Politics in the Arts: Interview with Deborah Copaken

Deborah Copaken is a New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including Shutterbabe, The Red Book, Between Here and April, and Ladyparts. A contributing writer at The Atlantic, she has also written for Emily in Paris. Her work as a photojournalist and Emmy Award–winning news producer has appeared in Time, Newsweek, and The New York Times. Her essays have been published in The New Yorker, The Guardian, The Financial Times, and The Wall Street Journal. Her New York Times column “When Cupid Is a Prying Journalist” inspired an episode of the Modern Love series. She currently leads the Webby Award-winning Substack newsletter Ladyparts as its founder, writer, and publisher.

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Politic Podcast Episode 10 – Capturing the Cost of Conflict: Javier Manzano on the Power of Photojournalism

 We have this arrogance that only Western journalists have the monopoly of truth, and they are the only ones who can look at a situation objectively. That’s really arrogant on our part, and we’ve been doing that for decades, descending on countries that don’t speak our language and believing that we’re better than local journalists. We’re obviously not. 

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