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Brooke McDonough is a conservation storyteller. She is based in the Shannendoha Valley in Virginia. Brooke uses text, photography, and video to share impactful conservation and natural history stories. Brooke is a National Geographic Explorer and a recipient of National Geographic’s Second Assistant grant. She currently works with Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.

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Brooke received her B.A. in English with minors in Communications and Sociology from Christopher Newport University and in May of 2020 she earned her Masters in New Media Photojournalism at George Washington University’s Corcoran School of Arts and Design.

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Please contact me with any questions or comments you have or if you're interested in collaborating. 

703.955.2037 

sbrooke.mcdonough@gmail.com


Updates & Honors — Photography Work

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