Purpose-driven storyteller, independent photog ✨ BAY AREA ☁️ FAA drone certified Former staff: ProPublica, Freep, NYT 📨 Reach me: sbmaneyphoto@gmail.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/sbmaneyphoto.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social/post/3miu4rpuxnk2eYou may have seen the stories of Cherise Doyley and Brianna Bennett recently across your TL. Florida judges forced them to undergo C-Sections, despite them refusing. Their right to decide their medical care was stripped when they were made to testify during a court hearing while actively in labor.06 Apr 2026 20:41 +0000at://did:plc:ro35dimm7urhhw5j4dc6tque/app.bsky.feed.post/3miu4rpuxnk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social/post/3m642zxrelk2h“What necessary perspectives do we lose, and what questions go unasked and unanswered, when Black journalists are among the first to be seen as disposable on a masthead?” https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/black-women-layoffs-teen-vogue-journalism-jobs21 Nov 2025 00:54 +0000at://did:plc:ro35dimm7urhhw5j4dc6tque/app.bsky.feed.post/3m642zxrelk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social/post/3m3sjpunqcc2zLeonardo Garcia Venegas, 25, was working at a construction site in coastal Alabama when ICE agents tried to take him to the ground as he yelled, “I’m a citizen!” They held him handcuffed for more than an hour and dismissed his REAL ID as fake. Two weeks later, he wrongfully held by ICE agents again.22 Oct 2025 18:59 +0000at://did:plc:ro35dimm7urhhw5j4dc6tque/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3sjpunqcc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social/post/3lnnqu76wk22vNike claims they pay workers 1.9 times the local livable wage. Workers’ pay stubs tell a different story. Spend time with this investigation by @robwdavis.bsky.social and the stories of women I photographed in Cambodia, who worked grueling hours — still not earning enough to make ends meet.25 Apr 2025 17:31 +0000at://did:plc:ro35dimm7urhhw5j4dc6tque/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnnqu76wk22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social/post/3lmmymujp6k2sHow the reality crime show “The First48” painted “a wholly inaccurate picture” that led to a wrongful conviction. Read the full @propublica.org investigation by @jlussenhop.bsky.social 📸 by me ~ https://www.propublica.org/article/first-48-reality-tv-police-minneapolis-wrongful-conviction-barrientos-quintana12 Apr 2025 16:52 +0000at://did:plc:ro35dimm7urhhw5j4dc6tque/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmmymujp6k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social/post/3lbft7af6z42gMy job is to make photographs, but a big part of the fulfillment I get is from making connections 💙 read the full story I wrote for @propublica that goes behind the scenes into the why & how of telling visual stories. https://www.propublica.org/article/tips-aspiring-visual-storytellers-photography-photojournalism-flint-michigan20 Nov 2024 20:49 +0000at://did:plc:ro35dimm7urhhw5j4dc6tque/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbft7af6z42g