Career Work

VeroNews.com- Vero Beach, Fla. (June 10, 2009 - Oct.2016)

                           -Assistant Editor
                           -Visual Journalist
                               Producing stills and video for VeroNews.com
                               and Vero Beach 32963/Sebastian River News
                           -Social Media Editor
                           -Reporter
                               (features/breaking news/hurricane coverage)

Freelance (May 5 - June 01, 2009):

                           -Osprey Observer (writing/photography)
                           -Community News Publications (photography)
                           -Selling prints of my work

       - Community News Publications- Tampa, Fla.

         Chief Photographer (Sept. 2005 - April 29, 2009)
         -Managed two staff photographers/freelancers
         -Produced multimedia packages
         -Lead photographer for Hillsborough/Pasco County
         -Updating visuals on Web site
         -Wrote a photo column/occasional story

      - Journal Review- Crawfordsville IN

                           -Photographer (June 2003-August 2004)
         

Awards       

      2013 IRC Humane Society Media Award

      Fla. Press Association
      2008 Better Weekly Awards

               Sports Picture: Division A
                  - 2nd place

               Photo Series in One Issue: Division B
                  - 2nd place

               Special Section: Division A
                  - 2nd place

               Sports Picture: Division B
                  - 3rd place

      Fla. Press Association
      2007 Better Weekly Awards

               Feature Picture: Division B
                  - 1st place

               Portfolio Photography: Open Circulation
                  - 2nd place

               Sports Picture: Division B
                  - 2nd place

               Photo Series in One Issue: Division B
                  - 2nd place

               Sports Picture: Division A
                  - 3rd place

               Spot News Picture: Division B
                  - 3rd place

      Fla. Press Association
      2006 Better Weekly Awards

               Portfolio Photographer: Open Circulation
               (Robert J. Ellison Memorial Award)
                  - 1st place

               Spot News: Division B
                  - 1st place

               Feature: Division B
                  - 3rd place

               Sports: Division B
                  - 3rd place

      Ind. Associated Press photo of the month
          - April 2004

      Hoosier State Press Association: Division 4
            2004 Competition

               Spot News     
                  - 1st place
                  - 2nd place

               General News
                  -1st place

Work Experience

Freelance

           -COLE Publishing
                -Pumper magazine
                -Municipal Sewer & Water magazine
           -San Francisco Chronicle
           -USA Today
           -News-Sentinel (Fort Wayne, IN)
           -Herald Bulletin (Anderson, IN)

Corporate Clients

           -Passage Island Construction
           -Chick-fil-A
           -Lobster Shanty Vero Beach/Cocoa Beach
           -Mr. Manatees Vero Beach

Professional Memberships:

            -National Press Photographers
                  Association

                 Social Media Coordinator: (2007-09/2013)

                             -Facebook group
                             -twitter page
                             -Facebook page
                             -Google+ page

            -SportsShooter.com

Internships

      -News-Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Ind.
            -Photographer (summer 2002)

      -Herald Press, Huntington, Ind.
            -Photographer (summer 1999)

            

      -Milton Benjamin
         Owner/Publisher
         of Vero Beach 32963 Media
         milt@verobeach32963.com

     -Mark Mathes
         Owner/Publisher
         of Community News
         (813) 909-2800

     -Jim Lamb
         Freelance writer (New Port Richey, Fla.)
         (727) 505-0078
         jimlamb@journalist.com

     -Steve Linsenmayer
         Photographer
         News-Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
         1988-2007
         (260) 417-3393
         slinsenmayer@gmail.com

Education

      -Ball State University- Muncie, Ind.
            -Major: Photojournalism
            -Minor: Sociology
      -Graduation: May 2003