	THE STAFF

	Stan Alost Deputy Director of News Photography, St. Petersburg Times Stan is deputy director of news photography for the St. Petersburg Times. He was a Knight Fellow at the Ohio University School of Visual Communication masters program and has a bachelorÕs degree in journalism from Louisiana State University. He has been a freelance photo editor, designer and photographer, a photo editor for the State-Times and Morning Advocate newspapers, staff photographer for the State-Times, staff photographer for the Shreveport Journal and staff photographer for the Natchitoches Times. Off-duty, he is a tutu ironer and whiffle ball pitcher. Email: salost@sptimes.com
	David Breslauer Photo Technology Consultant As an independent photo technology consultant, David primarily helps newspapers and small end users manage digital camera workflow. This includes digital camera training and integration, archive related issues, production Photoshop training, and color management implementation. He worked as a Senior Technology Specialist for the Associated Press for five years. Before trading his camera bag for a pocket protector, Breslauer was an AP staff photographer for 10 years and worked for the Houston Chronicle and the Fort Worth Star Telegram before that. A graduate of The University of Texas in Austin with a degree in Radio,Television and Film production, Breslauer skis in Park City, Utah with his wife and son Zach. Email: dbreslauer@pcfastnet.com
	Tom Burton Senior Photographer, The Orlando Sentinel On staff at the Orlando Sentinel since 1983, Tom specializes in features and projects photography and produces A&E Gallery, a weekly photography-driven column about artists and entertainers. The Orlando Sentinel is a leader in multi-media convergence and Burton attended the first Platypus Workshop where still photographers were cross-trained in video storytelling. He regularly produces stories for both traditional print publications as well as for a 24-hour television news channel and the Internet. Burton also was a charter contributor to Behind the Viewfinder, an educational internet project hosted by digitalstoryteller.com and was co-producer of an internet "virtual mission" from Venezuela for Operation Rainbow, a humanitarian medical group. Email: TBurtonw@OrlandoSentinel.com
	Mark Cardwell Executive Producer, Associated Press Digital Mark has overall responsibility for APÕs online news services, including The WIRE, APMoneyWIRE, AP Streaming News and AP Online. AP Digital was recently formed to focus on commercial sales of national, international and other non-local categories of news and information. He joined the AP in 1996 and holds degrees from Boston University and Columbia University. Before joining the AP, he was a photographer in ReutersÕ New York bureau and the Chicago and New York bureaus of Agence France-Presse. As a photographer with JB Pictures, he also worked for publications including Newsweek, U.S. News & World Report, Vogue, Businessweek, The Independent, Stern and The Boston Globe. Email: mcardwell@ap.org
	J. Pat Carter Photographer, Associated Press Pat has been an AP staff photographer for the past 3-1/2 years. He was a freelancer for five years before joining AP, worked for the Baltimore Sun for eight years and The Daily Oklahoman for five years. Last May 3rd, a photo of a family under a bridge near New Castle,Okla. as two tornado funnels past earned him a Pulitzer nomination, The Eisie, National Headliners and Pictures-of-the-Year honors. Major stories he has covered include the Oklahoma City bombing, a church shooting, Whitewater and Paula Jones, National League baseball playoffs, NFL post-season games, college bowl games, drought and the Los Alamos wildfires. He will be covering the Democratic convention and Olympics all digitally. Completed digital projects include following the route the Okies took from Oklahoma to California and a study on the aftermath of uranium mining on the Navajo people. He married Shelly Rollins-Carter during spring training three years ago on a Friday. She went home Sunday and called him on Monday morning to ask why he was not working covering the tornado that hit central Florida.. They have three daughters. He has a BA in Journalism and Political Science and has done graduate studies in Journalism. He says he is "almost normal, have all my own teeth and most of my hair still." Email: jpcarter@ap.org
	Todd L. Chappel The Tampa Tribune Photo Team Leader (a.k.a. Asst. Photo Chief), The Tampa Tribune. ToddÕs professional photojournalism career begin in 1986 as an intern for the Miami Herald while pursuing a degree in Photography at the Art Institute of Ft. Lauderdale. Upon graduation, he began freelancing for The Tampa Tribune. Three years later he was hired as a bureau photographer in the University area of Tampa. After seven years of working the streets of North Tampa, Chappel was promoted to the position of Photo Team Leader in 1996. His daily responsibilities include photographic content and the supervision of 23 full-time photographers, four editors and three lab technicians. Email: tchappel@tampatrib.com
	Cindi Christie Deputy Photo Editor, Contra Costa Newspapers Cindi works for a newspaper group that publishes the Contra Costa Times among its five Bay Area dailies. She was among the TimesÕ photo department managers honored as employees of the year for the newspaper groupÕs conversion to all-digital in 1999. Film processors were shipped away in early 2000. Among her duties is editing, designing and paginating the TimesÕ weekly enterprise photo page. She previously oversaw installation of a Macintosh-based electronic imaging system for the newspaper group. She has taught classes in the advanced photojournalistic uses of Adobe Photoshop and QuarkXPress software, as well as photojournalism ethics for the newspapersÕ in-house training program. In her 15 years at the Times, she has been a news editor, staff writer, photographer, assistant city editor, acting managing editor, graphics and technology editor, and photo editor. She has also been a freelance photo editor at several Super Bowl games and NFL playoffs. Cindi attended the first NPPA Electronic Photojournalism Workshop in 1989 (MarthaÕs Vineyard) and served many roles as a faculty member through the workshopÕs duration and continuing with Visual Edge. Cindi graduated from St. Cloud State University in Minnesota and taught photojournalism there before moving to California. She will be a Knight Fellow at Ohio University for the 2000-2001 school year. Email: cindic@cyanpixel.net
