Professional Experience |
| | Newsday, New York |
| Special Photographer/Video Journalist Photojournalist for top tier suburban/metropolitan daily newspaper. Photographed breaking news, features and photo essays. Reported, shot and edited video for website. | 1979– 2008 |
New York Newsday |
| Part II-Features Photo Editor Coordinated and assigned photographic assignments and projects for Art, Food, Science, Travel and all other feature and special sections. | 1985-1986 |
New York Newsday |
| Photo Editor Appointed as the first photo editor of the New York City edition of Newsday. Responsible for the daily photo coverage of New York City. | 1984-1985 |
Corporate/ Freelance Photography |
| Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, The Corcoran Group, Great Performances, Stanton Communications, The Acumen Fund. Complete client list upon request | |
Education |
| | Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, New York, N.Y. |
| Master of Science in Journalism | 1998 |
| Journalism and New Media concentration |
Boston University, School of Public Communication Boston, MA |
| Bachelor of Science, cum laude, in Public Relations | 1975 |
Awards |
| | Member of the Newsday staff awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Spot News Reporting for coverage of the crash of TWA Flight 800. | 1997 |
| Member of the Newsday staff nominated as Pulitzer Prize finalists for Spot News Photography for coverage of the summer blackout that struck New York. | 2004 |
| Member of the Newsday photo staff nominated as Pulitzer Prize finalists for Spot News Photography for coverage after the crash of Avianca Flight 52. | 1991 |
| | Nominated for Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for coverage of Jones Beach, Long Island for feature about New York’s most visited state park. | 1998 |
| | Nominated for Pulitzer Prize twice for Feature Photography for coverage of Pope John Paul II. In 1988 when Pope John Paul II made his inaugural visit to the United States. Selected as the only photojournalist among 20,000 accredited journalists to travel with, and photograph for publication, the Pope during his private moments. In 1996, selected as one of only two American photojournalists invited to Rome to join the Vatican press pool and document the second papal visit to the U.S. | 1988 & 1996 |
Teaching Experience |
| | Stony Brook State University of New York Adjunct Professor Digital Photojournalism Workshop Nassau Community College | 2008 |
| Adjunct Professor | 2002-2004 |
| Photography I & II and Photojournalism |
| St. John’s University | |
| Adjunct Instructor | 2000-2002 |
| Photojournalism I & II |
| New York Institute of Technology | |
| Adjunct Professor | 1999-2002 |
| Photography I & II and Photojournalism |
| Military Experience |
| US Army National Guard, Sergeant 1969-1975 |
| SKILLS |
| Aperture, Final Cut Pro, Photoshop |