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Melissa Bunni Elian

@bunnisays

Melissa Bunni Elian has worked as an independent visual journalist since 2013 and is a board member of the Authority Collective. Her work focuses on recentering people on the margins of society, culture from the African Diaspora and structural inequality. She is currently working on her master's degree at Columbia Journalism School

In Photographing Social Justice Protests, Respect Means ‘Looking Again’

In Photographing Social Justice Protests, Respect Means ‘Looking Again’

Dear Journalism: If visual journalists privilege conflict over collaboration and community, we fail in our duties as witness, truthful storyteller, and concerned citizen