News - DANA ULLMAN

Images of President Biden this week

Oct 8, 2022

USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism 2021 Reporting Fellowship

Honored to have been selected as one among so many talented journalists to report on health disparities in Northern California's Mendocino County. See the final series in Spanish and English here .

Oct 1, 2021

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Bloomberg

Indian Diaspora Struggles to Help Homeland ‘Gasping for Air’

May 3, 2021

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Winner of the 2020 Global Media Competition on Labour Migration and Fair Recruitment

Dec 18, 2020

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Univision

Un trabajador agrícola en Texas murió de covid-19, ahora su familia e investigadores federales quieren respuestas Marco Antonio Galván Gómez salió de su casa en Guanajuato, en un viaje de 1,200 millas hasta una extensa granja de papas en el Panhandle de Texas. Allí se enfermó de covid-19 y murió de complicaciones asociadas al virus...

Sep 21, 2020

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Food and Environment Reporting Network

Sep 17, 2020

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The Texas Observer

Death in Dalhart After a farmworker in the rural town of Dalhart died of complications from COVID-19, his family and federal investigators want answers.

Sep 16, 2020

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Bloomberg

Shortage of Safety Supplies Adds to Risks for U.S. Reopening First came the dash to equip U.S. hospitals with protective gear when the coronavirus swept across the country. Now companies are scrambling to get a limited supply of masks, gloves and disinfectants they need to reopen. U.S. Services Index Jumps to a Four-Month High on Reopenings A gauge of U.S. service industries...

Jul 15, 2020

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Bloomberg

Jun 15, 2020

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Trust Magazine

The Loss of Local News Newspapers are closing—and with fewer reporters covering local events, researchers are asking what it means for civic life.

Jun 10, 2020

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The Texas Observer

COVID-19 Has Infected Workers at a Tyson Beef Plant in Amarillo, Employees Say The infections are the latest in the surge of coronavirus cases at Texas meatpacking plants and in the Panhandle.

May 7, 2020

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Wall Street Journal

The Financial Gurus Millennials Listen To The generation is more comfortable getting advice on social media than at established institutions. Meet some of the new influencers.

Mar 14, 2020

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The Pew Charitable Trust

The Loss of Local News: A Good Story Newspapers are cutting staff or closing altogether, but in the final episode of our local news series we visit The Berkshire Eagle in western Massachusetts, which is bucking that trend.

Mar 13, 2020

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Cover Story in The Texas Observer

Every year thousands of transnational agricultural workers on H-2A temporary work visas come to the U.S. to cultivate and harvest the food we eat and the fibers which clothe us. Last year, with the extraordinary support of the International Women's Media Foundation Under-Reported Stories grant, I traveled from Monterrey, Mexico to the NW corner of Texas documenting the experiences of some...

Jul 17, 2019

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New Story in Foreign Policy

Excited to share a piece I wrote and photograph in Lamu, an extraordinary place and community, off the coast of Kenya at risk for irreparable change. Despite the world turning away from coal, China is investing in emerging coal markets around the world. Please read to know more about the realities of fossil fuels in 2019 and the work locals are doing to protect their livelihoods and...

Jun 9, 2019

News Spotlight

Tanzania Story published by Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown

I photographed a story last year on the government-led evictions of Tanzania's Barabaig tribe, after the government was allowed a waiver by the World Bank that exempts them from a Indigenous People's policy that protects these communities from issues such as evictions and land grabbing. I had a chance to reconnect with the communtiy only to find out that the Barabaig people of Mkombani had...

Dec 23, 2017

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Kenya

Sijambo! Working on stories from Kenya until 12/7. My local number there is +254 074 247 6702. Asante sana, Dana

Nov 9, 2017

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UN Diplomat Accused of Labor Abuses by Filipina Nanny: A NY Modern-Day Slavery Story

A piece I've been working on illuminating the realities of modern day slavery right here in New York is out at Colorlines. I had the honor of photographing Ms. Mendoza and listening to her story. Many thanks to Riya Ortiz at DamayanÂ and Akiba Solomon at Colorlines for their support and work on this important story! Links:...

Sep 28, 2017

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California Sunday Magazine

My photo story on refugee resttlement in Twin Falls, Idaho is out now in the newest issue California Sunday Magazine! Honored every time I get to enter people's lives who have so much to teach us and to have the opportunity to work with Jackie and Francesca - it all came together beautifully.

Apr 6, 2017

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New Work / New York City

Just returning to Brooklyn after an amazing experience as an IWMF reporting fellow in Tanzania. See the work I produced there with IWMF's support for the GroundTruth Project and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) here and here. The story has also been published by PRI , the Huffington Post , SÃ¼ddedeutsche Zeitung, Knack in Belgium....

