Route to Recovery
A trip through the epicenters of the American recession

Nick Carey

Nick Carey is a Chicago-based, British-born journalist who has covered everything from the near-collapse of the Big Three automakers to the U.S. housing crisis. Nick is currently on general assignment, reporting on the human impact of the recession. He previously spent ten years working in central and eastern Europe. Blog

Lucy Nicholson

Lucy is based in Los Angeles, and covers news, sport, and feature assignments. She was born in London, and has worked as a photographer in Northern Ireland, Chile, and Mexico City. Blog

Sharon Reich

Sharon is a television journalist based in New York City. She covers news, entertainment, lifestyle, politics and feature assignments. Before moving back home to New York, she worked for ReutersTelevison in Jerusalem, Washington and San Francisco. Blog

Brian Snyder

Brian has been a Boston-based photographer for Reuters since 1989, first as a freelancer and then on staff since 2005. Blog

Carlos Barria

Carlos, 30, has been based in Miami since 2004. He was born in Patagonia, in the south of Argentina, and studied photography in Buenos Aires. He has covered breaking news, sports and features in the Americas, the Middle East, Iraq, and Afghanistan. In 2007 Carlos was named Photographer of the Year by Reuters. Blog