Donatella Lorch has written extensively for The New York Times on foreign affairs and conflicts in Africa, the Middle East and Afghanistan as well as crime in New York City, the American penal system and immigration. These articles can all be found on Lexis-Nexis as can her reporting for Newsweek. Specific articles are highlighted below.
Conflict
- "Iraq’s Most Wanted", Newsweek, March 31, 2003
- "The Green Berets Up Close — On the Ground with the Special Forces who turned the Tide.", Newsweek, January 14, 2002.
- "Farewell to A Friend", Newsweek, October 27, 2001
- "Surviving the Five D’s — A writer struggles with the aftermath of covering brutality in Africa.", Media Studies Journal, Summer 2001
- "Scars of War — A Return To Kosovo", Newsweek
Refugees and Immigration
- "Following Freedom’s Trail", Newsweek, September 2, 2002.
- "Out of Africa", Newsweek, March 19, 2001
- "The Cultural Broker in Refugee Resettlement", Alicia Patterson Foundation Reporter
- "Refugee Foster Care in Mississippi: When People and Cultures Clash", Alicia Patterson Foundation Reporter, 2003