
Valerie Plesch
@valerieplesch
Freelance photojournalist covering the DC region + beyond. 🇦🇷🇻🇳. Prev. in Kosovo + Afghanistan. @columbiajourn alum. @pulitzercenter grantee
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“The most exclusive theater in the world” - we had to pinch ourselves when the The White House invited us to show our little movie UNCONDITIONAL in the private theater that heads of state have watched films at since 1942. Valerie Plesch Jay Allen Dr. Jill Biden Elizabeth Dole Foundation

“Any topic on immigration, whether it's about the border, about Dreamers, about Afghans, about even high-skilled immigrants who can really contribute to our economy, Congress is really struggling to act on immigration,” said Julia Gelatt, a senior policy analyst MigrationPolicy Inst


On the front page of today’s The Washington Post: Some empty office towers are being turned into apartments. But faced with growing vacancies, some cities are looking outside the box — and filling empty buildings with spas, breweries and urban farms. washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/…


Rachel Leah Siegel Emily Badger Larry Buchanan Dror Poleg 🎗 To examine what that might look like, Valerie Plesch and I visited two projects in NoVA that are already up and running. A former SEC office that’s now a wellness club (!) and a government building turned elementary school. Take a look with us: washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/…

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Tonight’s lightening show in DC Capital Weather Gang


According to DC Police Department, there’s an active hostage situation on 9th St in DC’s Shaw neighborhood. Several blocks along 9th St has been closed off. #dc


Recent 📷 work for this The Washington Post investigative piece



Photographing this colorful #LunarNewYear story by Joe Heim was such a wonderful experience. On Saturday the #Vietnamese community gathered at the Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly, Virginia to celebrate #Tết as part of the La Vang Lunar New Year Festival washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/…



To win, Vice President JD Vance must do what Trump and Biden — the two men who co-wrote America’s regrettable final chapter in Afghanistan — seemed unwilling to do: Level with the American public about the war and keep our promises to Afghans. My latest: thehill.com/opinion/481096…

D.C. court officials repeatedly lost track of teens wearing ankle monitors. The timing was deadly. Valerie Plesch wapo.st/4kqgoXA

D.C. teens needed rehabilitation to keep the city safe. They languished in a violent detention center instead. Valerie Plesch wapo.st/4kxR0zb