Erin Siegal McIntyre

Erin Siegal McIntyre
Nationality American
Education Columbia University, Parsons School of Design, School of Visual Arts

Erin Siegal McIntyre is an American photographer and writer. She is a Senior Fellow at the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism at Brandeis University,[1] and is represented by Redux Pictures[2] in New York. Siegal McIntyre's work has appeared in the New York Times, Newsweek, Time magazine, Rolling Stone, and many other magazines and newspapers. She is based in Tijuana, Mexico and reports from the U.S.-Mexico border on a variety of issues.

Education

Siegal McIntyre attended the School of Visual Arts and Parsons School of Design,[3] and lived in New York City from 2000–2007. In 2008, Siegal was a Fellow at the Stabile Center for Investigative Reporting[4] at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Siegal McIntyre earned her Master's degree with a specialization in investigative journalism in 2009.

Professional career

Before starting a freelance career in 2005, Siegal McIntyre worked as studio manager for noted war photographer James Nachtwey,[5] and assisted Magnum Pictures photographer Susan Meiselas. She briefly interned for fashion photographer Max Vadukul.

Siegal McIntyre's work has appeared in numerous publications including Rolling Stone,[6] The New Yorker,[7] and The New York Times.[8] Her work has been selected for inclusion in Reuters Pictures's 2008 Images of the Year,[9] Redux Pictures's Year in Pictures 2007, and Reuters Pictures's "Photos of the Month" in March 2007, December 2006 and October 2005.

In 2006, Siegal McIntyre co-directed and co-produced a 13-minute documentary, “Taking the Pledge,” [10] exploring the impact of a Bush administration rule within USAID that stipulated that organizations receiving U.S. funds for HIV/AIDS prevention must sign an "anti-prostitution pledge." The effects of this Presidential Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) clause is told by sex workers from around the world in Khmer, Thai, French, Portuguese, and Bengali (with English subtitles). “Taking the Pledge” has been screened at the 2008 International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, the 2007 World Social Forum in Atlanta, and the 2007 International Conference on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific in Mali. It was produced in collaboration with the Network of Sex Work Projects and funded by the Urban Justice Center of New York City.[11]

The Hearst company group investigation "Dead by Mistake," [12] undertaken collaboratively with the 2008–2009 Stabile Fellows at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, was awarded a 2009 Sigma Delta Chi award for Investigative Reporting.[13]

In 2012, Siegal McIntyre was honored by the Open Society Foundation with a 2012–2013 Soros Justice Fellowship to report on deportation of undocumented immigrants in the United States. She worked alongside a legal scholar and the scholar's husband, a deported Mexican man who had been incarcerated in the U.S as a juvenile offender and served 14 years in prison.[14] Together, they produced stories for various media outlets including Univision's Aqui y Ahora.[15]

On the U.S-Mexico border, Siegal McIntyre has covered stories ranging from unearthing narcofosas[16] and crime [17] to greyhound retirement,[18] the Border Patrol,[19][20] criminal justice,[21][22] and extensive coverage of immigration issues [23][24][25][26] and the deportation of U.S. military veterans.[27]

Books / Anthologies

Finding Fernanda: Two Mothers, One Child, and a Cross-border Search for Truth is Siegal McIntyre's debut book of investigative nonfiction. It examines a case of child kidnapping for international adoption, details criminal networks and corruption that afflicted some U.S. adoptions from Guatemala. It was featured on an hour-long CBS 48 Hours special investigation, "Perilous Journey" in January 2014.[28]

McIntyre's second book, The U.S. Embassy Cables: Adoption Fraud in Guatemala, 1987-2010[29] is a three-part volume consisting of diplomatic cables obtained via Freedom of Information Act requests over a 2-year period. The compilation is raw source communications between the U.S. State Department and the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala.

Her work has appeared in the following anthologies:

Public Service

In 2013, Siegal McIntyre joined the Board of Directors of Journalism and Women Symposium, where she spearheads the JAWS diversity committee.[30] She also volunteers with Hearts Apart, a non-profit organization that matches professional photographers to pre-deployment military families for free portrait sessions.[31][32]

Previously, Siegal McIntyre worked with the SF Cameraworks mentoring program First Exposures in San Francisco, $pread Magazine in New York City,[33] and the FTAA, G8, NYC, and Boston Indymedia collectives, among others.

