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Nichole Sobecki

Nichole Sobecki

Nichole Sobecki is a visual journalist based in Nairobi, Kenya. From 2012-2015 Nichole worked for Agence France-Presse producing regular video and photo features, and coordinating their video coverage of East Africa. She was the Turkey Correspondent for Global Post from 2008-2011, based in Istanbul, Turkey. During that time she also covered the early days of the Libyan uprising, the ongoing war in Afghanistan, developmental challenges facing Nepal, and the aftermath of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. In 2007 Nichole worked for the Daily Star, Lebanon’s English language newspaper based in Beirut. Nichole shot and edited "The Luckiest Man: Gun Violence in Urban America," a documentary, and "Shooting for Peace," an initiative of the Jacob Burns Film Center.
Nichole Sobecki (pictured) reported in Somalia and Dadaab refugee camp for The GroundTruth Project.
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Freelancers, here’s how to nudge news outlets to actually pay you

This article originally appeared on Navigator, GroundTruth's newsletter for early-career journalists. You can subscribe to Navigator here.  You...

May 26, 2017
Environment

South African photographer captures life across our ‘Drowning World’

A version of this piece appeared on Business Insider.  PARIS, France – Two women in brightly colored saris pause for the camera on their...

Dec 22, 2015
Environment

What do the world’s most vulnerable countries want from COP21?

As negotiators gather in Paris to finalize an agreement to curb climate change, GroundTruth spoke with Giza Gaspar...

Dec 08, 2015
Inequality

Glaring class disparity gains attention ahead of Kenya’s presidential election

 by Nichole Sobecki Comparing the Divide: President Barack Obama’s mother was from Kansas, and his father was from...

Feb 11, 2013

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