	Roy Peter Clark Writing & Editing Faculty, The Poynter Institute Besides being one heckuva piano player, Clark writes and teaches writing. He helps writers understand the writing process and the power of stories. He collects writing tools and tips from the best journalists in the world and shares them with all interested writers. He encourages editors to coach writers and teaches the techniques of collaborative editing. Clark is an acknowledged expert in the teaching of writing to young people. He develops and describes new forms of storytelling for newspapers, including the serial narrative. He was a reporter, feature writer, and film critic, St. Petersburg Times; faculty, Auburn University; author of Free to Write: A Journalist Teaches Young Writers, co-author of Coaching Writers: Editors and Reporters Working Together, and author of the serial narratives, "Three Little Words," "SadieÕs Ring," and "AinÕt Done Yet"; former editor of Best Newspaper Writing series; director of National WritersÕ Workshops; elected as Distinguished Service Member of ASNE. B.A., Providence College; Ph.D., English, SUNY at Stony Brook. Email: rclark@poynter.org
	Mick Cochran Editor for Technology and Development, The Providence Journal In his 30 years as a journalist, Mick has been a writer, photographer, editor and designer for The Providence Journal Co. , The Charlotte Observer and the (Springfield, Illinois) State Journal-Register. In his current job he is responsible for all aspects of newsroom technology hardware, software and its relationship with news department work flow. That responsibility includes developing telecommunications solutions for bureaus; expanding the use of digital cameras and remote transmission of images; acting as newsroom liaison with electronic publishing division; training staff on PC and Macintosh platforms and overseeing all newsroom capital expenditures. He was Art Director there for 12 years, supervising a staff of 16 artists, designers and color pre-press operators. Midstream in his career at the Providence Journal, he moved to Charlotte, NC to serve as Assistant Managing Editor/Graphics at The Charlotte Observer. There he supervised a staff of 27 artists, designers, photographers, picture editors and news editors Before moving to Rhode Island, Mick was Photo and Graphics Editor at The State Journal-Register in Springfield, Illinois for 10 years. While there he built a photo and design team from the ground up, supervised a redesign of the newspaper and says he had the best time of his life. HeÕs been a lecturer at the Rhode Island School of Design; a faculty member of the Electronic Photojournalism Workshop from 1993 to 1997; a faculty member of The Visual Edge at the Poynter Institute; and chairman of the Mid-America Press Institute ("New Directions in Photojournalism"). HeÕs won numerous awards in writing, design and photography including those from the NPPA, AP, Society of News Design, Illinois Press PhotographerÕs Association, and is the recipient of a Copley Ring of Truth Award. Email: mcochran@projo.com
	Lon Cooper Technology manager, The Bakersfield Californian Lon works primarily with new media, the bakersfield.com website and publishing systems. Previously, Lon was a director of Electronic Imaging for the Dallas Morning News. He has also been a photojournalist for several other papers. Having studied journalism at the University of North Texas in Denton. Lon has attended every Electronic Photojournalism Workshop and served as a staff member since the second workshop in Tempe, AZ. He was workshop cochair for several years. He also was a staff member at past Visual Edge Workshops. Email: lon@lon.net
	Randy Cox Senior Editor/Visuals, The Oregonian Randy was born in Athens, Texas and attended high school in Topeka, Kansas. He has a Bachelor of Journalism from the Missouri School of Journalism in December 1975. His first job as a staff photographer was at The Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Miss. He moved on to photo editor at The Coffeyville (Kansas) Journal where "I was lucky enough to marry the best woman in the world, Joany Carlin." In 1980 he moved to The Morning Call in Allentown, Pa., where he served as photo editor before accepting the position of Assistant Managing Editor/Photo & Graphics at The Hartford Courant. After almost 10 years in New England,they moved to Albuquerque, NM, where he consulted, ran his design business and worked part-time as a designer at The Albuquerque Tribune. For two semesters in 1995 and 1996 he was the professional-in-residence at The Reynolds School of Journalism at the University of Nevada/Reno. In January 1997, he accepted the position of Senior Editor/Visuals at The Oregonian in Portland where he still work. RandyÕs share of awards in POY and SND competitions were "largely due to the excellent work of the staffs IÕve been lucky to work alongside," he said. He has attended and taught at at many industry seminars (Missouri Photo Workshop, Electronic Photojournalism Workshop, The Mountain PeopleÕs Workshop, The Kalish Picture Editing Workshop as well as with The Poynter Institute and The American Press Institute). He was editor of the NPPAÕs annual "Best of Photojournalism" book for five years. Email: randycox@aol.com