Exhibitions / Photographic Residencies

External links

References

  1. ↑ Ethics and Justice in Journalism Fellows, The Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism at Brandeis University, http://www.brandeis.edu/investigate/about/fellows/siegal.html
  2. ↑ Redux Pictures photographer Erin Siegal McIntyre, http://www.reduxpictures.com/Photographer/Erin-Siegal-McIntyre
  3. ↑ RE:d, the alumni magazine of Parson's School of Design, Alumni Profile of Erin Siegal, BFA 2006, http://regardingdesign.parsons.edu/2011/erin-siegal-bfa-06/
  4. ↑ 2009 Fellows at the Stabile Center for Investigative Reporting at Columbia University, http://stabilecenter.org/?page_id=553
  5. ↑ James Nachtwey, War Photographer, http://www.jamesnachtwey.com/
  6. ↑ "Panic at the Disco Open Honda Tour," October 16, 2008, http://www.rollingstone.com/music/photos/panic-at-the-disco-open-the-honda-civic-tour-20081016/panic-at-the-disco-tour-opener-performance-5-62651337
  7. ↑ The New Yorker, "Finding Fernanda: Pictures from an Investigation," by Elissa Curtis, November 10, 2011, http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/2011/11/finding-fernanda-erin-siegal.html/
  8. ↑ "Busting Loose Amid Wall Street's Blues," by Erin Siegal, The New York Times, November 30, 2008, http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/11/28/nyregion/thecity/113008-Wall_index.html
  9. ↑ Reuters Pictures, http://www.reuters.com/search/pictures?blob=Erin+Siegal&s=USPHOTOS&srch_Tab=&srch_Results=&srch_MoreResults=&searchWhere=NEWS#
  10. ↑ "Mexico City 3-8 August 2008 - XVII Internationnal AIDS Conference". AIDS 2008. 2008-08-08. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
  11. ↑ "Pay As You Go Redux". Brownpapertickets.com. 2009-07-31. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
  12. ↑ "Dead by Mistake". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on August 12, 2009. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
  13. ↑ "Society of Professional Journalists | Sigma Delta Chi Awards". Spj.org. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
  14. ↑ "Joel Medina, Erin Siegal & Beth Caldwell | Open Society Foundations (OSF)". Open Society Foundations. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
  15. ↑ "‘Lolo’ nació en EEUU pero se vio forzado a vivir en México" (in Spanish). Noticias.univision.com. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
  16. ↑ Victims of El Pozolero Unearthed in Tijuana (2012-12-05). "In Remains Of 'Pozolero' Victims Dissolved In Acid, Tijuana Families Find Hope". KPBS. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
  17. ↑ Erin Siegal (2012-11-15). "Extortionists Target 900,000 Homes, Businesses By Phone In Tijuana". KPBS. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
  18. ↑ "Racing Tijuana Greyhounds Are Adopted into New Lives in California - Fusion". Fusion. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
  19. ↑ "Horses Offer Border Patrol A Tactical Advantage". Fronteras Desk. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
  20. ↑ Erin Siegal (2012-12-10). "Border Patrol Agent Fired Ten Times To Kill Woman On Meth". KPBS. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
  21. ↑ Erin Siegal (2012-11-30). "Second California Inmate To Be Released Under Revision To Three Strikes Law". KPBS. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
  22. ↑ Erin Siegal. "The Architect And The Opera Singer: A Tale Of Two Drug Mules". KPBS. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
  23. ↑ Erin Siegal. "Immigration reform: What the last 'path to citizenship' did for immigrants". CSMonitor.com. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
  24. ↑ Erin Siegal McIntyre (2013-07-07). "Immigration and assimilation: Finding a cultural foothold ... in a gang". CSMonitor.com. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
  25. ↑ Erin Siegal. "A teen’s immigration reform: Seeing amnesty as long shot, he self deports". CSMonitor.com. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
  26. ↑ Erin Siegal (2012-12-06). "Decreasing Number Of Undocumented Immigrants Living In US". KPBS. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
  27. ↑ "Mexican Soldiers Fight For US Army But Still Deported". Playboy. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
  28. ↑ "Perilous Journey - 48 Hours Videos". CBS News. 2014-01-18. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
  29. ↑ "The U.S. Embassy Cables: Adoption Fraud in Guatemala, 1987-2010: Erin Siegal: 9780983884521: Amazon.com: Books". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
  30. ↑ "Board of Directors". JAWS. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
  31. ↑ "#USMC Photography by: Erin Siegal McIntyre, San Diego, CA". Facebook. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
  32. ↑ "Photographers". HeartsApart.org. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
  33. ↑ "2005 Utne Independent Press Awards: And the Winners Are". Httpwww.utnereader.com. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
  34. ↑ Jen Bekman gallery "Hot Shots," Winter 2006
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