As a Photojournalist

IMAGES FROM THE FOURTH ESTATE

The Uncertain Future of Photojournalism

Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.

- Gore Vidal
Will at Work

Will attended Metropolitan State University (Metro) in Denver, Colorado and graduated in 2006 with a degree in Journalism with an emphasis in Photojournalism. While attending Metro, he performed internships at a number of newspapers across the country, including The Oklahoman in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the Flint Journal in Flint, Michigan, The Saginaw News in Saginaw, Michigan, and the Boston Globe in Boston, Massachusetts.

After graduating, he went to work in Fayetteville, Arkansas for the Morning News and later the Arkansas Democrat Gazette. The Morning News focused on Northwest Arkansas with separate editions for local communities such as Bentonville, Springdale, and Rogers. The Arkansas Democrat Gazette is the paper of record for the State of Arkansas out of Little Rock and also publishes a separate edition for Northwest Arkansas. While Will primarily provided photo coverage for the Northwest edition, many of his photos were also published in the main state-wide edition of the Democrat Gazette.

As is evidenced by the photos in this page, Will's assignments gave him exposure to a wide range of stories and events not often experienced in the course of a lifetime. They included presidential visits, storm disasters, major sporting events, and intimate personal experiences.

Will's employment in the industry and association with fellow employees from management on down provided an insiders view of the status of newspapers in the internet age. He recognized that opportunities for photojournalists were diminishing as were the financial rewards. Accordingly, he recently completed a bachelor's degree in Natural Resources Management from Oregon State University and is pursuing a career in that field. Perhaps that career will present further opportunities to apply his photographic and journalistic skills.

Awards

In the course of his photojournalism experience, Will was recognized for his skills in several ways. He was selected as the Boston Globe's top intern for the period of internship that he spent there.

He was also recognized for his photography while working for the Morning News in Fayettville, Arkansas: Morning News Award Morning News Award


Portfolio

This is a portion of a Personal Portfolio that Will put together for job-seeking purposes (it worked). The captions under some of the photos are what in journalism are called cutlines: "A cutline is the caption near a photograph in a newspaper. It informs the reader of who, what, when, where, and why or how about the photograph. Because photographs depict events frozen in time, the first sentence of a cutline is always written in the present tense." The photographer usually writes the cutline which may or may not end up in the printed version after editor review.

Singles


Stories




WILL'S PHOTOJOURNALISM PHOTOS - Click to View

These are photos Will took in the course of his job(s). There are a lot more where these came from - I just picked out some of my favorites (yes, I have a lot of favorites). The captions are the names Will assigned to the photos to keep them organized.

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Earth Day 001 EBT 001 EBT 002 Egg Hunt 001 Egg Hunt 002 Elephant 001 Engineering 001-1 Fair 001-3 Fair 002 Fair 004 Fall Fest 001-2 Fall Fest 001 Fall Jog 001 Family Day 001-1 Fan Day 002 Farmers Market 001-1 Fire 002-4 Fire 002 Fireworks 001-1 Fireworks 005 Fishing 001-4 Fishing 001-6 Fishing 001 Flags 002-1 Flu Shot 002 FOCUS 2A Champs 014 FOCUS 2A Softball 001 017 FOCUS 2A Softball 001 024 FOCUS 3A Champs 045 FOCUS Boys Soccer 014-1 FOCUS Girls Soccer 018 FOCUS Hogs v ASU 018-1 FOCUS Hogs v Pitt 001 Fog 001-2 Fog 001-4 Fog 001 Fog 002-1 Forbes 003 Foul Ball 001 Frisco 001 Frisco 002 Frisco Fest 001 Frisco Fest 002-2 Frisco Fest 002 frosh guards 001 Funeral 001 Funeral 002 Fville Sound 001 Gallery 002 Garden 001-1 Geese 001 Girls 003-2 Governor 001 Grapes 003 greenhouse 003 GSU v KSU 008 gulley 002-1 Gym 003 Gymbacks 001 gymbacks 004-1 Hail 001 Hay Kids 001 Heron 001-1 heron 001-2 Hogeye 005 Hogs 1H 001-1 Hogs 2H 006-1 hogs adams TD BEST-1 Hogs H1 003-11 Hogs H1 004-11 Hogs H2 002 Horses 005 horshoes 003 Hot Rod 002 Ice 001-1 Ice Sign 001 ice storm 002-1 ice storm 005 ice storm 010 ice storm cleanup 001 ice storm thurs 007 ice storm thurs 012 ice storm Thurs 015 IMG_0596 Jass 001 Jog 001 john george 001 Jump 001-1 Kayaks 001 Kernwein PS 001 Kid 001-10 Kid 001-14 Kid 001-16 kid 001-18 Kid 001-8 Kid 002-1 Kid 002 kid and puppy 001 kid cold 001 Kid Fish 001 kid with stick-1 Kids Dancing 002 Kids Day 002 Kids Hay 003 Kral 001 Lake 001 Lake Tree 001 Lang Home 004 Laundry Love 002 Lawless PS 002 Lawnmowers 004 Leaf 002 leaf play 001 Leaves 001-1 Leaves 001-2 Leaves 001-3 Leaves 001-4 leaves 001-5 leaves 001-6 Leaves 001 leaves 002-2 Leaves 002 leaves 003-1 leaves 003 LHS v SSHS 007 Library 002 light work 001 Lights 001-1 Lights 001-4 Lights 001-5 Lights 001 Lights 002-1 Lights 003-1 Lights 0045 Lights Down 001-1 lights up 001 Linemen 001 LPGA 003-5 LPGA 007 LPGA 010-1 LPGA 011-1 LPGA 013 LPGA 021-1 LPGA D2 001 LPGA D2 005 LPGA Feature 001-2 Mack PS 001 Magee 002 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