Sandra Stevenson is deputy director of photography at The Washington Post overseeing international, climate and health. She was previously associate director of photography at CNN, where she managed a team of picture editors who curate the home screen, edit stories and newsletters, as well as special projects. Prior to joining CNN, Stevenson was at The New York Times, where she oversaw digital visual editors on the news desk and worked on visual content for Race/Related and Gender, in addition to exclusive projects such as “Overlooked” and “This Is 18.” As a Governor of the OPC, she managed the Photoville project in 2021 honoring Christopher Dickey, a legendary foreign correspondent and editor who was an OPC Vice President. Stevenson also served on the micro-grant judging committee and election nominating committee. In the past, Stevenson was program coordinator for the Black Filmmaker Foundation, where she had a deep commitment to helping people of color enter the film industry, and spent 8 years at AP, moving up from photo assistant to overseeing photo news coverage for Latin America and the Caribbean.
April 20, 2024