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Barbara Gauntt is a seasoned photographer and content creator with over 26 years of experience in photojournalism, editorial, and marketing. She has managed content for various publications, including The Clarion-Ledger, and has worked as an adjunct instructor of photography at Mississippi College. Gauntt has also owned her own media company, Gauntt Media, and has provided social media, public relations, and photography services. She has a Master of Arts degree in Photo Communications from Ohio University and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Photography from Seton Hill University.

Experience

  • The Clarion-Ledger
    • Jackson, Mississippi Area
    • Content coordinator for community publications
      • Mar 2015 - Present
      • Jackson, Mississippi Area

      Manage/edit content for Madison County Herald, Hinds Ledger and Rankin County News, print and online products; generate story ideas; schedule and manage freelance correspondents/photographers; edit images; copy editing, writing, photography

  • Mississippi College
    • Clinton, Mississippi
    • Adjunct Instructor of Photography, Art Department
      • Jan 2014 - Present
      • Clinton, Mississippi

  • Gauntt Media
    • Madison, Mississippi
    • Owner/Operator
      • Nov 2002 - Present
      • Madison, Mississippi

      Social media, public relations, editorial, location, studio photography and writing.

  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Central MS
    • Jackson, Mississippi Area
    • Director of Marketing
      • Jan 2013 - Jul 2013
      • Jackson, Mississippi Area

      Oversight of BGCCM brand promotion and use; social media; website traffic growth; writing; photography; public relations; annual report and case statement development

  • The Clarion-Ledger
    • Jackson, Mississippi Area
    • Photojournalist
      • Dec 1986 - Dec 2012
      • Jackson, Mississippi Area

      Senior Staff Photographer/Videographer/Provisional manager - coordinate assignments with reporters and editors; generate and pitch story ideas; schedule and manage photography staff; edit images for both daily publication, online product and projects; manage and coordinate with outside media; occasionally wrote columns and stories to accompany photography; spearheaded the redesign of an annual fashion section coordinating editorial, stylists and models, and was the sole photographer for the project

    • Photography Intern
      • 1987 - 1987

      Shoot daily assignments; find enterprise art as would any full-time staff photographer at the then 650,000 circulation newspaper

    • Photojournalist
      • 1982 - 1984

      Handle daily assignments; generate enterprise art, process film and print images for publication

    • Part-time Photographer
      • 1981 - 1982

      Daily assignments; generate enterprise art; process film and printed images for publication

Education

  • 1984 - 1986
    Ohio University
    MA, Photo Communications
  • 1978 - 1982
    Seton Hill University
    BFA, Photography

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