D J Clark

D J Clark researches and writes about multimedia journalism as a vehicle for social change, the subject that drives both his journalistic and academic work. In 2008 he gave a speech at the World Press Photo Awards on the growth of Majority World visual journalism based on a Geography PhD he completed in 2009 at the University of Durham (department ranked 3rd in the world according to the QS World University Subject Rankings) that focused on visual journalism as a tool for social change in the Developing World. Starting his career in 1988, D J Clark worked first as a photojournalist before moving into video journalism and later to multimedia journalism. Over the last 25 years he has covered stories all over the world for leading newspapers, magazines, news agencies and TV stations. In 2006 he moved to China as a base for covering Asia. He is currently based in Hong Kong.