User:Martin Schibbye

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Martin Schibbye, reporter, is a well reputed freelance journalists from Sweden, based in Stockholm, but the world is his workplace.

Among Schibbyes contractors you will find leading newspapers and magazines in Scandinavia. He is member of the Swedish Union of Journalists.​ He received the 2012 Freelance Award, the 2012 Anna Politkovskaya Memorial Award, and Reporters Without Borders' 2013 Press Freedom Prize.

Currently he is working as editor-in-chief for Blankspot.se/english/

Schibbye’s journalistic work is characterized by a human outlook. He strives to describe social and environmental issues from the perspective of those being affected – be it human trafficking in India or land grabbing in Cambodia. He often focus on stories a little outside of media attention and let his work take time.

All his pictures and stories are published under a CC-license. So feel free to share and re-print.