Tony Azios

Journalism

Reporting Highlights

  1. Wall Street Journal

    An Inside Look at the U.S. Strategy in Guam as China Stockpiles Missiles

    November 22, 2021

    The U.S. Army is testing the Iron Dome on Guam. WSJ’s Shelby Holliday got a first-hand look at the missile-defense system, which arrived months after a top military leader called the island’s defenses inadequate against threats from China.

    (As a freelance videographer, I contributed about 50 percent of the footage seen here.)

  2. The Guam Daily Post

    A Church in Crisis

    June 19, 2016

    Even before the recent allegations of sexual abuse against Archbishop Apuron, a series of scandals had steadily rocked the foundations of the Archdiocese of Agaña. What is the current state of the Catholic Church on Guam, and how can it begin to reunify?

  3. FRONTLINE / Investigative Reporting Workshop

    Lost in Detention

    Oct. 18, 2011

    This documentary explores the impacts of the Obama administration’s ‘get tough’ policy on immigration.

    (As a graduate fellow with IRW, I contributed research and reporting to this film.)

  4. Public Radio International’s The World

    Birthplace of evolutionary theory now inhabited by creationists (Audio)

    Aug. 30, 2011

    Perhaps no place on earth is more closely linked to the theory of evolution than the Galapagos Islands. But a growing number of people who call the Galapagos home do not believe in evolution.

  5. ’LLERO

    Cinco de Mayo - The Backstory

    May 5, 2011

    While we all know how we celebrate Cinco de Mayo, many of us don’t know why we do.

  6. Investigative Reporting Workshop

    Gunrunners

    Feb. 3, 2011

    Romania, Vermont, Arizona: Guns follow complex routes to Mexican cartels.

    (As a graduate fellow with IRW, I contributed research and reporting to this investigative piece.)

    Draft note: this link no longer opens the story (the IRW site now shows a general page). A live copy is on PBS FRONTLINE at pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gunrunners-mexico/romania. Tell us if we should switch to it.

  7. The Christian Science Monitor

    Uncle Sam wants Micronesians for US military

    May 5, 2010

    US military recruiting from the Federated States of Micronesia, per capita, leads all American states. Many see an economic path out of the isolated Pacific nation, but some don’t know they might fight in Iraq or Afghanistan.

  8. The Christian Science Monitor

    Micronesia: How to raise funds for microfinance? Raffle a pig.

    Dec. 2, 2009

    Microfinance institutions have been crunched in the global recession. This island has responded with raffle parties to raise money.

  9. The Christian Science Monitor

    Korean demilitarized zone now a wildlife haven

    Nov. 21, 2008

    Now there’s a move to keep it that way – and perhaps bring North and South Korea closer together.

  10. The Christian Science Monitor

    In the Bronx, a class with conservation at its core

    Feb. 21, 2008

    At the Urban Assembly School for Wildlife Conservation, the zoo is more than a field trip – and fieldwork covers topics from temperate forests to river turbidity.

  11. The Christian Science Monitor

    Cranberries are headed north

    Nov. 21, 2007

    Farmers see signs that the climate-sensitive cold-loving berries are shifting their range into Canada. Blueberries, too. What’s to be done?