Maggie Andresen

Photographer / Based in Nigeria

Maggie Andresen is a freelance photojournalist, writer, and video journalist based in Lagos, Nigeria. She reports on intersections between human rights, healthcare, migration, gender, and the changing environment. She has been published... read on
Focus: Photographer, Photojournalist, Journalist, Writer, Videographer, Reporter, Health, Video Editor, Environment, Documentary, Multimedia, News, Video, Foreign Desk, Journalist Investigative, Freelance, Civil Rights and Social Inequality, Humanitarian, Human Rights, Investigation, Multimedia Journalist, Climate, Investigative Reporter, Feature Writer, Feature Journalist, Long Form Reporter, Global Enterprise, International Stories, Community, Social Justice
Skills: Research, Photo Assisting, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Premier, Apple Final Cut Pro, Storyboarding, Multimedia Production, Photojournalism, Video Editing, Film Photography
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Available in: Nigeria
Focused on: Photographer, Photojournalist, Journalist, Writer, Videographer, Reporter, Health, Video Editor, Environment, Documentary, Multimedia, News, Video, Foreign Desk, Journalist Investigative, Freelance, Civil Rights and Social Inequality, Humanitarian, Human Rights, Investigation, Multimedia Journalist, Climate, Investigative Reporter, Feature Writer, Feature Journalist, Long Form Reporter, Global Enterprise, International Stories, Community, Social Justice
Skilled at: Research, Photo Assisting, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Premier, Apple Final Cut Pro, Storyboarding, Multimedia Production, Photojournalism, Video Editing, Film Photography
Coverage Regions: Africa USA & Canada
Languages Spoken: Native: English, Professional Working Proficiency: Italian, Conversational: Kinyarwanda
Years of experience: 3 to 5
HEFAT certification? yes
Maggie Andresen is a freelance photojournalist, writer, and video journalist based in Lagos, Nigeria. She reports on intersections between human rights, healthcare, migration, gender, and the changing environment. She has been published by The Guardian, Reuters, Undark Magazine, Floodlight News, The Telegraph, The Lily/Washington Post, Mongabay, The New Humanitarian, The Solutions Journalism Network, The Times-Picayune, The Denver Post, and others.

Born and raised in New York, Maggie graduated from Temple University in 2017 with a B.A. in Journalism. She is a 2020-21 Fulbright scholar. She is HEFAT certified by Global Journalism Security through 2023, is an IWMF Fellow, and was a student at Eddie Adams XXXII.