Amanda Voisard

Amanda Voisard

Resume

Work History

Photography Intern, The Washington Post (D.C.) Summer 2011

Coverage includes photographing breaking news, enterprise, and portrait production for daily publication.

578,482 Daily, 797,679 Sunday

Instructional Associate and multimedia masters candidate S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communication (NY) 2011-present

Courses Taught: Photography for Multimedia and Photography for Broadcast . Students learn photography techniques and composition, news gathering, and are given weekly critiques. I create lesson plans and teach technical skills that include an introduction to audio recording, digital DSLR and HD video camera operation, Photoshop and multimedia presentations using Final Cut Pro and AVID.

Staff Photographer, The Palm Beach Post (FL) 2006-2009

Coverage includes photographing breaking news, enterprise, sports, portraits and multimedia web production. Photographing long and short-term photo packages. Created and edited weekly assignments for publication.

Circulation: 175,495 Daily, 204,847 Sunday; print and online - reaches 812,900 weekly

Staff Photographer, Watertown Daily Times (N.Y.) 2003-2006

Daily coverage included news, sports, portraits and production of one or more daily enterprise photographs. Cultivated news stories ideas, produced long- and short-term photo/writing projects. All digital production, weekly studio assignments.

Circulation: 31,000 Daily print and online

Education

Syracuse University: multimedia photography graduate student

Major: Photography M.S. Newhouse School's Visual & Interactive Communications

Ohio University: Bachelor of Science 2002

Major: Photojournalism Specialization: Journalism, Anthropology

Awards, Publications, Organizations

2011 Neuro Film Festival contest 1st place hosted by the American Academy of Neurology

Women in Photojournalism- four photographs featured in the 2009 exhibit and 2008 winner;

Wedding Photojournalism Association- 2011 & 2009 Quarterly Judge

Photograph featured among the MSNBC.com Year in Pictures 2008

Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar Contest- member of the 2006 Newspaper Staff of the Year

Florida Press Club Excellence In Journalism Contest- 1st place Pictorial Photography

New York State Associated Press Awards for- 1st place Spot News 2005 and 2nd place Feature 2005

National Press Photographers Association- National clip contest win May 2004;

2005-2006 Region 2 and 2006-2008 Region 6 multiple 1st, 2nd, 3rd wins

Placed Top Ten 2004 and 2005 Region 2 Photographer of the Year

Published: The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, NE Law Magazine, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Palm Beach Post, Watertown Daily Times, DOUBLEtruck Magazine, Farmington Daily Times, The Athens Messenger, News Photographer Magazine, MSNBC.com, TIME.com, mariners.mlb.com

Member of NPPA, NPS, Editorial Photographer

Skills

Photography: 35mm, Nikon and Canon DSLR, Multimedia video DSLR, audio recording, html code and web design, location/studio lighting, B&W processing/printing.

Computer Applications: Adobe CS5 Photoshop Extended, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects

Adobe Audition and Bridge, Adobe Lightroom 3, Final Cut Pro 7, Avid Media Composer 5, Outlook Contact Management systems, PageMaker, Baseview NewsEditPro IQue, Microsoft Office, Photo Mechanic, Soundslides Plus, Quark X-Press, Trax4 and Merlin one, iphoto Satellite transmission capable

References

Upon Request