessing history as it unfolded.
As her graduation from the University of Glasgow approached Monaghan, who is now a Professor of Practice in The Media School at Indiana University, was weighing her next steps. She couldn't shake the feeling she had while watching the wall fall, and wondered what career could give her a front-row seat to history like she had had that day.
