In today’s episode, W. Scott Olsen talks to Rebecca Kiger, a documentary photographer from West Virginia, whose work explores life, justice, and identity in Appalachia.
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Rebecca Kiger is a documentary photographer, a Center for Contemporary Documentation fellow, and the 2025-2026 Knight Fellow at Ohio University. She is a frequent contributor to Time, The New Yorker, The New York Times, and The Washington Post. She recently received awards from the Society of Environmental Journalists, Pictures of the Year, and World Press Photo for her year-long project covering the train derailment and toxic chemical spill in East Palestine, OH.





REBECCA KIGER
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