	Andrew DeVigal Poynter Fellow Andrew directs Poynter seminars in the area of New Media and Visual Journalism. He is also involved with the Stanford-Poynter Project, a research project studying how users read online news using an Eye Tracking System. Formerly he was an interface designer for Knight-Ridder New Media in San Jose, designing many of the early verticals offered by Real Cities, and a producer for chicagotribune.com, shaping the look and format of the original Internet version. In his other life, DeVigal was an informational graphic artist for the Chicago Tribune and the Contra Costa Times. DeVigal has also redesigned several online publications including the Albany (N.Y.) Times Union website, timesunion.com. His work can also be appreciated in the design of Handelsblatt Interaktiv, GermanyÕs financial daily, which was redesigned by Mario Garcia Media Group. Email: andrew@devigal.com
	Alan Diaz Staff Photographer, The Associated Press Diaz became an AP staff photographer in June 2000. He studied photography in Cuba, 1972, University of Havana. Alan freelanced for Miami weeklies, bi-weeklies, monthlies , also for Sygma, Sipa Press, UPI, Reuters and AP, since 1988. His photographs of young Elian Gonzalez being removed from the home of his Miami relatives appeared in publications throughout the world. Email: Alphoto2@aol.com
	Allyn DiVito Senior editor for Photography, The Tampa Tribune. A native of St. Petersburg and a 1984 summa cum laude graduate of the E. W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University, DiVitoÕs career at the Tribune started as a summer internship following graduation. News assignments in Central America, Africa and several Caribbean nations once highlighted his experience at the paper before sitting at a desk as a department administrator in 1996. "Now I live vicariously through the assignments of others," DiVito says. In February 2000, The Tampa TribuneÕs news operation moved into a new $50 million facility named The News Center. Journalists from the Tribune, WFLA television and Tampa Bay Online deliver news and information on three platforms in West Central Florida. The TribuneÕs photo staff is comprised of 23 full-time photographers, three lab technicians and four editors. Photography bureaus are located in Leon, Pasco, Pinellas and Polk counties in addition to its Tampa hub in Hillsborough County. Email: adivito@tampatrib.com
	Alan Dorow Copublisher, journale.com Born and raised in Wichita, Kansas, Dorow has worked as a photographer since 1977, when he first saw the photographs of fellow Wichitan W. Eugene Smith. Working first for newspapers in Jacksonville, Fla., and Tucson, Ariz., Dorow has freelanced since 1985. He worked in New York City until 1994, when he moved to Washington, D.C. He taught as a visiting professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology in 1993 and became interested in interactive multimedia. In addition to his work as a still photographer, he programs presentations on Director and develops web sites with partners Adam Stoltman and Keith McManus through their interactive media company Tango Interactive and is a founder of Journal E. Growing up in the midwest, he says, has given him a "peculiar sensibility." Email: alan@journale.com
	Joe Elbert AME of photography, The Washington Post Joe been assistant managing editor of photography with The Washington Post since Õ88. During his stewardship his colleagues have won the coveted Pulitzer Prize three times, National Press PhotographersÕ AssociationÕs "Photographer of the Year" six times, World Press Photo twice and the White House Press PhotographersÕ AssociationÕs "Photographer of the Year" for the past nine years. In Õ95 The National Press Photographers association named Elbert "Editor of the Year." After graduating from Indiana University with a degree in music he began his career as a photographer with the Courier-Tribune in Bloomington, Indiana. After stints with the Daily Herald, also in Bloomington, and the Palm Beach Post, in Florida, he moved to The Miami Herald. In 1979 Elbert was promoted to picture editor and four years later named director of photography.
	Ricardo J. Ferro Owner, Florida Fotobanc Inc. Ric was born in Cuba and educated as an engineer. His first contact with photography came in a photo lab in Tampa. Three years later he was a staff photographer at the Tampa Tribune and a picture editor and photographer at the The St. Petersburg Times for 32 years. His photo assignments have included earthquakes, hurricanes, invasion, wars, peace treaties, US presidential conventions, and the Olympics. His photos have received over 115 awards, and he has been nominated four times for the Pulitzer Prize competition by The St. Petersburg Times. He was a member of the faculty of the National Press Photographer AssociationÕs Flying Short Course, in 1974 and a faculty member at the 1975 University of Missouri Photo Workshop. He has been a member of the faculty for workshops at the Western Kentucky UniversityÕs The Mountain Workshops in 1975 and 1998; the Atlanta Seminar in Atlanta, 1976; and the Southern Short Course in Photography in North Carolina,1976. He is invited regularly photojournalism speaker at The Poynter Institute for Media Studies in St. Petersburg. As a panelist he has lectured for IFRA in London, HPR seminar in Photojournalism in Zurich, for SIP and SND in Guatemala, Mexico and Colombia, and most recently for the Society of InterAmericans Press in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He also took part in the first NPPA and The Freedom Forum Photojournalism Seminar in Russia in 1990 and returned in 1991 to lecture in Moscow, Prague, Warsaw, and Budapest for The Freedom Forum. He owns Florida Fotobanc Inc., a photo agency with stock photo service , editorial and corporate photo assignments, and photographic consultant services. His clients include over 42 newspapers in Central and South America. He has designed and written FotoCONTROL a photo organization database for newspapers that manages workflow of the visual report from the assignment, to the digital archive. Email: fotobanc@gte.net
