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