Please contact me directly at +1-202-594-1428 and photojournalist@email.com Based in Washington, D.C., I have freelance photographer contracts with Reuters and The Associated Press. I was among the team of Reuters photographers who covered the Freddie Gray protests in Baltimore in late April and early May 2015. I am accredited to the U.S. Senate Press Photographers’ Gallery, and I am a professional member of the National Press Photographers Association. My work has been recognized by the National Press Photographers Association and the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar. I studied photojournalism and received an M.A. degree from the Missouri School of Journalism on a Fulbright scholarship. I earned a bachelor’s degree in international relations, with high honors, from Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey.
2016 - NPPA NSC Contest Spot News 2nd Place, 2016 - NPPA NSC Contest General News 1st Place, 2016 - NPPA Best of Photojournalism HM, 2015 - Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar Contest HM, 2015 - 31 NPPA regional awards including 10 1st places, 2013 - Third Place, Photographer of the year point tally, 2013 - Two NPPA national awards, 2013 - AP Kan./Mo. Member Photo Contest 2nd Place
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. speaks to the media after the Republican policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016. From left are, Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., McConnell, Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas.
Jenny Scudder sits in a tire swing at her home in Savannah, Mo. “When I was 16, I was brutally raped by a boyfriend who I had been dating for about four and a half months,” said Ms. Scudder. For 18 years, when she looked into the mirror, she saw the "shattered" 16-year-old version of herself. But help from a United Way of Greater St. Joseph agency turned her life back around.
160-pound wrestler Connor Broyles of Whitfield stands for a portrait durig the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) Wrestling Championships at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Mo., Friday, Feb. 15, 2013.