Lecture: Marcus Yam, LA Times Reporter & Pulitzer Prize Recipient

Marcus Yam is the recipient of COM's Hugo Shong Reporting on Asia Award for displaying “the highest standards of international journalism in a series of reports on matters of importance specific to Asia.” Yam is a foreign correspondent and photojournalist for the Los Angeles Times. His work bears witness to humanity amid conflict in some of the world’s most volatile regions. In 2022, he received the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography for his coverage of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. He is a two-time recipient of the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Journalism Award, most notably in 2019 for his portrayal of the everyday plight of Gazans. In 2023, he earned the Overseas Press Club’s Robert Capa Gold Medal for his unflinching coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Most recently, Yam was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University.

When 1:00 pm on 24 March 2026
Building Colloquium Room, Kilachand Center, 610 Commonwealth Ave