Zahra Hirji

Zahra Hirji is a 2018-19 Ida B. Wells Fellow with Type Investigations. She is a Washington, DC-based staff reporter at BuzzFeed News, covering energy and climate change — everything from the Trump administration’s rollback of environmental rules, to worker safety in the Alaskan oil patch. She previously wrote about fracking, global climate negotiations, and other environmental issues for InsideClimate News, Discovery News, and EARTH Magazine.

InvestigationBusiness, Justice, Labor

Crude Behavior

Ciara Newton had her dream job at a Shell refinery. But she was fired after enduring months of harassment, including sexist comments from supervisors and a lewd sticker.

Zahra HirjiBuzzFeedAugust 6, 2019

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