ABOUT US

Erica Lee Nelson

Erica Lee Nelson is a writer and editor based in Washington, D.C. She covers politics, business, culture and travel, with a focus on South Asia. Working with her photographer husband, Sebastian John, she tells comprehensive stories that weave together reportage and visuals.

With seven years experience as an international journalist, Erica’s work has appeared in The Washington Times, India Today, SPAN, Travel Plus, The Telegraph, The Week, and EDU. Erica has previously worked as an investigative reporter for Inside U.S. Trade, Features Editor for The Globalist, and Desk Editor for Businessworld.

Erica first came to India in 2002, and has worked in the country for over four years. She is a recent MA graduate of George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs and Jawaharlal Nehru University’s School of International Studies, and holds a BA from The Evergreen State College. Recently, she completed a research report that will be published in a conference for legislators in late 2010.

Erica is a proficient Hindi speaker. Her other passions include theater, teaching, swing dancing and spicy gajar pickle.

RESUME

Sebastian John

I work at K12 Inc. as a media editor. I have been involved in visual journalism for the last 12 years and have worked at National Geographic (2007 – 2008) as News Photo Editor Earlier; at The Associated Press as Photo Editor at the South Asia bureau (2002- 06); The Week as Picture Coordinator (2002 – 02); Businessworld as Researcher and Photo Librarian (1999-2002), Outlook as freelance photographer(1998-1999); and Editorial Executive at Travel Market India (1997-1998). As a writer and photographer I have also freelanced and contributed for Chronicle for Higher Education,  The Washington Times, The Eureka Reporter (the paper has ceased publication), SPAN, India Today, Focused Images Photography Inc, The Financial Times.

When not editing I follow my other passions – writing, photography, keeping updated on copyrights and intellectual laws, digital archiving and technologies, cooking, travel, checking out hole-in-the-wall restaurants and playing squash.

I run a food blog title, INJI, which chronicles what I cook and occasional experimentation with food

Though I live in Washington DC now, I was born and brought up in Bombay, and trace my roots to a small, non-descript village in Kerala. I spent a big chunk of my childhood in Tanzania, shuttled few years between India and Dubai, and worked in Delhi for eight years.

My photo site can be found here