Charles Dharapak is the Managing Editor for Multimedia at Radio Free Asia (RFA). He's an award-winning journalist, editor, and leader of multi-platform content creation teams producing video, audio, text, and photo across digital, social and broadcast channels.
At Meta, he led a team of journalists publishing top stories to Facebook News Tab, bringing news, trends, and content experiences to global audiences.
Working in the tech sector, Dharapak has collaborated across product, operations and marketing teams to tell stories and reach audiences at scale.
He served as Deputy Director for Production and Presentation and Regional Photo Editor for The Associated Press, guiding a team of over 60 journalists in over 25 Asia-Pacific countries, including China, India, and North Korea.
Dharapak was named Senior Journalist by the AP during his posting in Washington, DC, where he covered The White House, national politics, and three presidential election campaigns.
As an AP staff photographer and editor based in Asia, Dharapak covered breaking news and feature stories in Indonesia, East Timor, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Dharapak oversees the creative, video, audio and digital story design teams at Radio Free Asia, with collaborative projects garnering multiple National Edward R. Murrow Awards and an Excellence in International Reporting award from the Asian American Journalists Association.
The Associated Press Managing Editors recognized Dharapak's photojournalism in Gaza, and he has received awards for his Washington political coverage from the National Press Photographers Association, Pictures of the Year, and the White House News Photographers Association.
He was named Photographer of the Year by The White House News Photographers Association and received a National Headliners Award.
Dharapak has also taught photojournalism workshops with the Indochina Media Memorial Foundation in Vietnam, reviewed portfolios at the NPPA Northern Short Course, and judged the North Carolina Press Photographers Association annual contest.
He is a public speaker on media access issues at the White House and content verification in the age of social media and digital image manipulation.
He was born in New York City and received degrees in journalism and economics at New York University.
Dharapak is a dad of two children and an accomplished recording and performing saxophonist.
