NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE
About:
Newsweek in an American weekly magazine founded in 1933. During my tenure, it was owned by the Washington Post Company. From 2000 to 2012, I worked on the magazine’s International edition under Editor Fareed Zakaria. Those formative years of my career coincided with a major sociopolitical shift in the world, as well as significant changes in journalism and photography.
I joined Newsweek during the contested 2000 presidential election of George W. Bush. The attacks of September 11th followed soon after, then the occupation of Afghanistan, the war in Iraq, and the so-called global War on Terror. Tsunamis, floods, earthquakes, and hurricanes struck around the world. There were wars in Lebanon, Sri Lanka, and Congo, and a genocide in Darfur. Then came a global financial crisis, the historic election of Barack Obama, and the revolutions of the Arab Spring.
It was also a time of profound technological advancement, which rapidly changed how information was shared and how journalism and the media operated. I was fortunate to witness this paradigm shift from inside one of America’s most storied media companies.
My Role:
As Senior Photo Editor, I commissioned photography for the international magazine, including weekly cover packages, special issues, photo essays, and features. I worked closely with our contract photographers, Paolo Pellegrin, Alex Majoli, Christopher Anderson, Luc Delahaye, and Jonathan Torgovnik, as well as many contributing photographers, including Ian Teh, Bertrand Meunier, Brent Stirton, Philip Blenkinsop, Agnes Dherbeys, Moises Saman, Donald Weber, Tim Hetherington, and Stanley Greene. A sample of their work is shown below.
Newsweek gave me a platform to work on many historic events alongside smart, engaged journalists and editors and some of the most talented photojournalists and documentary photographers of the era. I consider my decade on staff fundamental in shaping my understanding of the world, of journalism, and of the ethics and standards of professional practice. It also shaped my deep appreciation of visual journalists’ creativity and intelligence, and of documentary photography’s power to shape a global conversation and tell the stories of our time.
What you see here is a very small sample of the hundreds of stories I worked on during this period.
Involvement
Photo Editor / Art Direction
Client
Newsweek International
Selected Honors
NPPA, Second Place, Magazine Picture Editor of The Year, 2010
ASME, National Magazine Awards, Winner, Newsweek magazine for General Excellence, 2004
ASME, National Magazine Awards, Winner, Newsweek magazine for General Excellence, 2002
