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Freelance photojournalist Based in Brussels🇧🇪 MSc Disaster Management

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Today I successfully defended my thesis and am officially a Master of Disaster Management 🎓 Here is some of what I’ve been reflecting on: 👵 I thought I would be the oldest person in my program, I was not. 🗣️ The whole process is like learning a new language. 🫩 Used to marathon days on the campaign trail and after natural disasters, I’m familiar with physical and emotional exhaustion. Cognitive fatigue from learning so much so quickly was new. 👩‍🎤 Started (willingly!) listening to hardcore techno after reading it helps ADHD focus. Can confirm that it helps. ‘ADHD Focus Hard Techno Mix’ on Spotify, I’m forever in your debt. 🌎 GIS is cool. And I wish I had more classes on remote sensing (are any of you remote sensing people? take me under your wing) 👽 This extended time away from Photojournalism has forced me to confront who I am as an adult without presenting myself exclusively as: “Hi, I’m Hilary, I’m a photojournalist,” and that’s a very confusing and ego-checking but ultimately freeing experience. 📰 Distance and focusing on another industry have given me even more appreciation for the work we do as photojournalists. It is vastly under-recognized, under-paid, and under-appreciated. 👯‍♂️ Huge thanks to my classmates, my closest friends who endured countless hours of “I don’t know what I’m doing,” my endlessly patient boyfriend, and our professors and guest speakers. 🤠 I will share more about my thesis in time cause i think it’s cool even if I also hated it at moments. 📸 I’m freelancing in NYC for now (chipping away at student debt) before the next move: job hunting in Brussels. Anyone with any leads or advice on finding a job in Belgium pls step forward. 24 Aug 2026

Astrophysicist Kelly Holley-Bockelmann was at the top of her career in American science at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN, when she decided to move her family across the Atlantic and take a position at @universiteitleiden in the Netherlands. A leading expert on gravitational waves, former chair of #NASA’s Astrophysics Advisory Committee, and a chaired professor at #Vanderbilt, she watched her funding, her students’ futures, and the space observatory she’s spent a decade building come under threat after President Trump’s administration began slashing funding for science. In 2025 she left Tennessee for #Leiden, recruited with support from the Dutch Tulip Fund, a program that offers up to €1 million per scientist to attract researchers from the U.S. The mission she’s moving for, #LISA, is a trio of spacecraft meant to detect gravitational waves from the universe’s earliest moments, and it won’t launch until 2035. Her family joined her in September in the #Dutch countryside where she now has to commute two hours each way to work. Every evening she still logs on to Zoom, advising more than a dozen graduate students back in Nashville. On what she left behind: “I don’t recognize the place anymore.” Please go online to read the full piece from the great Eli Saslow. This is part of the @nytimes series “Science Under Siege.” Huge thanks to @jfurt for such brilliant editing and advising throughout reporting the visual side to this story. 10 Nov 2026

Election Day/Night in #Maine. The crowd gathered to support Senate candidate Troy Jackson @troyjackson207 was tense at times and raucous at others. Each time a Democratic candidate on the TV screen was projected as the winner of their race, the cheers got louder and more disbelieving. Gov. Janet Mills walked around freely, listening to speakers, shaking hands, occasionally dancing, but largely being left to her own devices. Although acknowledged briefly by speakers earlier in the night, little was said about the tumultuous, controversial Democratic run for the U.S. Senate that put Jackson on the ballot after Graham Platner dropped out. Jackson took the stage after Sen. Susan Collins called to concede. “Northern Attitude” by New England native @noahkahanmusic played and shouts of “Troy! Troy! Troy!” filled the room. Maine set a new record for midterm voter turnout. The result flips Collins’ seat after nearly 30 years, and makes Jackson the first Democrat elected to the Senate from Maine since 1995. He joins independent Sen. Angus King as Maine’s second senator. Check out the rest of our amazing teams coverage @cnn 05 Nov 2026