	Gary Fong Director of Editorial Graphics Technology, San Francisco Chronicle Gary is converting the San Francisco Chronicle from traditional to digital photography, electronic picture editing, color workflow, and wireless communications using Virtual Private Network (VPN). Most recently he developed and implemented the ChronicleÕs photo and graphics digital asset management systems. He has also developed the photo sales operation for research and billing of live and archive material to other print, broadcast, and electronic publications. He improvised a disaster recovery plan and organized photo coverage of the 1989 Loma Prieta 7.1 Earthquake for publishing the next mornings paper, without electricity, 2-way radios, or telephones. At the Chronicle he has been the Director of Photography and a Staff Photographer. He has taught photojournalism at San Francisco State University and photography at the University of California, Berkeley. He was a staff photographer at The Sacramento Bee and The Sacramento Union newspapers. He has won numerous awards, served as a Pulitzer Prize juror and served as Co-Chairman of the Digital Õ92 Conference in San Francisco, 1992. Email: fong@sfgate.com
	David Frank Director of Picture Desk Technology, New York Times DaveÕs first job as a photojournalist following college was at the Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Miss. He was a staff photographer from 1980-1982, then became director of photography to 1983. Having grown up in Kentucky, which most consider the South, and worked in Mississippi, which is the South, Dave was ready for a new type of adventure and landed in New York, NY. He worked for Associated Press as night monitor and supervisor, then moved to the New York Times in 1985. In his 16 years at the Times, he has been weekend picture editor, assignment editor and currently is director of picture desk technology. He has been an on-location picture editor at the last three Olympics and playoff and World Series games of the Yankees. He also has covered a multitude of events including Presidential political campaigns and conventions, NFL playoffs and Super Bowls, NCAA Final Four, US Open golf and tennis tournaments, Tony Awards and the Oklahoma City bombing. A 1980 graduate of Western Kentucky University with a BA in photojournalism, Dave is married to Marjorie Anders, who has her academic and journalistic roots in Florida. They have one daughter, Charlotte, 8. Email: frank@nytimes.com
	Sandra J. Gadsden News Editor, St. Petersburg Times Sandra has been at the St. Petersburg Times since 1993. She currently coaches and trains new copy editors in layout, design and editing. Before joining the Times, she was a design editor at the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville, Fla. She got her start in journalism at her hometown paper, The Post-Courier, in Charleston, S.C. Sandra was a design coach at last yearÕs Visual Edge Workshop. Email: gadsden@sptimes.com
	J. Carl Ganter Senior Producer /Visuals, MediaVia LLC Carl is a photojournalist, writer and broadcast reporter. His work has appeared in major magazines, newspapers and on CBS, NBC and NPR. He was audio director, audio technical team leader and an assignment editor for "24 Hours in Cyberspace," and photographed for the "Day in the Life" book projects. With his wife, Eileen, Carl is a founder of MediaVia, a company specializing in journalistic story-telling. He has been a contributing photographer to Contact Press Images since 1982 and has been involved in NPPAÕs Electronic Photojournalism Workshop, the Mountain Workshop and the Poynter Institute. Email: jcarl@mediavia.com
	Susan Gilbert Director of Photography, The Charlotte Observer Susan leads a staff of 23 photographers, editors and lab technicians. She joined the Observer, the largest paper in the Carolinas, in September 1996. The Observer Photo Department was named Staff of the Year in North Carolina for the past three years and also won Staff of the Year at the Southern Short Course in Photojournalism for 1998, and 1999. In the last three years the Observer has won 33 awards for photo and design in the Society of News Design competition and a Gold Medal for a Sports photo page on the Junior Olympics. Susan directed coverage of Hurricane Fran and Floyd, Billy GrahamÕs last Carolinas Crusade and the U.S. Open, among other major news stories.Susan began her career as a staff photographer at the San Francisco Chronicle. She also served as a photographer and photo editor at New York Newsday. She worked as deputy photo director at the Miami Herald, photo team leader at the Star-Tribune in Minneapolis and Director of Photography at the Denver Rocky Mountain News. Email: Susan4135@aol.com
	Naomi Halperin Photo Editor, The Morning Call A 1981 graduate of Syracuse University, Naomi began her career as a staff photographer at the Ocean County Observer in Toms River, NJ. She became chief photographer at the Observer in 1983. In 1984, she accepted a position as a staff photographer at The Morning Call of Allentown, Pa. During her tenure at The Morning Call, Naomi served as Assistant Photo Editor and in 1995 she became Photo Editor where she oversees an award-winning staff of 15 photographers and three photo editors stationed in four bureaus and the main office which publishes seven editions daily. Naomi has served as an Instructor in photojournalism at Lehigh County Community College from 1991 to 1995. She served as speaker and panelist for the Associated Press Managing EditorÕs Conference in 1998 and 1999 on various topics concerning photojournalism and design in newspapers. She has received numerous awards from the National Press Photographers Association for photography and editing, the Pennsylvania Press Photographers Association and the New Jersey Press Photographers Association. In 1991, 1992 and 1993 her work was featured in a multi-city juried exhibition for NPPA entitled Women in Photojournalism. Email: halperin@mcall.com
	Ed Hashey Designer/illustrator, Mario Garcia New Media Design international Hashey assists Mario Garcia with multi media redesign projects in the U.S.A. and abroad. Ed is currently working on the redesign of the Las Vegas Review Journal. Ed is a graduate of the Ringling School of Art and Design, majoring in Illustration and Graphic Design. He will be returning to Ringling this fall as an Adjunct faculty member. He resides in Sarasota, Fl with his wife Jeanne and their Boston Terrier "Maggie".
