Katie Orlinsky

Katie Orlinsky is awarded a grant to complete a photography project exploring climate change and environmental issues in Alaskan communities. Orlinsky is a photographer and cinematographer from New York, she has photographed personal projects, assignments and documentaries all over the world. Orlinsky regularly works for The New York Times, The New Yorker, the Wall Street Journal, Al Jazeera America, a variety of international magazines and non-profit organizations such as Too Young to Wed, an organization and campaign to end child marriage around the world.

Highlights

Reporting

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Climate Change is Rerouting World-Famous Sled Dog Race

Every year, the sleepy 2,000 person town of Willow, Alaska is inundated with visitors eager to observe-or partake in-“the Last Great Race on Earth.” This year, a worrisome new tradition for the Iditarod Trail Sled…
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The End of Ice

The peculiar physics of climate change have played a particularly nasty trick on those who live farthest to the north. The steady, relentless stream of data from satellites, weather buoys, and remote weather stations makes…
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Katie Orlinsky – Across Alaska: Yukon Quest & Climate Change

  Katie Orlinsky – Across Alaska: Yukon Quest & Climate Change Katie Orlinsky is a photographer and cinematographer from New York City. She received a bachelors degree in Political Science and Latin American Studies from…
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Chasing Winter

Click here to view Katie Orlinsky’s work: Chasing Winter
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Photographing a Story That Changes Before Your Eyes

While working on a story about climate change, the climate, well, changed. Photographer Katie Orlinsky, who has been documenting the effects of climate change in Arctic coastal communities for the past few months, was headed…