Wrapping up coverage of Hurricane #Isaias for @nytimes. Largely, the sentiment we heard most was that people felt spared by the storm, that “it could have been much worse.” When the power went out ahead of landfall, I was staying at a hotel just outside of #Destin alongside surprised tourists, hotel employees and their families, and a whole lot of utility linemen. The linemen were particularly curious about my colleague and me, asking if we’d ever been through a #hurricane before. We both had, several times. Many of the linemen had not. The storm arrived quickly, making landfall as a Category 2 hurricane. It moved inland just as quickly, sparing much of the coastline from the catastrophic storm surge that had been feared. In its aftermath, coastal homes were missing siding and sections of roofing. Trees lay across roads, houses and power lines. For many, the damage was manageable, for others, it was devastating. Inland in the town of Milton, entire roofs had been torn from buildings. With the power still out, resident Irma Basquet gathered wood from trees felled by the storm to cook food for herself, her family and her neighbors. Nearby, another woman told me about being trapped inside her apartment with her husband and daughter as the wind ripped the roof away. The family clung to a wall as the storm tore through their home. The extent of the damage varied considerably, sometimes even between neighboring streets. While many homes sustained only minor damage, others left residents displaced and facing extensive repairs. Now utility crews work to restore electricity, residents clear fallen trees and debris, and families began assessing what it would take to rebuild. Pls visit @nytimes for more information and coverage 12 Oct 2026

#HurricaneIsaias approaches the Gulf Coast on Friday. Photos from Pensacola, Gulf Breeze and Destin. Follow @nytimes for live coverage 09 Oct 2026

Emotions ran high today during a vigil held by @israelisforpeacenyc at Union square to mark the third anniversary of October 7, 2023. The vigil told individual stories both of Israelis killed during the attack and of Gazans killed since. Despite organizers attempt to make the event open to all, a pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched from City Hall to the vigil and attempted to disrupt the service. They made chants such as “Hey Mamdani what do you say? How many kids did you kill today,” expressing anger at the Mayor. #NYPD made a barricade around the vigil and the event proceeded with several acknowledgments from the organizers at the protesters frustration. @nycmayor , @brad.lander and @nycpublicadvocate were all in attendance although the Mayor did not speak. Follow @nytimes for more updates, information and details from the day. 07 Oct 2026

Truckers have been hard hit by the soaring cost of #diesel fuel. High prices are forcing some to stay on the road for months and others to park their rigs. Last week I drove around New Jersey and #NYC speaking with truck drivers and gas station managers. The cost to fill a tank has doubled for most independent drivers and they are unable to make profit. While store owners are also seeing sales down and worried for their regular customers who can’t afford to do their jobs. “This is crushing our industry” says Lewie Pugh, executive vice president of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association. “When fuel goes up a dollar a gallon at the pump, that’s another $400 per week that they have to spend. That’s a huge, huge hit to a small business trucker.” Some gas stations requested I leave because they didn’t want their station associated with the high prices, “we are part of a corporation, we can’t decide the prices and we have people in here angry that ours is so high but there’s nothing we can do,” one store manager in the Hunts Point neighborhood of the Bronx said. Another owner in New Jersey said after the price of diesel rose to $7.49, he’d only sold nine gallons in 24 hours, something he’d never experienced before. Go online @nytimes and read more about what’s happening and why that contributes to the prices of goods and food going up. 06 Oct 2026

“The Absurd, Unending Quest to Floodproof the New York City Subway” A waterfall in Penn Station and rain falling down on passengers at Court Square. These are just two scenes of what has becoming a chronic, dangerous issue for New York’s MTA. Reporter Mark Chiusano wrote about the changes New York City’s metro system has been making. Hurricanes Sandy and Ida caused major disruptions, and the MTA worked to adapt. But now with the changing climate, they must pivot once again due to increasing cloudbursts— a sudden heavy rainfall dropping a deluge onto a localized area. @amykellner tasked myself, @ashgilbertson @dina_litovsky @billydeee and @eli.jacobson_ with chasing down these storms to see how they affected the subways. We also photographed the work being done to mitigate these storms: putting plastic sheeting and rubber mats over subway vents, adding steps at low laying stations so water doesn’t enter stairs as easily, emptying catch basins ahead of expected storms in more vulnerable locations. During one storm, there was too much water on the tracks at 79th street and the pumps weren’t working fast enough to get water off the tracks, the MTA then deployed a team to address the issue and get the 1,2,3 trains running again. Go online @nytmag to read more and see the very cool imagery from my super talented colleagues. 10 Sep 2026