	Reed Hoffman Photographer Ñ Digital Training Reed was busy shooting film like the rest of us in 1997, when Gannett, owner of the Rochester (NY) Democrat and Chronicle, decreed that the photo department become all-digital. Reed, the staff trainer and troubleshooter, helped his fellow photographers convert to NC2000s and stay abreast of the changes in digital photojournalism. In December 1998, Eastman Kodak, just down the street from the paper, created a partnership in which Reed became a beta tester for the DCS 620. In January 2000 Reed and his family moved to Kansas City, home base for his career of freelance photography, digital consulting and photo coaching. A graduate of the University of Evansville, in Indiana, with degrees in sociology and communications, Reed has worked at the Evansville Sunday Courier and Press, the Birmingham Post Herald and the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle and Times Union. He won Region 2 Photographer of the Year honors twice. Email: ReedHoff@aol.com
	Kenny Irby Visual Journalism Group Leader, The Poynter Institute Kenny is an integral figure in visual journalism education. Known for his insightful knowledge about photographic storytelling, innovative management ideas, steadfast ethical thinking, and evangelical charm. He teaches seminars and consults in areas of photojournalism, leadership, ethics, and managing diversity. He traveled to Moscow, South Africa, an Denmark, preaching excellence in photojournalism. Kenny chaired the Unity Õ99 Visual Task Force. He contributed as a photo editor to three Pulitzer Prize-winning projects while at Newsday. He was a juror for the Society for News Design, Annual Pictures of the Year Competition and White House News PhotographersÕ Competition. He is the recipient of numerous awards including 1999 NPPAÕs Joseph Costa Award for outstanding initiative, leadership, and service in photojournalism. He was a photographer and deputy director of photography for Newsday, Inc; photographer and assistant photo editor, The Oakland Press. He has a B.S. degree in photojournalism from Boston University, and was a Multicultural Management Fellow, University of Missouri. Email: irbyman@poynter.org
	Keith W. Jenkins Photography Editor of the Washington Post Sunday Magazine Keith has spent most of the last 5 years straddling the line between the worlds of traditional and new media. Prior to returning to the print side of the Post last June, Keith charted a course which took him from the photo staff of the Washington Post to the position of Photo Director at both washingtonpost.com and America Online. Before joining the Post in 1992, Keith was a freelance photographer based in Washington, whose clients included U.S. News and World Report, Entertainment Weekly, and Fidelity Investments. Keith started his career at the Boston Globe where he worked as a staff photographer for the newspaper and their Sunday magazine. Keith is a graduate of Brandeis University and Boston UniversityÕs School of Law. He lives in Virginia with his wife JoAnn, a criminal defense attorney and their two sons, Corey and Evan.
	Thomas R. Kennedy Director of Photography, Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive. Tom oversees creation and editing of all photography on the web site. Interact with senior editors and section editors to formulate visual content for daily use and long-term editorial/photographic projects. He identifies and employs visual imaging techniques and technology to enrich our content and visual identity. He speaks to universities, and participates in professional workshops, developing young talent for new media. In 1998, the Washingtonpost.com site received top honors from Editor and Publisher as the Best Overall U.S. Newspaper Online Service with a circulation of greater than 100,000. It also won in the categories of Best News Section, Best Design, and Best Classified Section. Washingtonpost.com also won an Award Of Excellence in the 1999 Pictures of the Year competition for Best Use of Photography in the Interactive category. Tom has been Director of Photography for the National Geographic Society, where he identified, recruited and negotiated contracts with photographers. This included managing long-term relationships with 150-200 freelance photographers. Under his direction, National Geographic Magazine was nominated eight times as a finalist in the ASME National Magazine Awards for excellence in photography, winning five times. He was Deputy Graphic Director at The Philadelphia Inquirer, creating and managing the central foreign and national photo assignment desk. He directed and edited projects that won Pulitzer Prizes for Feature Photography in 1985 and l986, as well as the Robert F. Kennedy Photojournalism Award in l986. He became Director of Photography at The Gainesville Sun, Gainesville, Fla., after serving as a staff photographer. He also was a staff photographer for the Orlando Sentinel Star. He attended the University of Florida and graduated cum laude with a degree in journalism and minor in history. He has been a juror for numerous photojournalism competitions including Pictures of the Year competition sponsored by the University of Missouri, and the National Press Photographers Association; Interfoto photographic competition, Moscow, Russia, 1996; First Annual Nikkei National Geographic Photo Contest, Tokyo, Japan1997; Robert F. Kennedy Award for Photography, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000; and W. Eugene Smith Foundation for Documentary Photography, 1995 and 1991.The Friends of Photography Photo Workshop; Portfolio Review: Photojournalism and Documentary Photography, 1990.Email: tom.kennedy@wpni.com
	Karl Kuntz Managing editor/graphics, Columbus Dispatch Karl is responsible for the visual content and quality of The Columbus Dispatch. This includes the photography, art and design departments and their work from inception to publication. He is also responsible for implementing new newsroom technology. He started in the newspaper business as a photographer and has worked at several other positions including, picture editor, graphics director, director of photography, assistant managing editor/ graphics, and electronic technology coordinator. Imaging of deadline news pictures and pages using desktop equipment and integrating new technology is his specialty. In his spare time he's involved with the Boy Scouts. Email: kkuntz@dispatch.com
	Larry Larsen Macromedia Evangelist and Designer, The Poynter Institute Larry has contributed to Effective Web Animation, Flash 4 Magic, The Flash 4 Bible, and most recently New Flash Masters. As a designer, he created the content for the I-US content site Flash Foundry (navworks.i-us.com) and the Macromedia Flash 4.0 CD-ROM. Larry has also taught web design in the Poynter program, Online Design and at the Ringling School of Design. Email: larry@poynter.org
	Brian Masck Director of Photography & Editorial System, The Flint Journal. Brian has been part of the staff of the Mountain PeopleÕs Workshops, EPW and Digital conferences. After graduating from the University of Michigan Masck began his career in photography at the Muskegon Chronicle where he was named Michigan Photographer of the Year in 1990. Later, as Technology Coordinator, he helped technology move forward at the Chronicle. As a former president of the Michigan Press Photographers Association he helped create the freely distributed MichiganPPA Pictures of the Year CD-ROM as well helped start their web site in 1994. Email: masckb@flintj.com
	Jayne Matricardi Senior Designer, Washington Post Newsweek Interactive Jayne has worked as a designer at washingtonpost.com for the past three and a half years. Her latest project was designing KidsPost, a new section devoted to nine to 13-year-olds. She also worked extensively on the last three redesigns to washingtonpost.com and she has worked on several photo galleries and multimedia packages. Prior to washingpost.com, Jayne worked at USAToday Online in the graphics department. She is also a fine artist, and is currently a resident artist at the Arlington Arts Center in Northern Virginia. Examples of her recent painting, printmaking and mixed media work can be seen at www.matricardi.net. She spend last summer and the summer of 1996 in Italy as an artist-in-residence at La Cipressaia Workshop. Jayne has degrees in Fine Art and Art History from the University of Virginia and she is currently working on a MasterÕs of Education and Teacher Certification at the George Washington University. Email: jayne.matricardi@wpni.com
	Regina McCombs Multimedia reporter (photographer/producer), startribune.com Regina works with the online arm of the Star Tribune, Minneapolis-St. Paul. She arrived there after 13 years as a television photographer and producer at KARE-TV, the NBC affiliate in the Twin Cities. As a multimedia reporter, she does a little bit of lots of things Ñ filing news stories from the field, shooting video, stills, audio, creating slide shows, and training staff in creating multimedia for the Web. SheÕs also taught classes in online journalism and TV news at the University of Minnesota, where sheÕs plugging away on her masterÕs degree. Email: regina@startribune.com
	Lanette Miller Computer systems coordinator, the Poynter Institute Lanette oversees the technology needs of the institute. Before coming to the Poynter Institute she was Software Systems Engineer at Entre Computers. She attended the University of South Florida and has a degree in anthropology.
