Jae C. Hong is an AP staff photographer based in Los Angeles. He has covered various major news stories including Sochi Winter Olympics, London Olympics, Gulf Oil Spill, Haiti Earthquake and Barack Obama’s presidential campaign. He first joined the AP as a photo intern in 2005 while attending California State University, Northridge, where he completed his Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism. He also interned at the Birmingham News in Birmingham, Alabama. Hong began his photography career in 1997 at the Korea Times, a Korean-language newspaper based in Los Angeles.
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