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