Marcus Yam is the International Visual Correspondent for The Globe and Mail. A photojournalist whose work bears witness to humanity amid conflict, he documents resilience, loss, and survival in some of the world’s most volatile regions. He previously worked for the Los Angeles Times, where he reported on war, displacement, and its lasting human consequences. 

In 2022, he received the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography for his coverage of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. He is a two-time recipient of the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Journalism Award, including in 2019 for his portrayal of the everyday plight of Gazans. In 2023, he earned the Overseas Press Club’s Robert Capa Gold Medal for his unflinching coverage of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. He was also part of Pulitzer Prize-winning breaking news teams for coverage of the 2015 San Bernardino terrorist attacks at the Los Angeles Times and the 2014 Oso, Washington landslide at The Seattle Times.

His work has also been recognized by the Emmy Award for News and Documentary, an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award, World Press Photo Award, DART Award for Trauma Coverage, Scripps Howard Visual Journalism Award, Picture of the Year International’s Newspaper Photographer of the Year Award, Society of Professional Journalists’ Sigma Delta Chi Award, Society of Publishers in Asia Award and National Headliner Awards.

Most recently, Yam was a 2024-2025 Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, where he examined global conflict and the recognition that journalism is an act of shared humanity. And when he is not working, Yam likes organizing his life for efficiency and for emergencies. He enjoys taking long walks and learning how to photograph on film with vintage cameras.