Polly Irungu - Black Women Photographers
We Are Photographers
English - July 14, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 55.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsVisual Arts Arts Education photography storytelling interview community creative photo people kenna klosterman creativelive film Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Polly Irungu is a multimedia journalist, digital editor and photographer and is the founder of Black Women Photographers, a new community and online database of Black women photographers. Polly is a Digital Content Editor at New York Public Radio (WYNC) for ‘The Takeaway’, a national NPR show with over 2 million listeners. As a photographer, Polly’s work has been published by NPR, The Washington Post, CNN, HuffPost, OkayAfrica. She was named one of Okay Africa’s 100 African Women to Know in 2020. Polly has spoken about social media, branding, podcasting, media diversity, COVID-19, and photojournalism on panels for Twitter, NBC News, and National Association of Black Journalists.
In this episode we celebrate the launch day of Black Women Photographers discussing why Polly created the site and its mission. Born in Kenya, hear Polly’s story of growing up in a traditional African household in both Kansas and Oregon. She shares how photography helped her rise out of depression, offers advice for young journalists and talks about the critical need for more diversity and representation in the journalism industry. Go behind the scenes on her role at WNYC for The Takeaway and how living a life full of intention in everything she does is her key to success.
This is We Are Photographers with Polly Irungu and this is her story.
Connect with Polly Irungu: pollyirungu.com | blackwomenphotographers.com | Instagram @pollyirungu @photosbypolly @blackwomenphotographers | Twitter @pollyirungu @BlkWomenPhoto
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