Jordan Salama is a writer who tells stories about migration, culture, and the environment across the Americas. A regular contributor to The New Yorker and National Geographic, his work has also appeared in The New York Times, New York Magazine, NPR, Scientific American, and other outlets. His first book, Every Day the River Changes, about a journey down Colombia’s Río Magdalena, was named a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2021 and a top new travel book by The New York Times. Most recently, he is the author of Stranger in the Desert (2024), an intergenerational family story tracing his search across Argentina for the legacy of his great-grandfather, a Syrian traveling salesman in the Andes. His reporting has taken him along rivers and railroads from North America to Patagonia, and his stories on Latin American migrants in the United States appear regularly in The New Yorker. Founder of Red House Productions, a multimedia production company and impact studio, he is also the co-producer of Qotzuñi: People of the Lake, a documentary short officially qualified for the 2026 Academy Awards. Salama graduated from Princeton University in 2019. Learn more at www.jordansalama.com.
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