Sheryl Mendez

Since June 2009, Journalists Assistance Associate, The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

One of the founding members of The Crimes of War Project – www.crimesofwar.org. Photography editor and researcher on the book, Crimes of War: What the Public Should Know – W.W. Norton & Co., New York/London (1999, 2007)

HONORARIUMS

Heinrich Boell Foundation, Lebanon, Double Jeopardy: Navigating the Space Between Home and Exile. 2008
UNICEF Photography of the Year Award, Judge, Germany, 2005 – 2007
Interfoto, International Journalism Festival, Guest Editor, Moscow 2004
International Scholars Fellowship, New School For Social Research, New York 2003-2005
International Center of Photography’s Infinity Awards, Judge, New York, 2002 – 2005
Overseas Press Club Awards, Judge, New York 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004

٠ Recipient of Every Human Has Rights (EHHR) Media Awards, The Elders, Internews, December, 2008