Jimmie Briggs

About the Author

From covering violence in minority communities to investigating rights abuses, the personal stories of disadvantaged youth have been the focus of Jimmie Briggs‘ decade-long career. Over the last four years he has focused on child soldiers. As a reporter at LIFE, Briggs was awarded the John Bartlow Martin Award from Northwestern University for a story on the Gulf War’s impact on children and became a finalist for the National Magazine Award.

In the summer of 1998, he earned an honorable mention in the Dorothea Lange-Paul Taylor Prize competition, and an Individual Project Fellowship from the Open Society Institute to study war-affected children. A year later, Briggs received a commendation from the Congressional Black Caucus for his coverage of AIDS in the black community. He has written for the Washington Post, the Village Voice, EMERGE, VIBE, George, the Source, Junior Scholastic, XXL, the New York Times Magazine and LIFE. He lives in New York City.