Ruth Fremson

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Ruth Fremson
EmployerThe New York Times
Spouse
John Scurlock
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(m. 2016)​
[1]
AwardsMultiple Pulitzer Prizes (with others)

Ruth Fremson is an American photojournalist and staff photographer for the The New York Times.[2]

Personal life[edit]

Fremson was born on Long Island, in New York.[3] She is now married to pilot and aerial photographer John Scurlock. Together they live on Bainbridge Island, Washington,[4][5] in the metropolitan area of Seattle. She started her career out of Charlotte, North Carolina, but in 1996 was transferred Washington, D.C. to cover the Clinton administration.[6]

Career[edit]

She previously lived in New York City, where she was a photographer of the 9/11 attacks.[7] She has also travelled to Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iraq to document conflicts in the region.[8][9][10]

Fremson is a graduate of the Newhouse School of Syracuse University,[11] where she completed a Bachelor's degree.[3] She went on to join a Master's program at Ohio University.[12]

After graduating from Syracuse, she worked an internship for The Washington Times in the summer of 1988. From 1989, she worked as staff for the Times until she joined the Associated Press (AP) in 1994.[13] While working for AP, she covered multiple international events, including the reinstatement of Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the end of the Bosnian Civil War, and the visit of Pope John Paul II to Cuba in 1998.[14] in She was hired by The New York Times in 2000.[15]

In 2016, she appeared on the B&H Photo podcast.[16]

Awards[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Romantic Alta – Alta Lodge Love Stories". Alta Lodge Blog. 18 February 2021. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  2. ^ "Last night, staff photographer Ruth Fremson arrived at the Pacific Ocean. Seattle will be the next and final stop on Ruth's road trip west". The New York Times. July 10, 2015. Retrieved 2023-04-15 – via Facebook.
  3. ^ a b "Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer to present Global Awareness Lecture Feb. 22". BYU News. 2006-02-15. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  4. ^ "The Monochromatic Mountain: Photographic Flights To The Great Ranges Of Western North America". College of the Environment. Western Washington University. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  5. ^ "Still Lives". The New York Times. 2020-04-21. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  6. ^ "WHNPA Announces Judges for 2023 'Eyes of History®' Contests". White House News Photographers Association. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  7. ^ Minutaglio, Rose; Feller, Madison (2021-09-01). "'I Wasn't Dressed for War:' Female Reporters on What It Was Like Covering 9/11". ELLE. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  8. ^ "Dispatches - Ruth Fremson". The Digital Journalist. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  9. ^ "Ruth Fremson". Professional Women Photographers Blog. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  10. ^ Fremson, Ruth (April 25, 2003). "A U.S. Special Forces officer addresses tribal and community leaders in Mosul, Iraq, on April 12". The New York Times. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  11. ^ "Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photojournalist to Visit SUU". SUU. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  12. ^ "Advisory Board: POYI JUDGES". Pictures of the Year. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  13. ^ "Women in Photojournalism, Ruth Fremson & MPD". MPD. Syracuse University. 2015-07-03. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  14. ^ "Ruth Fremson". 50 Forward. Newhouse School Syracuse University. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  15. ^ "Ruth Fremson". Eddie Adams Workshop. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  16. ^ "Podcast: The Prize—Two Photojournalists Reflect on Winning a Pulitzer". B&H Photo. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  17. ^ "The 1999 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Feature Photography: Photo Staff of Associated Press". The Pulitzer Prizes.
  18. ^ "The 2002 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Feature Photography: Staff of The New York Times". The Pulitzer Prizes.
  19. ^ "The 2002 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Breaking News Photography: Staff of The New York Times". The Pulitzer Prizes.
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