@MeridithKohut

Photojournalist covering health, humanitarian and environmental issues in Texas + Latin America

 Houston, Texas
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Joined March 2012
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I'm truly honored to have photographed one of the Top 10 Photos of 2022, selected by @TIME magazine time.com/6242643/time-top-10…

TIME’s Top 10 Photos of 2022

As we embark on a new year, these photos will serve as a reminder of the moments that defined 2022.

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"The only thing I care about is medicine, science, and public health.” - Dr. Fauci A new @PBS American Masters Documentary reflecting on his career through 7 presidential administrations, from AIDS to Covid-19 is now streaming: to.pbs.org/3ZXm2X5

Dr. Tony Fauci - Stream the documentary now | American Masters | PBS

Follow Dr. Anthony Fauci with a behind-the-scenes look at his career and his struggles and successes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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@PBS16 Mar 2023
Dr. Fauci is first and foremost a physician. "Dr. Tony Fauci" premieres Tue, March 21 at 8/7c on @PBSAmerMasters.
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I contributed this photograph, from inside a makeshift morgue during the New York City epicenter in April 2020. May we never forget all the people who lost their lives, nor the contributions of Dr. Fauci and all the healthcare professionals who stepped up to care for us❤️‍🩹
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Joyce Dopkeen, Barrier-Breaking News Photographer, Dies at 80 “...as more women were hired and gained acceptance, they began to push successfully for publication of images that were different" nytimes.com/2023/02/02/busin…

Joyce Dopkeen, Barrier-Breaking News Photographer, Dies at 80 (Published 2023)

In 1973, she was the first woman hired by The New York Times to be a full-time staff photographer.

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Houston is now the largest city in America without abortion access. Dr. Bernard Rosenfeld, the OB/GYN who ran Houston Women's Clinic for over 40 years, said Texan women will die without access to abortion care.(8/9)
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He warned that the state is not prepared to care for the increase in women who were denied abortions and will soon be having babies that they do not have the financial resources to support. (9/9)
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Dave Cole@DaveColePhoto22 Sep 2022
Amazon Routinely Hired Dangerous Trucking Companies, With Deadly Consequences: Thank you to @MeridithKohut and Sarah Blesener for your care in photographing this important @cdweaver story: wsj.com/articles/amazon-truc…

Amazon Routinely Hired Dangerous Trucking Companies, With Deadly Consequences

Its regular contractors were more than twice as likely to receive unsafe driving scores compared with similar outfits, a Journal analysis shows. Amazon says its network is safe. “Our goal is zero...

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An innovative financial model seeks to help small or poor nations escape the interrelated scourges of high debt & climate change by giving them financial incentives to invest in conservation. With amazing photos by @MeridithKohut. nytimes.com/2022/11/07/world…

How Belize Cut Its Debt by Fighting Global Warming (Published 2022)

Developing nations are reducing their debt by pledging to protect their resources in financial deals that could give them a bigger role in the fight against climate change.

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Ernesto Londoño@londonoe22 May 2022
We got an intimate look at a form of alternative therapy that is increasing going mainstream, in large part because veterans are pushing for expanded access. Photos by @MeridithKohut nytimes.com/2022/05/21/world…

‘I Want to Reset My Brain’: Female Veterans Turn to Psychedelic Therapy (Published 2022)

Traumatized by war and sexual assaults, some U.S. veterans and veterans’ spouses are seeking help in a Mexican clinic that treats depression and addiction with potent hallucinogens like toad poison.

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"She was fearless, but she was also human.” Shireen Abu Akleh’s colleague and close friend @DaliaHatuqa remembers the impact she had on the Arab world, and how she inspired a generation of women to become journalists. Read more: aje.io/ajzs9h

Video: What Shireen Abu Akleh meant to Arab news audiences

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"I see this as a clear assassination of journalists.” Eyewitness and fellow journalist Shatha Hanaysha says journalists in the scene were pinned down by snipers when Shireen Abu Akleh was shot by Israeli occupation forces. 🔴 LIVE updates ⤵ aje.io/vdf5ss

Palestine UN envoy rejects Israeli role in Abu Akleh probe

Riyad Mansour says Palestine won't accept a probe by the 'Israeli occupying authority' into Shireen Abu Akleh's killing.

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NPPA@NPPA20 Apr 2022
Remembering the brilliance of Chris Hondros and Tim Hetherington. Eleven years ago today they were killed in Misrata, Libya. Peace. @hondrosfund @TimHetherington
Chris Hondros Fund@hondrosfund20 Apr 2022
"Great photography requires steadiness of hand and heart." - Chris Hondros (March 14, 1970 – April 20, 2011) Remembering the live and legacy of Chris and all he gave to us today. 📷: @stufankjian
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@nytimes7 Apr 2022
Breaking News: The Senate voted 53 to 47 to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, making her the first Black woman elevated to the Supreme Court. nyti.ms/3LO1UPD
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“And then I noticed how proud her daughter was of her, and it gave me chills when I saw this look that her daughter gave her. It was just this look of such pride and admiration.” - @sbmaneyphoto on her historic photo of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson and her daughter, Leila.
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