Africa Research Seminar
Date and Time
“Conflict and Beyond: A Deeper Look into Telling African Stories”
Finbarr O’Reilly is a Reuters photographer based in Dakar, Senegal. He began his journalism career as a writer and has covered Africa for the past ten years. He turned to photography in 2005 and received the World Press Photo of the Year Award in 2006. He has since won numerous top industry awards for his multimedia work and photography and his work has been exhibited internationally. O’Reilly has worked on long-term projects in Congo and Afghanistan and is among those profiled in the documentary film Under Fire: Journalists in Combat, which was shortlisted for a 2012 Academy Award.
Beauregard Tromp is a senior field producer for eNews Africa, a pan-African television news station. Previously, as Africa correspondent for Independent Newspapers, he wrote extensively on conflicts in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, and the Niger Delta. He is co-author of Hani: A Life Too Short, a bestselling biography of liberation fighter Chris Hani, and has been recognized for his narrative on the outbreak of xenophobic violence in South Africa.
Speakers:
Finbarr O'Reilly, Photographer, Reuters; Nieman Fellow, Nieman Foundation for Journalism, Harvard University.
Beauregard Tromp, Senior Field Producer, eNews Africa; Fellow, Nieman Foundation for Journalism, Harvard University.