RACHEL PARSONS
International multimedia journalist
Pulitzer Center Grantee
A Pulitzer Center grantee, Rachel Parsons is an international multimedia journalist who has worked in text, audio, photography and videography. She focuses on climate, the environment and anthropological intersections. Her work has been published in Smithsonian Magazine, Context, The New York Times, Scientific American, The World, The Africa Report, Nikkei Asia, Fort Worth Magazine, Reuters, the Malheur Enterprise and more.
She has won awards from the Los Angeles Press Club's Southern California Journalism Awards, Writer's Digest, and the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association for photography.
Rachel produced, wrote, directed, hosted, shot and edited "The Peregrine Dame," which aired on American public television nationwide from 2014 to 2018.
She holds an MSc in Anthropology, Environment and Development from University College London and a BA in journalism from the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California.
If you've made it this far, in her spare time, Rachel likes to dance it out.
Photo: Michael Higgins