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Submit News [+]Larry Doyle wins Thurber Prize
Posted by: Kit Donahue on 2008-10-08 09:03:57Larry Doyle, a former TV writer-producer for "The Simpsons," was named the winner Monday of this year's Thurber Prize for American Humor. He was cited for the novel "I Love You, Beth Cooper." Read More >>
Tribute to Ponz in Gil Thorp comic strip
Posted by: Kit Donahue on 2008-09-04 12:09:21Jeff Ponczak was a fan of the Gil Thorp comic strip and he was recently added into the strip as a new character.
Here is the link:
Click here to see Gil Thorp comic strip
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Emma Johnson MSN Money column launches
Posted by: Emma Johnson on 2008-07-18 15:35:49Emma Johnson's multimedia personal finance column recently launched on MSN Money. The series focuses on people in their 20s and 30s, and includes video, audio, graphic and text elements. Read More >>
proudly introducing... jean lachat photography
Posted by: Jean Lachat on 2008-07-17 22:48:52I happily launched my own home-based photo studio this summer, specializing in documentary portraiture and pretty much anything that is not immoral or illegal! (or at least not that much!) Read More >>
Reporting Contest for College Students and Professionals!
Posted by: Adriana Colindres on 2008-07-17 22:13:52Journalism organization Capitolbeat has separate reporting contests for college students and for professionals, as well as a conference open to all. Contest deadline is Aug. 1 for professionals and Sept. 10 for college students. Read More >>
Most recent new members:
Suzanne Callighan Wagner, Bill Luthy, Mike Meinhardt, Elizabeth Raischel, Evangeline Politis, Regina Lee, Stacey Keefe, Joe Hubbard, Greta Weiner, Wanda Whitsitt,Most recent donors:
Albert Spenadel, Anita Bukey, Jonathan Groesbeck, Amanda Crane, Gene Honda, Mike Bushman, Dana Dejanovich Maragos, Mary VanDeVelde Unseth, Kenneth and Kathleen Graesser, John David Reed,Illini Media Hall of Fame - 2006
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Chuck ScottDaily Illini, Illio: 1946-48, chief photographer.University of Illinios: Bachelor of Science in journalism, 1948. Inducted: 2006 |
An accomplished photojournalist in his own right, Chuck Scott may be even more widely known for his ability to inspire others. Scott co-founded the School of Visual Communication at Ohio University and was its director for 19 years before retiring in 1995 and has been a life-long crusader for more effective use of pictures in newspapers.
"They (Ohio University deans) allowed me to teach the importance of photos to word people," Scott said when he won the Ohio University College of Communications L.J. Hortin Faculty Mentor Award. He was honored for being an exemplary mentor to students during and after their college years.
Scott's career began in high school in 1940 when he worked as a stringer for the Decatur Herald-Review in Lincoln. He was a U.S. Navy combat photographer in the Pacific during World War II and returned to the University of Illinois in 1946.
Scott worked as a staff photographer for the Binghamton Press in New York and as chief photographer of the Champaign-Urbana Courier before becoming picture editor of the Milwaukee Journal and graphics director of the Chicago Daily News. He taught journalism at Ohio University for five years, became picture editor of the Chicago Tribune in 1974, and returned to Ohio University in 1976.
His work won more than 100 awards in news photo competitions, including the grand prize in the 1952 National Press Photographers contest. He was the first Illinois News Photographer of the Year in 1956. Scott has been a speaker at more than 200 news photo shortcourses and conferences and a consultant for dozens of newspapers across the country.
"They (Ohio University deans) allowed me to teach the importance of photos to word people," Scott said when he won the Ohio University College of Communications L.J. Hortin Faculty Mentor Award. He was honored for being an exemplary mentor to students during and after their college years.
Scott's career began in high school in 1940 when he worked as a stringer for the Decatur Herald-Review in Lincoln. He was a U.S. Navy combat photographer in the Pacific during World War II and returned to the University of Illinois in 1946.
Scott worked as a staff photographer for the Binghamton Press in New York and as chief photographer of the Champaign-Urbana Courier before becoming picture editor of the Milwaukee Journal and graphics director of the Chicago Daily News. He taught journalism at Ohio University for five years, became picture editor of the Chicago Tribune in 1974, and returned to Ohio University in 1976.
His work won more than 100 awards in news photo competitions, including the grand prize in the 1952 National Press Photographers contest. He was the first Illinois News Photographer of the Year in 1956. Scott has been a speaker at more than 200 news photo shortcourses and conferences and a consultant for dozens of newspapers across the country.