Sydney, 2006 — Photo by Bridget

“The more of the world I see, the better I am as a journalist. … And the more I work as a journalist, the more analytically I view the world as I travel.”

— Bridget O’Brien (1981-2007)

2011 Recipients Publish Work on Vietnam

October 24, 2011

Last week Sean Greene and Morgan Glier, 2011 Bridget O’Brien Scholarship recipients, published their series, “Heart of the Problem.”  Sean and Morgan spent 12 days in Vietnam following the student group Medical, Educational Missions and Outreach, which is comprised of UCLA and UC Irvine students to carry out educational and medical missions.

You can find their three-part series online.

  1. Part one - Out of the City
  2. Part two - Clinging to Hope
  3. Part three - Beyond the Bandage Solution

Their trip was the fifth journalism project funded by the Foundation. Previous recipients have traveled to Cameroon (examining the struggles and developments of the basketball community in Yaounde, Cameroon, where two former UCLA basketball stars were raised), Peru (to explore UCLA’s archaeological research in the country), China (to investigate the influence of UCLA merchandise on garment factories and retail stores) and Thailand (to assess the effects of UCLA researchers’ work on HIV/AIDS in the country’s red light districts). The foundation has sent teams to four countries on three continents since 2008.

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About the Foundation

This foundation was created in memory of Bridget O’Brien, a talented young photojournalist who dedicated her life to storytelling. While at UCLA, her work represented student journalism at its very best — ambitious, enlightening, captivating. After graduation, she pursued her passion across the globe until her death in 2007. She will always be a reminder that we can change the world through a little bit of adventure and a whole lot of honesty.