Who is Gabriel Zakaib?

I'm an outside-of-the-box journalist, decisive visual storyteller and forward-moving professional. 

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Classically education a premier university in Washington D.C., I've explored what lied beyond the borders of my college world.

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Although I've been classically educated, I'm a proven out-of-bounder. I know the storytelling value that comes with a step outside the comfort zone -- and I've grown to make those steps in pursuit of strong, challenging journalism.​

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Important tells us something about the world and something about ourselves.

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I've developed an ability to connect with sources who live different lives than myself, and to locate moving, meaningful interpersonal moments that speak to the human condition.  

Recognizing and then stepping out of boundaries is a 

he's purposefully stepped out of the borders of his college world with the urge to explore a much more nuanced world -- and it's made his journalism stronger. 

He's  out of the borders of his college world to explore a much more nuanced world. 

Creative at heart, Zakaib has spent months reporting on the homelessness community of the streets of Washington D.C. He has investigated rural religious communities in Virginia. He has spent time understanding the lives of fisherman on Virginia's Wicomico River, of the corporate professionals of Washington D.C. and of young non-college educated seasonal workers in Montana. ​

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Pictures:

1. Zakaib on a 45-mile trek through the Ande mountain range in Peru in March, 2025.  

2. Zakaib on the 11,000 foot summit of Emigrant Peak in Emigrant, Montana in July, 2024.

3. Zakaib photographing in Yellowstone National Park in Montana in July, 2024.

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