Mark Esplin is a full-time staff Photojournalist for CNN
Covering news stories around the Globe, based in Paris France
Mark is an experienced, award-winning cameraman and editor, having worked for major international media organisations; producing news packages, live broadcast, current affairs feature stories and documentary programs. Confident in all camera, lighting, audio, editing and transmitting elements of news broadcast and digital storytelling.
Work History
2018 – Present
Photojournalist - CNN Paris, France
Duties include: camera operator, sound, lighting, editing, drone operation, breaking news coverage, live broadcast, news packaging, high profile sit down interviews, business feature stories, arts, fashion and culture coverage, investigative story production, set building and management when anchoring in the field, digital and online storytelling, managing freelance camera operators, archive management, equipment maintenance, international travel.
2014 – 2018
Photojournalist, Editor, Field Producer - Freelance Istanbul, Turkey
Duties include: breaking news coverage, live broadcasts, news packaging, current affairs feature stories, long and short form documentaries, online feature stories, video editing, field producing, photojournalism, commercial DOP, NGO advocacy campaigns, international travel.
Contributing to: CBS 60 Minutes, CBS News, PBS Newshour, ABC Foreign Correspondent, ABC News, Vice on HBO, RTL News Germany, RTL Nieuws Holland, ZDF, NOS Nieuwsuur, CGTN International (CCTV International), Vice news, Rai News, The New York Times, Conde Nast, The Telegraph, The Huffington Post, World Food Program, UN Women, CARE, The Radcliffe Foundation, Amnesty International.
2012-2014
Video Editor [Department Head] and Photojournalist - The Brunei Times Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
Duties Include: Head of department, photojournalism, online development, multimedia programming, daily news packages, feature stories, video editing, team management, overseeing of production.
2010-2011
Photographer, Cameraman, Editor - Human Rights Law Network New Delhi, India
Duties Include: Cameraman, editing, stills photography, field production, overseeing video and photo advocacy campaigns.
Education
2011-2012
MA International Multimedia Journalism - University of Bolton / Beijing Foreign Studies University Beijing, China
2006-2009
BA Hons Documentary Photography - University of Wales Newport Newport, UK
Awards
2018 News & Documentary EMMY Award nomination, Outstanding Breaking News Coverage ‘Genoa Bridge Collapse’
2022 News & Documentary EMMY Award nomination, Outstanding Live Breaking News Coverage ‘Haitians Converge on the US Mexico Border’
2023 Royal Television Society, Breaking News ‘Russian Invasion of Ukraine’
2023 duPont-Columbia Award ‘Outstanding reporting on coverage of Ukraine’
2023 Webby Winner, Websites and Mobile Sites Best Use of Video or Moving Image
2023 Webby People’s Voice Winner, Websites and Mobile Sites Best Use of Video or Moving Image
2023 News & Documentary EMMY Award winner, Outstanding Live Breaking News Coverage ‘Russian Invasion of Ukraine’
2024 Lovie Award, International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences Shortlist, ‘Why Paris spent $500 million to uncover hidden
parts of this famous French landmark’
2025 Webby Honouree, Social, Culture and Lifestyle ‘How not to be a cliché in Paris’
2025 Gracie, Hard News Feature ‘Dominique Pelicot Investigation’