Justin Jin (born 1974) is a

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

-born Belgian

photojournalist Photojournalism is journalism that uses images to tell a news story. It usually only refers to still images, but can also refer to video used in broadcast journalism. Photojournalism is distinguished from other close branches of photography (suc ...

. He is a journalist for the ''

South China Morning Post The ''South China Morning Post'' (''SCMP''), with its Sunday edition, the ''Sunday Morning Post'', is a Hong Kong-based English-language newspaper owned by Alibaba Group. Founded in 1903 by Tse Tsan-tai and Alfred Cunningham, it has remaine ...

'' and a photographer for the ''

National Geographic ''National Geographic'' (formerly ''The National Geographic Magazine'', sometimes branded as ''Nat Geo'') is an American monthly magazine published by National Geographic Partners. The magazine was founded in 1888 as a scholarly journal, nine ...

''. Jin attained a

bachelor's degree A bachelor's degree (from Medieval Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six years ...

in philosophy and his

master of arts A Master of Arts ( or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA or AM) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Those admitted to the degree have ...

political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

Cambridge University The University of Cambridge is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209, the University of Cambridge is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, wo ...

. Jin started his career as a correspondent for

Reuters Reuters ( ) is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters. It employs around 2,500 journalists and 600 photojournalists in about 200 locations worldwide writing in 16 languages. Reuters is one of the largest news agencies in the world. The agency ...

Notable works

*2012: ''Zone of Absolute Discomfort'', about

Russian Arctic The Extreme North or the Far North is a large part of Russia located mainly north of the Arctic Circle and boasting enormous mineral and natural resources. Its total area is about , comprising about one-third of Russia's total area. Formall ...

(POYi award) It is a work about gas extraction in Northers Siberia, created during several visits over the previous decade *2020: Jens Mühling (text), Justin Jin (photos), "Eiszeit am Baikal" ("Ice Age in

Baikal Lake Baikal is a rift lake and the deepest lake in the world. It is situated in southern Siberia, Russia between the federal subjects of Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Republic of Buryatia to the southeast. At —slightly larger tha ...

")"Eiszeit am Baikal"
(text in German) *2022: ''Heroes of Hydrogen'', a photoboook. The 2022 book covers four stories: about decarbonization efforts of Swedish steelmaker

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, earlier Svenskt Stål AB (), is a Swedish company, formed in 1978, that spec ...

; about a French energy entrepreneur Thierry Lepercq, founder of Solairedirect; on how "a Croatian team invents a machine that turns faeces and other wastes into hydrogen-rich gas"; and about the first "hydrogen valley" in the Netherlands. In 2022

King Willem-Alexander Willem-Alexander (; Willem-Alexander Claus George Ferdinand; born 27 April 1967) is King of the Netherlands since 30 April 2013. Willem-Alexander was born in Utrecht during the reign of his maternal grandmother, Queen Juliana, as the eldest ch ...

of the Netherlands was presented with the first copy by Hydrogen Europe and New Energy Coalition. *2023: ''China: the high-achieving child'', on the childhood policies of China

Awards

*2009:

Hansel Mieth Prize Zeitenspiegel Reportagen is an agency of writers and photographers based in Weinstadt, near Stuttgart, Germany. The agency works for all of the major German magazines such as ''Stern'', ''Focus'', ''GEO'', and ''Die Zeit'', as well as internati ...

for "Sein ist die Rache" ("His Is Revenge") by Erwin Koch (text), Justin Jin (photos), about the military conflict in Caucasus published in ''

Die Zeit (, ) is a German national weekly newspaper published in Hamburg in Germany. The newspaper is generally considered to be among the German newspapers of record and is known for its long and extensive articles. History The first edition of was ...

'' *2013:

Pictures of the Year international Pictures of the Year International (POYi) is a professional development program for visual journalism, visual journalists run on a non-profit basis by the Missouri School of Journalism's Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute. POYi began as an a ...

(POYi) (for 2012): Award of Excellence in the Science and Natural History, Picture Story category for his work on the Russian Arctic, ''Zone of Absolute Discomfort'' *2020: Hansel Mieth Prize for "Eiszeit am Baikal" ("Ice Age in

") *2023: ''China: the high-achieving child'' was nominated for the

UNICEF UNICEF ( ), originally the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, officially United Nations Children's Fund since 1953, is an agency of the United Nations responsible for providing Humanitarianism, humanitarian and Development a ...

Photo of the Year Award and received the honorable mention. *2023: Pictures of the Year international (POYi) (for 2022): Award of Excellence in the Environmental Vision category for his series ''Fuel of the Future, Now'' about hydrogen-based energy

Personal

His wife, Heleen, is a Dutch video journalist.Justin Ji
Ice trekking across the world’s deepest lake
2008

References

External links

*https://www.justinjin.com/
Justin Jin on being a documentary photographer in Brussels
an interview, 26 February 2017
Justin Jin , Interview
about ''Zone of Absolute Discomfort'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Jin, Justin 1974 births Living people Belgian photojournalists Alumni of the University of Cambridge Hong Kong emigrants