Catherine Cartier is an MA candidate in Global Journalism & Near Eastern Studies at NYU. Prior to that, she worked as a consultant for the Centre for Information Resilience’s project Afghan Witness and at C4ADS in Washington, D.C., where she used public records in Arabic and English to investigate financial networks in conflict zones. Her previous reporting has appeared in The Guardian, The Diplomat, and Al-Monitor, among others, and has been supported by the Pulitzer Center. Earlier this year, she was named a Reuters fellow by the Overseas Press Club Foundation.