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David Barreda

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As seen in: Los Angeles Times
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Follow me: inkaman.bsky.social Photo editor; @DiversifyPhoto team member. Re/tweets/❤️s = my own ≠ endorsements. DM for Signal

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David M. Barreda (he/him) is a visual editor, multimedia producer, curator, and journalist based in Oakland, California, and the deputy photo editor for the Los Angeles Times.

Previously, David was a senior photo editor at National Geographic, a photo editor at Earthjustice, a founding editor at Topic, and a founding editor for ChinaFile where he launched the Abigail Cohen Fellowship in Documentary Photography in collaboration with the Magnum Foundation.

He has more than 20 years of visual jour…

David Barreda’s Journalist Portfolio

Catching Tigers & Flies: Visualizing China's Anti-Corruption Campaign

Catching Tigers & Flies: Visualizing China's Anti-Corruption Campaign

Since assuming power in November 2012, China’s leader, Xi Jinping, has waged a wide-ranging and highly visibl…

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Losing Sparta

Losing Sparta

The humming light fixture plant in Sparta, Tennessee, had been there since the 1960s, and had recently won na…

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Who Supplies Apple? (It's Not Just China): An Interactive Map | ChinaFile

Who Supplies Apple? (It's Not Just China): An Interactive Map | ChinaFile

The Cupertino-based firm has been publishing annual supplier responsibility reports annually for the past sev…

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Safeway Warehouse Serving Bay Area Is Among Riskiest for Workers | KQED

Safeway Warehouse Serving Bay Area Is Among Riskiest for Workers | KQED

A KQED analysis revealed workers at the Safeway facility had the highest injury rate out of large warehouses …

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Rare Japanese American Farm in San José Makes Its Final Persimmon Harvest | KQED

Rare Japanese American Farm in San José Makes Its Final Persimmon Harvest | KQED

With development plans solidified for a 22-acre patch of land in North San José, a Japanese American farming …

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The life of Meroë Marston Morse and her Polaroid legacy

The life of Meroë Marston Morse and her Polaroid legacy

Meroë Marston Morse, an art history undergraduate, led and transformed the camera company into a brand belove…

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Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?

My rural school didn't have a newspaper so I joined the yearbook staff and was the photo editor.

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