{"id":34987,"date":"2024-01-24T10:02:53","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T08:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riseproject.ro\/?post_type=team&#038;p=34987"},"modified":"2026-01-09T10:18:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T08:18:32","slug":"mihai-pogan","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/www.riseproject.ro\/en\/team\/mihai-pogan\/","title":{"rendered":"Mihai Pogan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex flex-col text-sm pb-25\">\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [&amp;:has([data-writing-block])&gt;*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-turn-id=\"request-695e6829-29f4-8331-8ad0-e1429e89953f-8\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-78\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"23e04483-0339-4bcb-8bf2-052bb80e5d47\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-2\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[1px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light markdown-new-styling\">\n<p data-start=\"29\" data-end=\"568\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Mihai is a freelance photographer. He travels frequently to Latin America and Southeast Asia, and is passionate about street and travel photography. Mihai studied contemporary Romanian history and earned a Master\u2019s degree in International Relations in 2006 from the University of Bucharest.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"29\" data-end=\"568\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">He takes part in RISE Project\u2019s cross-border investigative projects, providing visual documentation in situations that require undercover reporting. 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