2017 / Moving images / Essay_MV

Education: Cambodia's Great Divide

In Cambodia, poverty and corruption are the biggest obstacles standing in the way of quality education. For young students like 13-year-old Kosal, the system leaves little hope for a bright future.

I have worked as a multimedia journalist in Australia, the Middle East and Asia covering conflict, politics and human rights violations since 2005. My articles, photographs and videos have been published globally, receiving 18 international awards. I reported exclusively on Gaddafi’s capture and death in Libya which sparked a UN inquiry, broke news of the Yazidi crisis in Iraq as Islamic State attacked, killed and kidnapped them and gained wide acclaim for my photography in war-torn Syria.