Marcus Yam 文火
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Los Angeles Times' roving foreign correspondent & photojournalist. Educated as an aerospace engineer. Dreamt of becoming an astronaut. Please DM life advice.
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Time to revitalize and build on effective new leadership! Los Angeles Times #ALetterToTheReaders
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Gorgeous, heart-rending photography by Marcus Yam 文火 showing how life has changed during Ramadan in Jerusalem's Old City. latimes.com/politics/story…
“I don’t think there’s anyone left who doesn’t believe – including the president – that we need a ceasefire now,” former US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman tells me. “I expect that if there are not real results, policy will indeed change in a pretty dramatic fashion.”
Congrats to Terry Tang on her permanent appointment as the first woman to lead the Los Angeles Times. Terry's background includes the @nyt The Seattle Times Yale University NYU Law; she's a Gardena girl whose family immigrated from Taiwan. Asian American Journalists Association est. 1981
It's official. L.A. Times Executive Editor Terry Tang solidifies her leadership position w/ a strong endorsement from Dr. Pat Soon-Shiong and his wife, Michele. Tang is the first female editor of Los Angeles Times in the paper's 142-year history. latimes.com/entertainment-…
The Associated Press spoke with Palestinian women released back to Gaza after spells in Israeli detention.
Here’s Nabela’s story — 47 days in dizzying transit between facilities, no trial, beatings and interrogations — then a sudden and inexplicable release. apnews.com/article/israel…
#CeasefireTalks #IsraelGazaWar 'Situation is still very difficult and fluid on on the ground and we are by no means at the last stretch of the talks. But if you ask me if I'm more optimistic today than I was a couple of days ago, I would say yes.' Cautious optimism from #Qatar .
For months, Hoda Osman, exec. editor Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism, has been working on getting journalists in Gaza gear, equipment, and even aid. Committee to Protect Journalists wrote about her efforts and their reality.
'Imagine having to stand in line for hours to use the bathroom'
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