EXPERIENCE
Director of Photography – Columbia Missourian, Columbia, Mo.
Aug. 2009 – present
Manage a daily newspaper photography department of approximately 15 student staff photographers and 10 student photo editors per semester; Work congruently with newsroom editors in coordinating daily and long-term projects; Maintain and uphold standard of visual excellence in department.
Adjunct Instructor – University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.
Aug. 2009 – present
Instructor for Picture Editing & Photo Desk Management class; Created syllabus and prepared lectures as well as facilitate discussions with guest instructors & speakers.
Editor & Designer – University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.
Sept. 2008 – Aug. 2009
Acted as lead picture editor and page designer for St. James: The people of Missouri’s ‘Forest City of the Ozarks’, a 176-page book of documentary photo stories published by the Missouri School of Journalism; Coordinated the work of 40 photojournalists as well as six copy editors during production; Prepared images for pre-press production and worked closely with press managers during the printing and binding processes; Conducted historical research on St. James, Mo., for inclusion in the book’s introduction; Wrote book’s introduction.
Photo Editor – Columbia Missourian, Columbia, Mo.
Aug. 2008 – Jan. 2009
Assigned and edited images with staff photographers; Toned and prepared images for print and online publication; Assumed all editing responsibilities for coverage of University of Missouri football.
Assistant Director of Photography – Columbia Missourian, Columbia, Mo.
May 2008 – Aug. 2008
Oversaw day-to-day operations of the Missourian Photo Dept.; Assigned and edited images with staff photographers; Represented department at daily budget meetings; Worked congruently with designers, copy editors and news editors during nightly production cycle; Assisted with Staff Photojournalism class.
Staff Photographer – Columbia Missourian, Columbia, Mo.
Jan. 2008 – May 2008
Covered a variety of assignments, including general & breaking news, features, portraits and sports.
Web Producer – Columbia Daily Tribune, Columbia, Mo.
Aug. 2007 – Jan. 2008
Responsible for daily update of columbiatribune.com, as well as breaking news updates; Photo imaging for web; Fluency with HTML, PHP, CSS, Adobe Flash and Dreamweaver.
Graduate Research Assistant – University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.
May 2007 – May 2009
Oversight of the Missouri Photo Workshop Archive Project, an electronic archive & database containing the Workshop’s images from the past 60 years.
AWARDS & PUBLICATIONS
• 1st Place, Sports Feature, 67th Pictures of the Year International, 2/2010
• 1st Place, Feature (Multiple Picture), NPPA Region 7 Monthly News Clip Contest, 1/2010
• 2nd Place, Feature (Single Picture), NPPA Region 7 Monthly News Clip Contest, 1/2010
• 1st Place, Sports Portfolio, 64th College Photographer of the Year, 11/2009
• 2nd Place, Sports Feature, 64th College Photographer of the Year, 11/2009
• Editor, St. James: The people of Missouri’s ‘Forest City of the Ozarks’, Missouri School of Journalism, 8/2009
• Photographer, St. James: The people of Missouri’s ‘Forest City of the Ozarks’, Missouri School of Journalism, 8/2009
• 2nd Place, Sports Feature, NPPA Region 7 Monthly News Clip Contest, 3/2009
EDUCATION
University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.
Jan. 2007 – Aug. 2009
• Graduate Degree: M.A., Photojournalism
• GPA: 3.9 (Cumulative)
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kan.
August 2001 – May 2006
• Undergraduate Degrees: B.S.J., Journalism; B.A., Spanish
• GPA: 3.29 (Cumulative), 3.31 (Journalism), 3.0 (Spanish)