Resource February 12, 2018

Meet the Journalist: Melissa Noel

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Still from the video by Melissa Noel. Jamaica, 2017.
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This project explores the long-term emotional and psychological impact that prolonged parental...

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Reporter Melissa Noel reports on how long-term mental health and parental imigration are linked in Jamaica. Image by Melissa Noel. Jamaica, 2017.
Reporter Melissa Noel reports on how long-term mental health and parental imigration are linked in Jamaica. Image by Melissa Noel. Jamaica, 2017.
Award-winning independent multimedia journalist, Melissa Noel traveled to Jamaica to report on the long-term mental health and well-being impact parental migration from the Caribbean can have on families. Noel looks at the children left behind, the hardships that parents face when abroad, and the difficulties in adjustment when families reunite years after separation.
 
 
 

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