Allison Joyce

📍Wilmington & Asheville, NC
📸 Documenting Hurricane Helene recovery
🌏 Past lives; Bangladesh, India, Thailand, NYC, Massachusetts & Iowa.

[WWAY News @WWAY]

Wilmington-based photographer Allison Joyce spent months documenting the struggles of people trying to recover and rebuild in western North Carolina following Hurricane Helene. https://t.co/HY5vlpmTW1

[Ian Hill @ianhillmedia]

Aid groups, some of which helped after Hurricane Helene, are preparing to take on more responsibility when storms, floods and wildfires strike. https://t.co/q5VJJkRjU5

[Silicon Valley North @CCLSVN]

#ThursdayMorning Reading: #ClimateCrisis: “Whether nonprofits actually have the capacity or the ability to step in and fill in the gaps that, in all likelihood, we’re going to be creating is a completely different question.”

https://t.co/r7rYnFc3dt

[Kelly McKinney @kellymnyc]

“The bigger the gap from what the government isn’t doing, the more we’re going to need from nonprofits and the larger their role is”

“Whether they actually have the capacity or the ability to step in and fill the gaps is a completely different question”
https://t.co/MrnD2vwwlR

[corinne_perkins @corinne_perkins]

Melissa Truesdale plays the fiddle before a candlelight vigil for victims of Hurricane Helene in Green Mountain, North Carolina. Photo by @Allison_Joyce

[Operation Libertas @OpLibertas]

@Allison_Joyce This one broke my heart

“Habiba waits for customers. The 14-year-old has been in a brothel for three years”
photo by @Allison_Joyce

[Allison Joyce @Allison_Joyce]

Afterlife: Journalists who left the traditional media talk about what they lost and what they gained. https://t.co/coPLhZbcpY via @cjr

[Allison Joyce @Allison_Joyce]

British journalist John Cantlie, abducted in Syria, still hasn't been found 12 years later https://t.co/3XGndvwkUt

[The Charlotte Ledger @CltLedger]

Fantastic story by @TheAssemblyNC on the search for a missing Helene victim, 78-year-old Yancey Co. musician Lenny Widawski. A rescuer nicknamed "Chainsaw Chuck" said, "If your daughter was in that hole, how deep would you dig? How late would you work?” https://t.co/bzTBQ4v6BV

[The Assembly @TheAssemblyNC]

It’s been nearly three months since Lenny Widawski vanished into the floodwaters, but he’s not counted among the 103 people in North Carolina confirmed dead in Helene’s aftermath. He remains one of the missing.

https://t.co/xY3nh9a92Q

[Holly Kays @HollyKaysWrites]

“When we lost him, we lost the world. That’s how I feel, anyway.”

- Peggy Williams, Lenny's longtime partner.

[Allison Joyce @Allison_Joyce]

Since Hurricane Helene, one name kept coming up in Yancey County: Lenny. Locals shared stories of his music, kindness, and the heartbreak of his disappearance. Holly Kays and I explored his life and the community that cherishes him. Read more: https://t.co/0TpMzVQhsz

[Holly Kays @HollyKaysWrites]

Nearly three months after Hurricane Helene, Yancey County musician Lenny Widawski is still among the missing. Here's my story for @TheAssemblyNC about the legacy he's left and the dedicated team of volunteers still searching for him. 📷 @Allison_Joyce.
https://t.co/5OabA2qY6a

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Guest column by Allison Joyce: “Dozens of veterans heeded the call to help after flooding from Helene devastated mountain towns. Many found the new purpose they had been looking for.” https://t.co/hEF8C3Y8MM

[Washington Post Photo @WashPostPhoto]

Veterans find purpose in the devastated North Carolina mountains @Allison_Joyce https://t.co/ZUeBqEaCW0

[Allison Joyce @Allison_Joyce]

My latest from Western North Carolina - Veterans find purpose in the devastated North Carolina mountains https://t.co/Q5Niwuzq6d

Many thanks to @mlbecherer and @visualsandra for believing in this story.

[Allison Joyce @Allison_Joyce]

Recent work for @haaretzcom

[Haaretz.com @haaretzcom]

When everyone who was able to flee from Gaza was doing so, Dr. David Hasan made the reverse journey. His story is a must-read for every Israeli
https://t.co/G94JySqA9c

[Allison Joyce @Allison_Joyce]

A French backpacker who disappeared while backpacking in Bangladesh in 2017 has been confirmed dead.

[France 3 Occitanie @F3Occitanie]

"La fin de l'histoire" : les proches du globe-trotter Arthur Angé, disparu en Asie depuis 2017, confirment sa mort https://t.co/V3Uson9ai6

[Allison Joyce @Allison_Joyce]

"Poor life expectancy is the predictable result of the society we have created and tolerated: one riddled with lethal elements, such as inadequate insurance, minimal preventive care, bad diets, and a weak economic safety net."
https://t.co/nkQiHvyslG

[Allison Joyce @Allison_Joyce]

I really appreciated this one - "Adorable Little Detonators - Our friendship survived bad dates, illness, marriage, fights. Why can’t it survive your baby?" https://t.co/bHZB0xnBaD