Experience

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  Science Magazine

  • Washington, District of Columbia, United States

  • Senior Photo Editor

    • Oct 2022 - Present
    • Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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  Charles H Borst LLC

  • Washington DC area

  • Freelance Photo Editor & Visual Consultant

    • Dec 2018 - Oct 2022
    • Washington DC area

    With decades of experience as an acclaimed visual problem solver, photo editor and researcher, and manager of creative teams, I'm interested in freelance and project-based opportunities that help individuals and organizations realize their visual potential. Freelance and contract clients that I have worked with include National Geographic, Chalkbeat, TripAdvisor and the Association of the United States Army. I am an advisor to the photographer collective American Reportage, as well as the student and emerging-photographer group America Reimagined.

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  Education Week and Editorial Projects in Education

  • Bethesda, Maryland

  • Director of Photography

    • 2008 - 2018
    • Bethesda, Maryland

    Responsible for all aspects regarding the acquisition, creation, and display of original, licensed, or otherwise “permissioned” still photography throughout Education Week’s online and print publications.• Assigned, edited and negotiated creative work from diverse network of freelance news, portrait and documentary freelance photographers curated throughout career• Led the visual coverage of breaking news events such as the 2018 school shootings & teacher walkouts• Created visual brand for franchise-leading “Leaders To Learn From” annual report and live event• Built and managed social media presence for photo department on Instagram and Facebook, as well as photographer-driven blog on edweek.org• Successfully managed a six-figure freelance and operating budget for department • Profiled in National Press Photographer and Photo District News magazines

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  The Free Lance-Star

  • Fredericksburg, Virginia

  • Director of Photography

    • 2002 - 2008
    • Fredericksburg, Virginia

    Supervised a 9-person staff of photographers, editors and image technicians responsible for coverage of local news, sports and other events. • Collaborated with web, news and photo teams to produce and incorporate video and other multimedia stories on fredericksburg.com, the newspaper’s community news Web portal. Identified and incorporated strategies for effective story telling, and initiated training opportunities for staff in this discipline• Authored first-ever ethics policies for newsroom regarding news photography and copyright infringement

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  Corbis

  • New York

  • Director, Corbis Newsroom

    • 2001 - 2002
    • New York

    Editorial director for Corbis Web site that delivered News, Features, Entertainment and Sports photo coverage. • Played key role in the startup and functional design of Corbis’ first Web-based platform that delivered News and associated photographs to client desktops

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  Corbis Sygma U.S.

  • Acting Director

    • 2001 - 2002

    Directed team of freelance photographers, photo editors, sales and support personnel in the U.S. office of world-renowned newsphoto agency.• Supervised all aspects of agency’s U.S. coverage of the September 11, 2001 attack; commended by senior management for thorough and calm response to the event

  • Executive News Director

    • 1999 - 2001

    • Directed the assignment and support of photographers throughout the Americas to capture ongoing images for the news division of Corbis Sygma • Introduced digital camera usage to agency photographers and arranged hands-on workshops to teach fundamentals of the technology

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  Newsweek

  • New York, NY

  • Director Of Photography

    • 1998 - 1999
    • New York, NY

    Managed 30-person-plus team of picture editors, contract photographers, researchers and lab personnel at nation’s second-largest news magazine. • Directed magazine’s photo coverage of the impeachment of President Clinton, the Kosovo conflict and the fatal crash of John F. Kennedy Jr.’s plane, the latter a 30-page cover story produced on deadline in 24 hours• Supervised the implementation of a digital photo management and archive system for magazine

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  Knight Ridder/Tribune

  • Washington, DC

  • Director Of Photography

    • 1988 - 1998
    • Washington, DC

    Directed the startup, editorial and market focus of daily newsphoto service operated as a joint venture by Knight Ridder and the Tribune Company newspapers. By 1998, KRT was second only to the Associated Press in U.S. photo clients, with over one thousand clients accessing images via satellite delivery or Web services.• On-site editor and coordinator for photo coverage of Operation Desert Storm in Saudi Arabia, Olympics in Albertville, Lillehammer, Atlanta and Nagano, as well as political campaigns and conventions in 1992 and 1996

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  Chicago Tribune

  • Chicago, IL

  • Photo Editor

    • 1983 - 1988
    • Chicago, IL

    Photo editor for Sunday, Business, Metro, National and assorted special sections. Conceived and directed photo coverage for 1988 Pulitzer Prize-winning stories that detailed the corruption of Chicago’s City Council.

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  Foster's Daily Democrat

  • Dover, N.H.

  • Photographer

    • 1977 - 1980
    • Dover, N.H.

    Sole staff photographer for then-afternoon daily newspaper that served central and seacoast areas of New Hampshire