Karine Vann

Karine Vann is a former editor of the Armenian Weekly. A musician who was deeply affected by the poverty and environmental degradation she observed living in Armenia from 2014 to 2017, she now covers topics at the intersection of consumerism and the environment for local and national publications as a journalist. In addition to writing for the Weekly, her work has appeared in Dig Boston, The Counter, Civil Eats and Waste Dive. To supplement her writing, she has worked in jobs traversing the Greater Boston area's food economy, from farming to fair trade spices. She lives in Cambridge with her husband and anxious beagle, Rasa.
Send to App

Who Will Be Armenia’s Next PM? And How Does Russia Feel About it? Questions Remain, as Protests Pause in Yerevan and Pashinyan Heads to Gyumri

As events are transpiring extremely quickly, here’s our roundup of main events from the last two days. Earlier today, President…

Read More »
Headlines

Flares Go Off in Parliament (Literally), Serge Sarkisian Receives PM Nomination, Tsarukyan Alliance Voices Dissent

Last night, as Americans reeled from the shock of Paul Ryan’s decision to step down from one of the most…

Read More »
Headlines

Whatever You Do, Don’t Read This Article

You’ve been tricked. I do want you to read this article—very much, in fact. And I had a whole wonderful…

Read More »
News

Media Review | 19-Year-Old Yerevan Girl’s Testimony Tells of Repeated Harassment by Artsakh Police

On March 26, a video testimony was published as part of a report by local news site Epress.am. The video…

Read More »
Special Reports

The Controversy Over ‘Karas’—A Term for Commerce or Cultural Heritage?

 For many villagers across Armenia, karases—the egg-shaped terracotta jugs used for winemaking in the region—aren’t worth the basement space…

Read More »
Headlines

In the Market of Armenian Language-Learning Resources, Every Book Counts

Anyone that’s ever tried to learn Armenian eventually comes into contact with the bizarre duality of the language—namely, that there…

Read More »
Send to App

From Cafés in Yerevan to Congressional Seats in Illinois

Inside a modestly-sized cafĂ© on Amiryan Street in downtown Yerevan, Westerners tinker away on tiny laptops. Workers from a local…

Read More »
Interviews

Next Time You’re in Armenia, Beware the Frozen Hot Dogs

“Spotlight on Our Media” is a special series for the Armenian Weekly highlighting the work of local journalists covering in-country…

Read More »
Special Reports

Will New Sanitary Landfills Solve Armenia’s Waste Woes?

It’s 2018, and among the many items on its agenda, the Armenian government is preparing to finalize a new initiative…

Read More »
Featured

Who Takes Out the Trash in Yerevan?

For every majestic photograph of Mount Ararat from Yerevan posted to Instagram, there is a far less-appealing view lurking just…

Read More »
Back to top button