	Sue Morrow Director of Photography, The St. Petersburg Times SueÕs journey into the visual arts began at John Herron School of Art in Indianapolis, Ind., where she gained an interest in photojournalism. That interest gradually led to a degree in journalism from Indiana University. She has worked as a designer at the Atlanta Journal Constitution and a picture editor at the Boston Globe. In 1990, she went to the San Jose Mercury News, where she was a photo assignments editor, daily picture editor, features picture editor, assistant art director for the Sunday magazine, West, and features design director, managing a staff of four designers/illustrators. She has been a faculty member for the Stan Kalish Picture Editing Workshop for five years and have taught at the Poynter Institute and the Western Kentucky University Mountain Workshop. Sue has placed in POY and SND in various categories throughout the last 10 years, placing first in individual picture editing portfolio in 1993 POY. In 1999, she judged the 56th Pictures of the Year Competition. She joined The St. Petersburg Times in September as Design Director and became the Director of Photography in February 2000. Email: morrow@sptimes.com
	Monica Moses Visual Journalism Faculty, The Poynter Institute Monica is a frequent speaker for design and journalism groups on typography, journalistic graphic design, visual editing and work relationships. She has a B.A.in English, Phi Beta Kappa, St. Olaf College. She has studied literature and philosophy at Oxford University in Oxford, England. She has an M.A. in visual communication from the University of Minnesota. She was the first design director of The Charlotte Observer and won design awards. She was also assistant managing editor/graphics and photo, at the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle; and art director, feature page designer, copy editor and assistant features editor at three other papers. She is a former member of the Knight Ridder Visual Journalism Task Force. Email: mmoses@poynter.org
	Clyde Mueller Director of Photography, The Santa Fe New Mexican Clyde Mueller is the Director of Photography of The Santa Fe New Mexican. The New MexicanÕs commitment to documentary photojournalism has resulted in the newspaper receiving several awards. The New Mexican earned a second place award in the 1999 57th Pictures of The Year Competition in the Best Use of Photography category newspapers circulation under 25,000. And an Award of Excellence in newspaper Picture Editing Portfolio. The New Mexican was honored by SND and was given an award for "WorldÕs Best-Designed Newspaper" (The Santa Fe New Mexican) newspapers 49,999 and under by The Society of Newspaper Design 1995. The Santa Fe New Mexican received an award of Excellence in the 1995 53rd Pictures of The Year Competition in the Best Use of Photography category newspapers circulation under 25,000. Clyde has been blissfully married for 23 years and has four wonderful children. Clyde is serving as VE chair during his second year as a VE board member. Clyde was elected the National Press Photographer AssociationÕs Vice President during the June 2000 NPPA National Convention held in San Francisco. Email: clyde@cybermesa.com
	Richard Murphy Chief Photojournalist, WFLA-TV 8 (NBC), Tampa Rich was promoted to Chief Photojournalist in May 1993. Besides shooting and editing stories on a daily basis, he schedules a staff of 23 to meet newsgathering needs, critiques visual style of photojournalists and newscasts, helps produce and plan logistics of major station projects, and represents the concerns of the photography staff to management. He was a producer and photographer for a daily special "On the Road" type segment of our newscast. Also called upon to field produce major events or breaking news. He formerly worked for WCNC-TV 36(NBC) Charlotte, N.C. as a Photojournalist/Segment Producer/Reporter. He was involved in purchases of 10 new Betacams and all supporting gear to equip an expanded photography staff there. After graduating from the University of South Florida in Tampa in 1984, he was hired at WXFL-TV8 (NBC) in Tampa. Rich was a Visiting Faculty at Poynter Leadership in Photojournalism Seminar in September. As Education Chairman for the National Press Photographers National Convention in Clearwater, Fla, he organized and recruited speakers for two-day education seminar for still and video photojournalists. Among his awards are: Best News Video, Associated Press and Florida Emmy for Best Spot News, 1995. Email: rmurphy@wfla.com
	Larry Nighswander Professor and Director, School of Visual Communication, Ohio University Larry is director of the School of Visual Communication, which has a graduate and undergraduate degree program with areas of concentration in photojournalism, picture editing, publication layout & design, applied photography, informational graphics and interactive media. There are approximately 325 undergraduate and 25 graduate students in the program. Previously Nighswander was Assistant Director of the Illustrations Department of National Geographic Magazine. Besides picture editing over 25 published stories he served as part of a three person super visory team managing the 22 member illustrations staff. Stories he has edited include: The Human Body, Spain, Francisco Pizarro, The Heart of Appalachia, AmericaÕs Third Coast, Mongolian Nomads, Route 93, Hurricane Andrew, Northern California, Cyprus, Connecticut, Boston, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, The Mystery of the Lusitania, Puget Sound, Oaxaca, Mexico and the May 1995 cover story The Vimy Flies Again. His previous responsibilities at the National Geographic Society included senior illustrations editor for the National Geographic SocietyÕs WORLD Magazine and coordinator of desktop publishing during WORLD magazineÕs conversion to electronic publishing. Prior to joining the National Geographic Society in April of 1988 he was an Assistant Managing Editor at The Cincinnati Post. The art and photography staff at The Post won over 100 awards in state and national competition during NighswanderÕs three year tenure with the newspaper. Included in the awards was NighswanderÕs selection as Scripps HowardÕs