David Einhorn turned 100 this July, he is one of roughly 187,000 Holocaust survivors across the world, a number that has fallen sharply even in the past year. In Brooklyn, home to the largest population of survivors in the U.S., their numbers have dropped by thousands since 2024. The celebration was organized by Nachas Health and Family Network, a Borough Park nonprofit that has served Holocaust survivors since the 1990s. It once supported around 5,000 people. Today, that number is closer to 280. Rizy Horowitz has run the organization’s day-to-day work for decades. She has heard decades of survivors’ stories and has watched thousands of the people she cared for pass away. David arrived late to his party, the room already crowded with loved ones eager to greet him with song. Once wheeled to the front of the room, he was surrounded by relatives and well-wishers each desperate to touch his hand or ask for his blessing. A rabbi retold a story from Einhorn’s imprisonment near Auschwitz more than eighty years ago. David wished everyone peace, no sickness and even gave a blessing for a woman who was having trouble conceiving. Four days after his party, David Einhorn passed away. He was surrounded by loved ones who had traveled from Atlanta, Isreal and other boroughs. Go online @nytimes to read more. 22 Aug 2026

Danish artist @thomasdambo at his home and exhibition space at @arkenmuseum Dambo is well known for his giant troll sculptures made from recycled materials and displayed in outdoor spaces around the world. Now, his work can be seen for the first time indoors at an exhibition at #ArkenMuseum, a contemporary art space just outside of #Copenhagen. The exhibition is aptly named “The Garbage Man” and uses salvaged waste and turns it into a large scale installation. Dambo is passionate about challenging perceptions of trash and promoting reuse. Go online @nytimes to read more from @alice_godwin_art or head over to Arken if you are in 🇩🇰 #🧌🧌🧌 05 Jun 2026

Skåne County, Sweden for @nytimes @nytimestravel From the article: “In Skane, a fertile agricultural area bordered on three sides by the Baltic Sea, visitors will find delightful meals, baked goods and sweets, all made with a certain ‘craft nerdiness.’” Pictured: @talldungen A restaurant and hotel known for its cuisine, extensive wine collection, and the rolling farmland that surrounds it @gamla_bageriet Sourdough bread and pastries (including the rhubarb pastry pictured) @lindegrens Family run farm, grocery shop and restaurant. Run by the Lindegrens who have been on their land for over 25 years @holysmokebbqsweden Southern style BBQ featuring a wide selection of meats, sides and marshmallows you roast yourself. @osterlenchoklad A chocolate shop that specializes in single-origin bars and exquisite bonbons filled with local flavors like sea buckthorn and licorice. @vyn_restaurant_hotel This hotel and restaurant, praised by its neighbors, is set alongside a rural road lined by rapeseed and a view of the Baltic Sea. Go online @nytimes to read the full list of locations from reporter @lisaabend 17 May 2026

Prime Minister @mette Frederiksen greets constituents at a campaign event on Tuesday in her hometown of #Aalborg, Denmark. As Danes go to the polls today, I joined reporters Jeffrey Gettleman and @mayatekeli last week. Frederiksen took office in 2019, becoming the country’s youngest prime minister. If she wins re-election, she will become the longest-serving Danish leader since World War II. From the article: “Many voters in this country of six million credit her with protecting Greenland and keeping the kingdom intact. Her party has leaned into this. A recent social media post said, ‘We live in uncertain times and Denmark needs a steady hand.’ But some Danes are also itching for change. ‘She has done a good, good job but we are getting tired of Mette,’ said Lars-Peter Boel, a chicken farmer. ‘When she speaks, she is talking like a mom, like she is talking down to people.’” … Flemming Frederiksen, Mette’s father, showed us the home she grew up in. He spoke about her with clear affection, describing a stubborn, politically minded child and saying he isn’t surprised by where she ended up. Before heading off to run errands, he sat in his car and blasted Elvis’s “If I Can Dream.” That evening, Mette attended campaign event at a high school in Aalborg. Outside the venue, volunteers from other campaigns handed out hot dogs and sodas. Inside, she took the stage in jeans and a green sweater, the only woman in the lineup, and paused to point out her father in the crowd. She moved easily between global stakes and local concerns, from geopolitics to children’s screen time to fertilizer runoff in the water supply, a familiar balance for a leader trying to hold both a country and a coalition together. Read more online @nytimes 24 Mar 2026

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