Photojournalist Ryan Anson returns to Mindanao, southern Philippines to examine the pitfalls and successes of the peace process with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
Pulitzer Photojournalist Presents Work in Carbondale, IL, 10/1
Published October 1, 2009
Event date:
October 1, 2009 - 12:30pm to 2:00pm
Telling the Stories through Images of Muslim Minorities in the Asia-Pacific
Thursday, October 1, 12:30 - 2:00 p.m.
Dean's Conference Room
SIU - Carbondale
Ryan Anson will share his work from Mindanao, a war-ravaged island in the southern Philippines, of the Uighurs in China's Xinjiang Province, and of Thailand's Malay people in the southern border region. Raised in Kenya, Anson has published stories in outlets including The Washington Post, The New York Times, Newsweek, and Smithsonian Magazine. He frequently contributes to Bloomberg News and Agence France-Presse.
This event and Anson's reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting: www.pulitzercenter.org
Please RSVP to the Journalism School office: 618-536-3361 or jschool@siu.edu
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