Jun 21, 2016

Awards News

Tanzania in May

So excited to announce I have been selected to participate in the International Women's Media Foundation's African Great Lakes Reporting Trip to Tanzania this May along with some amazing fellows. Can't wait. Read more here: https://www.iwmf.org/2016-tanzania-and-south-sudan-fellows/

Mar 31, 2016

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Older Immigrants in New York City

Here is the second of a two-part series I've written and photographed that illuminates the experiences of older immigrants in New York City. I am very grateful to the International Center for Journalists' Community Health Reporting Fellowship for their support.

Jan 11, 2016

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The Age of Isolation

Here is the first of two-part series I've written and photographed that illuminates the experiences of older immigrants in New York City. I am very grateful to the International Center for Journalists' Community Health Reporting Fellowship for their support. Thank you also to LiveOn NY.

Dec 27, 2015

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Northeastern Magazine

Images from an assignment photographing a day in the life of one American woman at Iganga Hospital's maternity ward in Uganda for the Associated Press have been published in the Fall 2015 Issue of Northeastern Magazine.

Dec 27, 2015

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New Work : Ugandans with Albinism on website

Check it out : http://www.ullmanphoto.com/albinism-in-uganda

Jul 15, 2015

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NY Times Metro Section

If you get a chance, check out today's NY Times Metro Section for a story on long-time tenants being pushed out of their homes by The Orbach Group on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. A must-read for all renters out there! Photos by me: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/19/nyregion/longtime-tenants-in-manhattan-see-an-effort-to-push-them-out.html?src=me

Jun 19, 2015

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New Work on Ugandan Youth with Albinism Featured by Open Society Foundation This Week

Super excited to be taking over @opensocietyfoundations Instagram account for the next week. I'll be sharing images and experiences of vulnerable youth born with albinism and what's being done to protect them in Western Uganda. Check it out! Dana

Jun 9, 2015

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Spring News

Here's a spring wrap-up of the work I've been doing in Uganda these past months, where I am currently based. I tried to save time (since I'm on Africa Time) by wrapping things up in a newsletter. If you are interested in subscribing, you can always email me at dana@ullmanphoto.com. Best, Dana

May 1, 2015

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New Work in Makeshift Magazine

Check out the new issue of Makeshift Magazine, which features my article and photographs on the real life superheroes of New York City, in print or online: http://mkshft.org/everyday-superheroes/

Apr 26, 2015

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New Work on Narrative.ly

With Earth Day in mind, check out the article I wrote and photographed on land rights in Western Uganda: As foreign companies stream into a new energy hotspot, most residents of rural Uganda are left with only broken promises and degraded land. http://narrative.ly/poisoning-the-planet/the-great-african-rip-off/

Apr 24, 2015

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Work In Progress

Amony Vicky, 24, spent time in prison for defending herself in a domestic violence situation. Not able to go back to the situation out of fear and stress, she lives with temporarily with a family member and deals with the stigma of being formerly incarcerated and stresses of a single mother. Her school funding was pulled due to her sentence and she is unable to earn a living while caring for...

Apr 14, 2015

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Albinism in Uganda

Finishing up a story about Grace, a eleven-year old girl born with albinism. Grace, shown here at school, is having a difficult time adjusting to her new life. Like any girl her age, she is becoming self-conscious about being different so she alters her look by dying her hair. Grace, her brother Quizzard, also born with albinism, and their parents had to leave Rwanda because of threats to...

Mar 22, 2015

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En route to Gulu

I'll be in Gulu for the next week or so continuing the Uganda chapter of Another Kind of Prison . More to come! xx

Mar 9, 2015

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Image of the Day: Kampala

Happy to be getting back to the stories I began almost two years ago and reconnecting with familiar faces. Thompson, pictured, and I are traveling again to Karamoja, this time to document how land grabbing is displacing communities and destroying livelihoods in the region. For now, another day at the office.

Mar 4, 2015

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Currently based in Uganda until June 2015

I am currently based in Kampala, Uganda until June 2015 completing a personal project supported by the Puffin Foundation. As of March 1st I am also available for assignments. Please contact me via email or mobile: dana@ullmanphoto.com/+256 757 502 896 Best, Dana

Feb 23, 2015

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Wrapping up a couple weeks on assignment in the Bronx

Wonderful experience working with University Neighborhood Housing Project in the Bronx these past couple weeks meeting and photographing empowered everyday people preserving culture and community in their neighborhood while overcoming poverty. Leaving for Uganda warm and inspired.

Feb 21, 2015

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DANA ULLMAN

Dana Ullman is an international photographer and writer based in New York's Hudson Valley and Ærø, Denmark. Her work explores the intersection of labor, agriculture and human rights globally, with a particular focus on North America, Scandinavia, and East Africa.

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