DYLAN BUSH
Multimedia
Dylan Bush studied journalism, specialising in television and photography, at Rhodes University in South Africa. He cut his teeth as a news and political journalist at the Mail & Guardian from 2010 – 2015 where he covered major national news events like the Marikana Massacre, Nkandla, the murder of Andries Tatane, national elections and many service delivery protests. During his time at the M&G, Dylan exhibited his photography in South Africa and Europe and won two Standard Bank Sikuvile awards and the CNN African Digital Journalist of the Year award.
After that, Dylan moved to Sonke Gender Justice to pursue his passion for social justice. There, he was able to focus on issues such as gender-based violence, the Silicosis case and he directed, shot and edited a documentary on inmates’ health at South Africa’s notorious Pollsmoor Prison in the Western Cape, for which he won a Discovery Health Journalism Award.
Before joining the African Alliance, Dylan spent 7.5 years at the Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism where he honed his health and social justice reporting skills covering topics like the decriminalisation of sex work, harm reduction for injecting drug users, HIV and COVID-19.
Dylan is a queer, trans man based in Johannesburg. In his spare time, he likes doing crosswords (cryptic or otherwise), spending time with his dogs, learning Spanish and reading.
Awards:
- 2017 Discovery Health Journalism Awards: Video Journalist of the Year
- 2015 Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards: Multimedia Journalist of the Year Finalist
- 2014 Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards: Multimedia Journalist of the Year
- 2013 German Development Media Awards: African Category Finalist
- 2012 Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards: Multimedia Journalist of the Year
- 2012 CNN African Journalism Awards: Digital Journalist of the Year
- 2008 SABC Student Journalism Awards: Television Journalist of the Year