Haiyun (pronounced: Hi-rene) is a photojournalist based in Washington, D.C., U.S.A. She received a Master of Fine Arts degree in Scripps College and School of Visual Communication at Ohio University in May 2022. Haiyun also holds a Master of Science degree in journalism from Boston University. Haiyun focuses on photojournalism, documentary filmmaking, with a contextual study in climate change, visual anthropology and global migration. Passionate about community-based storytelling, Haiyun gravitates to exploring people's living conditions in the context of social-economics, climate injustice and solastalgia. Curiosity-driven personal projects have taken Haiyun to a diversity of households, cultural and religious backgrounds. 

Haiyun has been working exclusively on political coverage for The New York Times since July 2024. 


2022 The New York Times Fellowship-Washington, D.C. Photo Fellow

2021 The New York Times Student Journalism Institute

2020 Getty Images/AAJA Inaugural Inclusion Scholarship 

2020 Annenberg Space for Photography & Photoville Portfolio Review

2019 CNN Photo Intern

2019 New York Portfolio Review sponsored by NYT Lens Blog

2019 Student Enhancement Award-"Riverland"

2018 Eddie Adams Workshop XXXI

2018 Chris Hondros Scholarship-Ohio University


Languages: Mandarin Chinese (fluent); Japanese (conversational)


Available for assignments.

haiyunjiang1@gmail.com


Headshot by Kaitlin Owens


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