Fellows & Editors
Jacob Templin
- Trip:
- Saudi Arabia 2012
- Affiliation:
- TIME / IRP Photojournalist
- Country:
- Saudi Arabia
- Year:
- 2012
- Find me on:
Jacob Templin is a video journalist for TIME, where he reports, shoots, edits and produces short video stories for the web and electronic versions of the magazine. He has covered a variety of stories, from flying fish in the Illinois River to malnutrition in rural Indonesia, and innovative marketing strategies in the new music business. Jacob has also shot and reported videos for The New York Times, Pitchfork, NPR and The Economist.
Last year, Jacob co-produced and directed a short documentary film about Franco 'The Great', a legendary muralist who has been painting Harlem's soon-to-be-extinct storefront gates for 40 years. The film has screened in a number of festivals and was picked up by the PBS program AfroPop where it was aired across the country. Prior to that, Jacob co-produced and directed Positive Voices: Leading Together, a feature-length documentary film about AIDS activists for the nonprofit Ontario HIV Treatment Program in Toronto, Canada. Jacob has worked jobs across the globe--making films in Canada, selling books in Ireland and teaching English in South Korea.
He holds a master's degree from Columbia University's School of Journalism and a bachelor of fine arts at York University in Toronto.
Stories
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Detained, Tortured and Held Without Trial, a Saudi Political Prisoner Returns Home
On weekend mornings, Ghazi al-Harbi likes to give his daughter driving lessons. Raaf is only 9, and women can’t drive in Saudi Arabia anyway, but that doesn’t stop her...
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The Secret Life of a Saudi Women’s Soccer Team
Sarah Attar and Wodjan Ali Seraj Abdulrahim Shahrkhani are making Olympic history as the first two women to represent Saudi Arabia. But inside their country, women are deprived of basic sports and...
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In Saudi Arabia, Dissent Is Alive and Well, but Only Online or in Private
Every Tuesday night, a few dozen people squeeze into Waleed Abu Alkhair’s living room in the port city of Jidda, Saudi Arabia. Over tea and dates, they share opinions that...
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Indonesia Punishes Wildlife Traffickers
Indonesia has more unique species of mammals, birds, and butterflies than any other country in the world. This diversity has made it a hot-spot for illegal wildlife trafficking, which loses the country...
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How Organizing Jakarta’s Motorcycle Taxis Could Help its Notorious Traffic
GOJEK is the first motorcycle taxi and courier service in Jakarta, Indonesia. Its founders think the start-up could help fix the city's notorious traffic problems. The International Reporting Project (IRP) and 11...
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Keeping Radical Islamists from Recruiting on Indonesia’s Campuses
Filmmaker Hanung Bramantyo hopes his controversial new film will spread tolerance and help quell recruitment by radical Islamists on Indonesia's university campuses. Jacob Templin reported from Indonesia as a videojournalist for...
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Can Home Delivery Fight Malnutrition In Indonesia?
Despite Indonesia's economic growth and development, more than 37% of the country's children under 5 still suffer from malnutrition. One clinic in Java delivers food to kids in need, in hopes of...
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Indonesia’s Palm Oil Dilemma
With demand for palm oil on the rise, Indonesia is leveling forests to create plantations. Jacob Templin meets two men in Borneo who take different approaches to protect their village environments. Jacob...
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