Relevant Experience
*Designates photos published
2023- Staff Photographer — Chicago Tribune*, Chicago: photographs and edits daily and long-term assignments
2021-23 Staff Photographer – Omaha World-Herald*, Omaha, NE: photographs and completes video for daily assignments and long-term projects
2021 Freelance Photographer – Associated Press*, Chicago: photographed, edited, and transmitted images from professional sports assignments
2021 Freelance Photographer – USA Today*, Chicago: photographed, edited, and transmitted images from professional sports assignments
2020-21 Freelance Photographer – Reuters*, Chicago: photographed, edited, and transmitted images from news assignments
2020-21 Freelance Photographer – Shaw Media- Suburban Life Media*, Northwest Herald*, Kane County Chronicle*, Chicagoland: photographed, edited, and transmitted images
2017-20 Staff Photographer – Telegraph Herald*, Dubuque, IA: photographed and completed video for daily assignments and long-term projects; managed Telegraph Herald Instagram
2016-17 Freelance Photographer – Chicago Tribune*, Chicago: photographed and edited assignments
2012-13 Photography Intern/Contributing Photographer – Chicago Reader*, Chicago: prepared photos for print and web; set up shoots, photographed and edited images
2010-11 Staff Photographer – Western Herald*, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Education
Mountain Workshops • Mt. Sterling, Kentucky (2018)
Chicago Photography Center • Chicago, Illinois
Classes in Photojournalism and Advanced Photography (2012-2013)
Studio Art Centers International • Florence, Italy
Intensive Study Abroad experience (2010)
Western Michigan University (WMU) Frostic School of Art • Kalamazoo, Michigan
Summa Cum Laude (2011) Bachelor of Fine Arts – Photography and Intermedia Emphasis, Journalism Minor
Professional Recognition
2017 First Place - General News Photo, Iowa Associated Press Media Editors, AP
2017 First Place - Picture Story, Iowa Associated Press Media Editors, AP (co-winner)
2017 Photo Sweepstakes - Photo Staff, Iowa Associated Press Media Editors, AP
Academic Recognition
2009–11 Frostic School of Art Enrichment Grant
2007–11 Presidential Scholarship
2011 Maze Enrichment Grant, College of Fine Arts
2011 Eleanor and Robert Devries Award, Annual Frostic School of Art Juried Student Exhibition
2010 John M. Carney Enrichment Award for BFA Students in Photography
2009 Seibert WMU Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Award
Technology
OS/Software: Mac and PC operating systems; Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere; Photo Mechanic; Apple Final Cut Pro; Microsoft Office