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STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Professional Profile
Award-winning photographer with a passionate dedication to the ideals and importance of journalism. Committed to engaging and representing diverse audiences through visual storytelling. Proven leader with solid communication and management skills and keen adherence to ethical standards. Able to prioritize quickly and thrive on deadline. Positive-minded employee who builds trust quickly with coworkers and the general public.
Technical Skills
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Experience
Staff Photographer / Lee Enterprises, Incorporated - Glens Falls , NY12/2003 - Current
- Create photographs for seven-day newspaper publication with a circulation of over 100,000. Assignments range from spot news to features to sports to with emphasis on community storytelling.
- Produce photo galleries and videos, including drone, for website publication.
- Travel out of state for sports coverage including PAC-12 tournament, NCAA men's and women's basketball.
- Travel within U.S. and Mexico for human-interest stories.
- Acting photo editor when Director of Photography is out of newsroom. Responsibilities include: coordinating with newsroom reporters and editors for photo coverage of daily and long term stories. Oversee assignments for photographers and freelancers. Edit photos from staff photographers for publication and participate in daily planning meetings.
- Train photography intern and mentor college photo apprentices.
Staff Photographer / Lee Enterprises, Incorporated - Kenosha , WI08/1998 - 12/2003
- Photographed various events for a six-day newspaper publication. Responsible for editing, writing captions and meeting daily deadlines.
- Temporary photo editor, summer of 1999. Responsibilities included working with newsroom reporters to coordinate daily assignments for photographers, maintaining and ordering supplies and training new staff photographer.
Photographer and Office Assistant / Jon Reis Photography - City , STATE05/1998 - 08/1998
- Assisted with location shoots and photographed weddings. Office work included filing, working as a darkroom technician printing black and white photographs, spotting prints and creating wedding albums for clients.
Education
Ithaca College - City05/1998Bachelor of Science: Major: Cinema And Photography Minor: Art History
University Of Pittsburgh1997
Semester at Sea, study abroad program
Special Projects
- Sole photographer for “State of Denial” project for the Local Reporting Network with ProPublica and Arizona Daily Star. A look at Arizona's Division of Developmental Disabilities and failures for families, 2020.
- Part of a team for “Beyond the Wall” project for Arizona Daily Star. Traveled the length of the U.S./Mexico border showing daily life of residents that live in border communities, 2016.
- Created a 2015 calendar of 12 portraits and organized a fundraiser event to support Lamba Legal and All Out, two non-profit organizations working for LGBT equality
- Sole photographer for “Tucson Cooks,” a collection of recipes from the Food Conspiracy Co-op, 2013.
Special Awards
- Lee Enterprises President's Award for Excellence in News, 2018
- Lee Enterprises President's Award for Excellence in News, 2016
- Lee Enterprises President's Award for Excellence in News, 2013
- Awards in annual photo contests: Arizona Newspaper Association, Arizona Press Club and Best of the West. Most recent: First Place, Best News Photo – Arizona Newspaper Association, 2020. Second Place, Best Feature Photo Layout – Arizona Newspaper Association, 2020. Second Place, Picture Story – Arizona Press Club, 2019. First and Third Place, Pictorial – Arizona Press Club, 2019. Second Place, Feature – Arizona Press Club, 2018. Second Place, Portrait – Arizona Press Club, 2018. Second Place, Picture Story – Arizona Press Club, 2016. Second Place, Best Photo Story – Arizona Newspapers Association, 2016. Second Place, Picture Story – Arizona Press Club, 2015. Second Place, Portrait – Arizona Press Club, 2015. Second Place, General News – Arizona Press Club, 2015.
Featured Speaker
- Tucson Storytellers Project: “Love and Heartbreak” Valentine's Day edition, 2020
- Tucson Makers: “Inspired by Women” hosted by AIGA and MOCA Tucson, 2016
- Trickhouse Live: An Integrative Arts and Performance Series at Casa Libre en la Solana Tucson, Arizona, 2015
- JTED (Joint Technical Education District): Workshop leader and speaker for Master classes on photography, yearly since 2012
Community Involvement
- The Advocacy Center: Domestic Violence and Youth Sexual Abuse:Responsibilities include answering crisis hotline, advising clients on options for surviving domestic violence and child abuse issues, lending emotional support and referring clients to appropriate agencies.
- VOICES 110 degrees Magazine:Mentor to low-income at-risk youth in photographing, editing and toning photos for stories they produce about their lives and communities. The stories were published in the 110 degrees magazine. VOICES is a non-profit project that blends literary, photography, and documentary media, to cultivate student art and encourage community storytelling.
- University of Arizona Vaccination State-Site Volunteer:Responsibilities include traffic control, greeting and observing patients in their cars for 15 minutes after receiving their vaccination shots.
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School Attended
- Ithaca College
- University Of Pittsburgh
Job Titles Held:
- Staff Photographer
- Photographer and Office Assistant
Degrees
- Ithaca College -
City
05/1998 Bachelor of Science : Major: Cinema And Photography Minor: Art History
University Of Pittsburgh 1997
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