Sandra Bartlett
Managing Producer/Investigative Journalist | Toronto
About Sandra Bartlett
Sandra Bartlett is an investigative journalist with over 25 years of national and international reporting experience. Based in Toronto, she worked on the ICIJ project Secrecy for Sale and Skin and Bone. Bartlett worked as a producer and reporter in NPR's Investigative Unit based in Washington where she collaborated on projects with PBS Frontline, ProPublica, the Center for Public Integrity, the Center for Investigative Reporting, as well as individual journalists in Canada and Europe.
In 20-plus years at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, as an editor, a reporter and producer, Bartlett covered daily news, foreign assignments and special programming. She worked in London, Europe, Israel, Cuba and Pakistan.
Trump and the post-America world
After almost a century of post-war prosperity and unrivaled American power, we've entered a new era of growing uncertainty and realignment as many of the world's nations now seek to challenge that dominance. And that became even truer after the U.S. election that will return Donald Trump to the presidency in January, 2025.
China is the world’s best and worst climate juggernaut
Episode 5 of Mortal Giants — Power Switch "The dark side of the story is that China did this through subsidies and through artificially lowering prices such that (the) solar industry in the US and European Union completely was wiped out,” said Vina Nadjibulla, vice-president of Research and Strategy at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.
China's return to power
Mortal Giants Episode 4 — Emperor Xi — When China experienced its “economic miracle” in the latter part of the 20th century, many in the West expected it would be followed by more political freedom. For China’s leaders, however, that was not part of the plan.
Taiwan Tension
The island of Taiwan and its strait the Taiwan Strait are the gateway to the South China Sea which stretches from Taiwan to Malaysia. One third of the world’s shipping traffic sail through these waters every year. And because of this Taiwan is one of the most dangerous flashpoints in global politics today.
Listen to Mortal Giants Episode 2 with host, Sandy Garossino
This episode looks at the new race for power – literally. The United States is challenging Asia for dominance in production of the tiny semiconductor chips that help reduce reliance on fossil fuels and will expand and advance artificial intelligence. And technological power will be the key to national power in this century. And to the competition between the U.S. and China.
New podcast, Mortal Giants, with Sandy Garossino, delves into power's fragility
Canada’s National Observer is launching a new podcast this week. Mortal Giants is a deep dive into the fragility of power in the 21st century — a balance so precarious it’s now hinging on technology measured in nanometres.