September • 2023
Katie put together a great selection of photos across a variety of events. Would recommend hiring her again!
New York, NY, USA
3 reviews$725 - $1300 / Day
Request QuoteKatie G. Nelson is an award-winning journalist, photographer and filmmaker from Minneapolis, MN. She covers human rights, racial justice and global health in the United States and East Africa. She is currently based in New York City, NY. Katie’s work has been published by The New York Times, National Geographic, BBC, Al Jazeera, Frontline PBS, The Telegraph, Associated Press and Public Radio International. Currently, Katie is most well known for her visual coverage of George Floyd’s murder for The New York Times. Her team’s video reportage has been recognized by Pictures of the Year, the National Press Photographers Association, the Rory Peck News Trust and the News Leaders Association. In 2021, they were nominated for an Emmy Award. Katie has extensive experience reporting in conflict and civil unrest. She is HEFAT certified by RISC, with additional training by The Wall Street Journal and IWMF. Prior to journalism, Katie developed educational curriculum for HIV/AIDS prevention in western Kenya. She has a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Public Health from the University of Minnesota.
September • 2023
Katie put together a great selection of photos across a variety of events. Would recommend hiring her again!
Since its only external beam radiotherapy machine broke in April, Ugandans having been dying of treatable cancers.
Following the story of Cash, this three-part series shows his journey of living as a gay man in Kenya, learning about PreP - a preventative medication for HIV/AIDS - and ultimately deciding to take control of his health and life. The Let’s Get Real films are one of the first to be planned, scripted, acted and edited alongside Kenya’s gay and transgender community.
Driven out of their homes and displaced in foreign land, many South Sudanese refugees are struggling to reconcile with the complexity of war and dislocation. For some, that means blaming opposing tribes for the conflict. Still others refuse to cast blame on rival ethnic groups, believing that peace beyond those divisions remains possible in South Sudan.
Uganda is one of at least 34 African countries where homosexual acts are illegal. Members of the LGBTQ community receive no protection from discrimination, violence, arbitrary arrests, and forced evictions.
Members of the Ugandan lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community celebrated their fourth annual Pride Uganda festival this weekend, defying strict laws criminalizing homosexuality with up to 14 years in jail.
News, portrait and commercial photography by Katie G. Nelson.
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