Amelia Neath

AMELIA NEATH, FREELANCE JOURNALIST

I currently work as a full-time freelance journalist at the Travel desk at The Independent as of August 2024. I previously worked for the US News desk at The Independent, where I turned around five to seven articles a day on politics, current affairs, crime stories and longer commentary pieces. I have also recently graduated with a Distinction in a Master’s degree in Journalism from Goldsmiths, University of London, where I gained a broad range of experience writing news stories, long feature pieces and data-driven articles. Both experiences have allowed me to expand my verbal and written communication skills.

I am well-versed in feature, news and long-form writing styles and committed to delivering consistent and detailed
coverage. With an aptitude for clear and compelling writing and staying abreast of current events and online
trends, I have proven to be a resilient and trusted communicator.

The Independent •

What went wrong at the Copa America final in Miami

There were chaotic scenes as thousands of soccer fans – some without tickets – tried to get into the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami to watch the Cop America final, leading to arrests, injuries and people suffering heat exhaustion.Fans of finalists Argentina and Colombia were seen breaking through entrance gates, climbing through air vents and trying to dodge police officers, leading to the match start being delayed by over an hour.Fans started arriving about three hours before the 8pm start time for...
The Independent •

LinkedIn cofounder tries to explain comment saying he wished he could ‘martyr Trump’

LinkedIn’s co-founder Reid Hoffman has sought to clarify comments he made about Donald Trump before the assassination attempt against him, in which he said that he wished the former president was a “martyr.”The internet entrepreneur said at an Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference last week, before the shooting incident at Trump’s campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday night, that he wished the presumptive Republican candidate for the White House was "an actual martyr” – a comment that then...
The Independent •

Texas cleans up after Beryl slams state before moving north as post-tropical cyclone

Eight people have died, and millions more in Texas could be left without power for days while Beryl moves northeast.After making landfall in the United States as a Category 1 hurricane on the coast of Matagorda on Monday morning, Beryl was downgraded to Tropical Storm then to a Depression and now as a post-tropical cyclone as it traversed inland across eastern Texas, bringing heavy rainfall, strong winds and life-threatening conditions.Around eight people are believed to be dead as a result of t...
The Independent •

Biden pardons thousands of veterans convicted under military ban on gay sex

President Joe Biden has pardoned what could be thousands of veterans who were convicted under a military law that banned consensual gay sex, saying that he is using his clemency authority to right “a historic wrong.”

Service members endured more than 60 years of this law, which was put in place in 1951 under the Uniform Code of Military Justice in Article 125 criminalized sodomy, including between consenting adults.

The law has since been rewritten in 2013 after it repealed the part of the cod
The Independent •

Trump campaign raises $141m in May to close funding gap to Biden

Donald Trump significantly outraised President Joe Biden in May, despite becoming the first US president to be convicted of a crime.

Trump’s campaign and the Republic National Committee (RNC) reported that they raised a massive $141m in May. However, they declined to report how much money the campaign had left in their funds at the end of the month, which they are not legally required to report until July.

The Biden campaign and the Democratic National Committee raised $85m in May, with $212m
The Independent •

Biden takes lead over Trump in latest Fox News poll

Donald Trump has fallen behindJoe Biden in the latest election poll from Fox News.

The Republican candidate is two points behind President Biden in the latest national presidential election poll by Fox News, which is the first time Biden has taken the lead in a Fox poll since October.

Biden now stands at 50 per cent, whereas Trump is currently polling at 48 per cent in the head-to-head poll.

Since May, the poll has seen a three-point change in the presidential race, as Trump was ahead by one
The Independent •

Hundreds of Harvard students walk out of graduation ceremony in Gaza protest

Hundreds of Harvard students in graduation robes walked out of their commencement on Thursday in solidarity with Palestine, and the 13 students who had been barred from the ceremony over protest encampments.

Graduating students from the top Ivy League school stood up during the commencement ceremony on Thursday and walked out chanting “Free, free Palestine” while others shouted, “Let them walk, let them walk,” during the ceremony in reference to the 13 graduates who were not allowed to receive
The Independent •

YouTuber Ruby Franke used to offer parental advice. Now she’s accused of child abuse

“8Passengers” was a space where Ruby Franke would share her and her family’s life in Utah on YouTube.

The channel was focused on sharing parental advice as well as family vlogs featuring the 41-year-old mother, her husband, Kevin Franke and six children.

The couple first founded their now-deleted channel back in 2015 and accumulated over two million subscribers before speculation began to mount in 2020 about their activities.

Viewers were often concerned about the couple’s harsh parenting sty
The Independent •

A judge made a key ruling in a couple’s divorce. He was shot dead hours later

A typical day for Maryland judge Andrew Wilkinson ended in unspeakable tragedy as he was gunned down in his own driveway.

Mr Wilkinson was sworn in as a judge in 2020 to the Washington County Circuit Court, excited to serve his community.

His life was cut short on 19 October - and a manhunt is now underway for 49-year-old Pedro Argote, who is considered a person of interest in the case.

The two men crossed paths - albeit not physically - hours before the killing, when Wilkinson presided over
The Independent •

US soldier who fled to North Korea back in American custody

US soldier Travis King crossed over the border from South to North Korea in an alleged attempt to defect from the army after his experiences of “inhumane treatment” and “racism” while in service.

The 2nd ClassPrivate had passed through airport security as he was being sent home from South Korea for disciplinary reasons. He still somehow managed to leave the airport and join a civilian tour of the demilitarized zone near the North Korean border.

As he left the tour group behind, he reportedly l
The Independent •

Gen Milley reveals shocking comments Trump made about wounded vet

General Mark Milley, the soon-to-retire chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has made a claim exposing Donald Trump for making “disturbing” comments about a wounded US Army veteran as well as other eye-popping statements.

Mr Milley is the 20th chairman, a role which he started when Mr Trump gave it to him in 2019. Before this, he was the 39th chief of staff of the Army and served in multiple commands throughout his career

In a tell-all interview with The Atlantic to commemorate the end of hi
The Independent •

How Danelo Cavalcante survived for two weeks on the run

Escaped prisoner Danelo Cavalcante has revealed that he managed to evade capture for two weeks on the run by burying his own faeces and surviving on watermelon.

Cavalcante escaped Chester County Prison in Pennsylvania back on 31 August after he was handed a life sentence for murdering his former girlfriend.

It was not until almost two weeks later – on the morning of 13 September – that the escaped prisoner was finally back in handcuffs, after he was captured by a tactical team and police K-9 i
The Independent •

‘First-of-a-kind’ wildfire lawsuit against Hawaii and Maui County

The family of a woman who died in a wildfire on Maui has filed a negligence lawsuit against the county, state of Hawaii and one of Hawaii’s largest landowners, Bishop Estate.

This is the first lawsuit that has named both Maui County and the state of Hawaii as defendants in a case relating to the devastating fires.

Rebecca Rans, 57, died after trying to flee a wildfire during the inferno that ripped through the towns of Lahaina and Kula last month. She died alongside her long-term partner Doug
EastLondonLines •

‘I want to share his memory with the world’ – Eastlondonlines

Every public park in London will most likely have a memorial bench and each one will tell a story. But what is it about a memorial bench in a green space that gives families that meaningful spot to remember their loved ones?

Bethany Harries, a psychologist, and PhD student in Environmental Wellbeing at the University of Surrey explains why being among nature while remembering a loved one is beneficial. “Losing a loved one can be a very stressful and upsetting experience but spending time in