Şeyma Bayram is a journalist with experience in print, radio and photo. She is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.
Şeyma was a 2023-2024 Spencer Fellow at Columbia Journalism School and the 2022-2023 Reflect America Fellow at National Public Radio in Washington, D.C., where she reported for the Climate and Visuals Desks and produced for All Things Considered. A former Report for America corps member at the Akron Beacon Journal in Akron, Ohio, she has reported on race, violence against LGBTQ+ communities, gun legislation, the 2020 general election, abortion access, and the legacies of redlining and racism in urban planning, among other topics.
Her news photography has appeared in The Associated Press, CNN, The Washington Post and other outlets.
Şeyma began her journalism career covering criminal justice and local government at an alt-weekly in Jackson, Mississippi. Before entering journalism, she worked as a high school writing teacher, book editor and curator.
Şeyma holds an M.S. in Journalism from Columbia Journalism School and an M.A. in Comparative Literature from the State University of New York at Binghamton. She was born in the Kurdish region of Turkey, and raised in The Netherlands and upstate New York. In her spare time, Şeyma enjoys drawing, printmaking and cooking.
You can reach her at seyma.ba@gmail.com or find her on Twitter at @SeymaBayram0.