Master of Journalism student Jesse Winter
Carleton University journalism student Jesse Winter has been named Student Photographer of the Year by the News Photographers Association of Canada.
Winter, a second-year Master of Journalism student, won for his photojournalism portfolio which included two photo essays shot over the course of his summer field work in West Africa.
Slippery Money: Oil Pollution and Compensation in the Niger Delta, featured photos taken as part of Winter’s Masters Research Project. Winter examined the impacts of a landmark lawsuit settlement between Royal Dutch Shell and the Niger Delta fishing community of Bodo. The project will be published as an interactive eBook in the coming weeks.
Kegbara Dere community leader Sonny Olulu probes an oil containment pond outside his home in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria.
Community members gather for a meeting in Bodo City, Nigeria, to discuss how to use the $110 million in settlement money the community won as compensation from Royal Dutch Shell for oil spills that destroyed their fishery in 2008 and 2009.
Wednesday, April 27, 2016 in Journalism, Media, News, Professional
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