designer of the year two years in a row. In 1993 he was awarded the magazine picture editor of the year award in the University of Missouri/National Press Photographers AssociationÕs Pictures of the Year competition. Prior to working at The Cincinnati Post, Nighswander was Picture Editor of The Columbus Dispatch, Director of Photography at The Washington Times and The Cleveland Press. He spent over ten years as an award winning photographer before assuming his first editing/management position in Cleveland. He has had pictures published in over 50 publications including Life, Sports Illustrated, Time, People, Business Week and National Geographic. Nighswander has been a speaker at numerous national and international professional seminars including The Society of News Design, The American Press Institute and The Poynter Institute. Long active in regional, national and international photographic educational programs; including the NPPA Stan Kalish Editing Workshop, and the NPPA Flying Short Course, In 1991 he was the first recipient of the NPPAÕs Clifton C. Edom educatorÕs award. He has judged both the National Press Photographers AssociationÕs Pictures of the Year competition (twice) and the Society of Newspaper DesignÕs annual design contest (twice). He has served as a consultant to numerous magazines and newspapers both in the U.S. and abroad. Email: larry.nighswander@ohiou.edu
	Dan Oen Product Evangelist, Altamira Group Dan was trained as an Industrial Designer at Pratt Institute in New York. His first design job was with Peterbilt Motors, where one of his truck designs won a "Best Of" award from BusinessWeek Magazine. His work as a retoucher began on dedicated million dollar workstations. He then migrated to the Macintosh when Photoshop was at 1.0. DanÕs firsthand experience on drum/flatbed scanners, printers, plotters, film recorders, RIPs and color management gives him a unique view of how everything fits together. Since embarking on this digital adventure over fifteen years ago, he takes every opportunity to tear the guts out of errant misbehaving computers. Then he puts them back together trying to use all the pieces. His extensive experience in the production trenches enables him to visualize and explain how AltamiraÕs advanced technology fits into existing workflows. Email: doen@altamira-group.com
	Dave Pierson Information Technology Manager , The Poynter Institute Dave recently retired as the photo technology manager of the St. Petersburg Times,where he oversaw the operation of all computer systems used by the Times photo staff including digital cameras, remote transmitting, and photo editing/archive systems. Dave also managed the photo technicians, the reprint service, and the continuing education training seminars. Dave was been part of the News Photo Department for more than 25 years and has held positions that include staff photographer, chief photographer, assistant photo editor and deputy photo editor. Email: dpierson@poynter.org
	Beth Reynolds Documentary Photographer Beth specializes in black and white photo-documentaries. She received her MFA in photography from the University of Hartford Art School and was a staff photographer for the Bristol Press Newspaper in Bristol, CT for four years. Some of her recent projects have been about inclusion in public schools, daycare in America, the untold stories of welfare moms, and the stories of breast & cervical cancer survivors. A native of St. Petersburg, she works and teaches at The Arts Center and continuously pursues projects with social relevance. The Sisters of Courage Photo Exhibition highlights breast and cervical cancer survivors from the State of Florida and travels the state to continuously educates people about early detection. The project has been self-published into a fine art book with the net proceeds being donated to Bayfront-St. AnthonyÕs Health Care to provide mammograms and Pap tests for uninsured and underinsured women. Email: photodocumentary@earthlink.net
	Steve Rice Director of Photography, Star Tribune Steve is the director of photography at the Star Tribune, a member of the Visual Edge group and three time chairperson or co-chair of the annual VE conference. He works with 23 talented photographers and picture editors in Minneapolis. Before Minneapolis, he was the AME graphics at The Miami Herald, he left Miami after 12 years and worked with Corbis Media for a year as an editor. He joined the Star Tribune in August 1996. He served as chair for the first Visual Edge in 1998. Email: rices@startribune.com
	Eddie Robinette Multimedia Editor, Sarasota Herald-Tribune EddieÕs career began with a reporting job at the Waynesville Mountaineer in the mountains of western North Carolina. He was a reporter for almost seven years at three different newspapers. He has worked as a reporter, city editor, news editor, graphics editor, regional editor, AME and multimedia editor at eight different papers in three different states. The papers are The Wichita Eagle, The Greensboro News & Record, the Macon Telegraph and News, Pensacola Journal, Daytona Beach Journal and now Sarasota Herald-Tribune. The Herald-Tribune began its television operation five years ago and he became multimedia editor a little over three years ago. EddieÕs wife is a reporter on elderly affairs for the Tampa Tribune. They have two children . Email: multiedd@aol.com
	David Rocha Digital Media Global Solutions Manager, IBM David manages IBMÕs new publishing multi-media archive system called NICA, which was introduced worldwide at NEXPO 2000 after a successful few years in Europe. Before joining IBM, he held several positions with the Associated Press including Product Manager for the AP Preserver and Phototechnology Specialist working on development and marketing of AP phototechnology products. Prior to that he was Northeast Regional Photo Editor responsible for APÕs photo coverage in the Northeast and managed APÕs New York City photo bureau. He has also been a photo editor on APÕs sports photo desk. Before joining AP he held several positions as staff photographer and photo editor at two different Connecticut daily newspapers. HeÕs married with five children and lives in Simsbury, CT. Email: drocha@us.ibm.com
