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Monica Lopossay[contact me] |
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Daughter to a truck driver and a mill worker, Monica Lopossay grew up in rural North Carolina.
At age 16, she raised enough money to buy her first camera by dressing in a 20-pound chicken suit.
She was the first person in her family to go to college, working her way through as a grill cook, a tutor at a Buddhist temple, and a car mechanic.
She earned her Bachelor of Arts in International Studies and Cultural Anthropology at Guilford College in Greensboro and an Associate's degree in
Photojournalism from Randolph Community College.
In the last six years working for The Baltimore Sun, Lopossay has covered a wide range of events including two trips to Iraq and Haiti. She was honored this year with her third Pulitzer nomination for spot news.
Other honored work includes her investigative coverage of the experimental and often deadly drug, Factor VII and a series on palliative care for terminally ill children called, "If I die". Poynter Institute has marked the work with there own permanent website called, Angels and Ghost.
(www.poynter.org),(www.baltimoresun.com/angels)
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