Sandra M. Stevenson is an award-winning Writer / Visual Editor / Curator in the photography department at The Washington Post. As a deputy director of photography, she manages a team of picture editors who work on International, Climate, and Health + Science.
Prior to joining The Post, Sandra was an associate deputy director of photography at CNN, where she managed picture editors who curated the home screen, edited stories and newsletters, as well as special projects. Prior to that, she was an Assistant Editor who oversaw digital photo editors on the news desk, and worked on visual content for Race/Related and the Gender, in addition to exclusive projects such as "Overlooked" and “This Is 18.”
After receiving a BA in English from Syracuse University, Sandra spent four years working at NBC – first as a Page and then working on various news programs. From there, she became the program coordinator for the Black Filmmaker Foundation. During her time there, she held a deep commitment to helping people of color enter the film industry at various levels.
Sandra then returned to the news industry, by taking on a position at The Associated Press, where she spent eight years moving up from photo assistant to overseeing photo news coverage for Latin America and the Caribbean. She also took time to work on and an advanced degree in multimedia from l’Universite Toulouse in France.
Sandra was a contributing writer in the book "Unseen: Unpublished Black History from The New York Times Photo Archives." She was the picture editor and co-curator on the book "This Is 18."
Current Governor on the board of the Overseas Press Club - America
Current Board member of Photo Start
Former Board president at the Bronx Documentary Center
Former Board member of the American Montessori Society
PRESS / COVERAGE OF MY WORK
A Dialogue on Diversity and Innovation: IWMF’s #ShareHerNews Q&A with Sandra M. Stevenson
What the Princess Kate Photo reveals about misinformation threats during elections
An Interview with Sandra Stevenson
Sandra Stevenson: What is Photography
An Unseen Look Inside the Portland Protests
sandramariastevenson@gmail.com
347-881-3389
