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