Lois
Raimondo, a Washington Post photographer, is on the Missouri
Photo Workshop faculty for the eleventh time. Her first job in journalism
was as a researcher and sound technician for CBS News' Peking Bureau where
she also acted as a translator during President Reagan’s 1984 trip
to China. Raimondo was chief photographer in AP's Hanoi, Vietnam bureau
from 1994 through 1997.
She covered major events in the region including the earthquakes in Kobe, Japan and the 1997 Hong Kong handover. Most recently, she spent three months covering the war in Afghanistan and two months in the "Stans," working stories on drugs and terrorism in Central Asian. Raimondo lived and worked fulltime in Asia for ten years in China, India, Tibet, Vietnam and Thailand.
She has taught comparative literature, including Chinese, Japanese, and African literature at Indiana University. She received a master’s degree in news editorial and photojournalism from the University of Missouri in 1988.
She covered major events in the region including the earthquakes in Kobe, Japan and the 1997 Hong Kong handover. Most recently, she spent three months covering the war in Afghanistan and two months in the "Stans," working stories on drugs and terrorism in Central Asian. Raimondo lived and worked fulltime in Asia for ten years in China, India, Tibet, Vietnam and Thailand.
She has taught comparative literature, including Chinese, Japanese, and African literature at Indiana University. She received a master’s degree in news editorial and photojournalism from the University of Missouri in 1988.
