Multimedia journalist, digital editor, and photographer Polly Irungu is the founder of Black Women Photographers, a community and online database of Black women photographers.
Polly is a Digital Content Editor at New York Public Radio (WYNC), where she is responsible for managing social media for WNYC and PRX’s ‘The Takeaway’, a national NPR show with over 2 million listeners, pitching news stories and features for The Takeaway and her podcast is ranked the 4th most downloaded, amongst others.
As a photographer, Polly’s work has been published in numerous publications, including Refinery29, NPR, The Washington Post, BuzzFeed, CNN, HuffPost, OkayPlayer, OkayAfrica, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, and the University of Oregon.
In 2017, Polly completed a degree in Journalism from the University of Oregon. Born in Nairobi, Kenya, Polly has lived around the world from Nairobi, Kenya to Topeka, Kansas to Eugene, Oregon to Washington, D.C., and ultimately to Brooklyn, New York.
Polly Irungu has spoken about social media, branding, podcasting, media diversity, African media, COVID-19, and photojournalism at US institutions such as the University of Oregon, and as a panelist for The Guardian - Nigeria, Public Ambition, Twitter, NBC News, Hustle Summit, National Association of Black Journalists, and Online News Association.
Polly Irungu appears in the following:
Black Women Will Likely be Hurt the Most by the Looming Eviction Crisis
Wednesday, December 30, 2020
Finding Hope and Resilience in 2020
Wednesday, December 23, 2020
How Hollywood Leaders Can Make the Film Industry Less White
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
Losing a Parent to Police Violence
Thursday, September 10, 2020
Racial Disparities Likely to Grow As Schools Overhaul Disciplinary Policies for COVID-19
Wednesday, September 09, 2020
People with Mental Illness Are More Likely to be Shot by the Police
Wednesday, September 09, 2020
Chadwick Boseman's Death Puts Spotlight on Colon Cancer Health Disparities
Wednesday, September 09, 2020
Community Demands Answers After Another Police Shooting by LA Sheriff's Department
Tuesday, September 08, 2020
The Challenges of Completing the Census During a Pandemic
Tuesday, September 08, 2020
A Lawsuit Demanding Reparations, 100 Years After the Tulsa Race Massacre
Thursday, September 03, 2020
Is the Fashion Industry Reckoning with Its History of Racism?
Wednesday, September 02, 2020
Trump Administration Policy Could Pause Evictions for Millions of Vulnerable Renters
Wednesday, September 02, 2020
The Critical Work of Black Women in the Democratic Party
Thursday, August 20, 2020
The Whitewashing of Women's Suffrage
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
The Future of Policing in America
Thursday, July 23, 2020
'Father Soldier Son,' Presidential Protocol, Black Women Photography Community, Dinner Party, Edie Falco
Thursday, July 16, 2020
What Vogue's Latest Cover Tells Us About Diversity in Photography
Thursday, July 16, 2020
A Photography Community for Black Women
Thursday, July 16, 2020
Black Women Photographers Collective
Tuesday, July 07, 2020
