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National Geographic Field Ready

Jun Michael Park — Sun, 23 Oct 2022 06:32:00 +0000

Recently I traveled to the UK for National Geographic Society’s Field Ready program, a 7-month-long mentorship and training opportunity for Nat Geo grantees to advance their careers in natural history, science, exploration, and documentary filmmaking. With mentees from Colombia to Nigeria, India to South Korea, and elsewhere, Field Ready’s only third …

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A Closer Look: South Korea’s Asian Moon Bear Restoration Program

Jun Michael Park — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 10:30:00 +0000

(Text updated on Oct 24, 2024) In the early 2000s, the number of Asian moon bears living in the wild in South Korea had dwindled to an estimated 5 animals. With the bears being critically endangered by poaching and habitat destruction, the Korean Ministry of Environment and the Korea National …

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2018 Year in Review

Jun Michael Park — Sat, 22 Dec 2018 05:52:04 +0000

I had another creative and productive year in 2018. In January and February, I covered stories for various international media before and during the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. The Monocle Travel Guide to Seoul, for which I was the chief photographer, came out in March. Monocle happens to be my …

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Freelance Photography and Portfolio Website

Jun Michael Park — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 12:17:12 +0000

A journalism student asked me about the career of a freelance photographer/visual journalist and the importance of having a portfolio website. It may sound obvious, but more than often photographers are not good at presenting and positioning themselves.

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