	Christopher "Chip" Scanlan Reporting, Writing and Editing Group Leader, The Poynter Institute Chip is committed to helping writers and editors reach the next level of excellence. He is convinced that tireless reporting, critical and creative thinking, and re-vision are the foundations of good writing. He believes that reporters know their storiesÕ problems and solutions, but need coaching editors to help them discover what they already know. His specialties: storytelling on deadline, feature and magazine writing, personal essay as a reporting/writing/leadership tool, how good writing is made. He has been a reporter for the Providence Journal-Bulletin; feature writer at the St. Petersburg Times; national correspondent for Knight Ridder Newspapers Washington Bureau; and is author of Reporting & Writing: Basics for the 21st Century. He edits the Best Newspaper Writing series. He has a B.A. from Fairfield University and M.S. from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Email: cscanlan@poynter.org
	David Snider Freelance photographer & videographer Based in Washington, D.C., David has produced several documentaries for ABC News NIGHTLINE, including a double-episode about a survivor of the Nairobi Embassy bombing. He is the executive producer of The Digital Journalist website (http://digitaljournalist.org) which is published by Dirck Halstead. Along with Halstead, he is on the faculty of the Platypus Workshops, which teaches still photojournalists how to become video storytellers. Email: rave@his.com
	Adam Stoltman Copublisher, journale.com One of the founders of Journal E, Adam has been actively involved in the photography industry since age 17, when he began covering major sporting events for the Associated Press in New York and in Europe. ÊHis work has appeared in Time, Newsweek, The New York Times Magazine, Sports Illustrated and a host of other publications in the United States and abroad. He also was a picture editor at the New York Times Magazine and the The New York Times daily paper, where he pioneered the use of digital technologies in the editing of the daily photo report. He also served as deputy picture editor in charge of feature photography for Sports Illustrated for five years. Email: adam@journale.com
	Brian Storm Senior Producer of Multimedia, MSNBC.com Brian received his masters degree in photojournalism from the University of Missouri and now works as Senior Producer of Multimedia for MSNBC.com. MSNBC, a joint venture between Microsoft and NBC News, is a 24-hour cable and Internet news service. Storm began working at Microsoft as a picture editor for MSN News in July 1995 and is now responsible for the audio, video and photography on the MSNBC web site, based in Redmond, WA. While at Missouri, Storm ran the School of JournalismÕs New Media Lab,taught Electronic Photojournalism, created Sight Photography (sightphoto.com), and produced CD-ROMs for Pictures of the Year and the Missouri Photo Workshop. Storm has presented ideas about the impact of new technology on journalism at dozens of conferences including the NPPA Annual Convention, Pictures of the Year, The Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar, The Electronic Photojournalism Workshop/Visual Edge, and The Stan Kalish Picture Editing Workshop. Email: Brian.Storm@msnbc.com
	Al Tompkins Broadcast/Online Group Leader, The Poynter Institute Al focuses on writing, storytelling, and leadership development. He pays special attention to the increasing demands that journalists be aware and responsive to the business side of station operations. He is working on a two-year pilot project to measure the publicÕs views toward local TV news and to help news directors understand and respond to the publicÕs concerns about local TV ethics. Al has been news director for WSMV-TV-Nashville; director of special projects and investigations, and reporter for WSMV; producer for WPSD-TV, Kentucky; and assistant news director, WBKO-TV, Kentucky. He is the winner of more than 100 journalism awards including a 1999 Clarion Award for co-producing "Saving Stefani" an hour-long documentary for Dateline NBC. B.A. in journalism, Western Kentucky University. Email: atompkins@poynter.org
	John VanBeekum Newsroom Systems Editor, The Miami Herald Texan by birth, photographer through serendipity, systems editor by choice, John chaired Visual Edge 1999. He earns his paycheck as the Miami HeraldÕs Newsroom Systems Editor, Graphics. Prior to joining the Herald in 1990 as a Photo Editor, he worked as a staff photographer at the Houston Chronicle and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, a photo editor in the New York City Associated Press headquarters and a freelance photographer for U.S. News & World Report and the Washington Post. Email: JVanBeekum@herald.com
	Harry Walker Director of KRT Photo Service, Washington DC Harry joined KRT in 1996 as deputy director and was promoted to director in September 1998, Before joining KRT, he was feature, weekend and projected photo editor at the Kansas City Star for three years (1993-1996). He was a staff photographer at the Columbus Dispatch in Columbus, Ohio, from 1990-1993. Upon graduating from Morehouse College in 1980, he spent 10 years in banking as a banking branch manager. He began photography as a hobby in 1988 and the rest is history. He says he is one of the few people who were able to turn a hobby into his profession. Email: hwalker@krtinfo.com
	Bradley Wilson Executive Director, National Press Photographers Association Bradley oversees the day-to-day operations of the 10,000 member association of still and television photojournalists. He is a former managing editor of the "Leaguer," the official publication of the University Interscholastic League where he also served as assistant academic director. Bradley serves as the editor of a news publication and journal for the national Journalism Education Association. A former high school publications adviser and public information officer as well as newspaper photographer, he received his bachelors degrees in journalism and biology from The University of Texas and a masterÕs degree in public administration from Syracuse University in New York. Email: nppa@mindspring. com