Buckeye Visualist

Part 3 of 3

On this episode of the Buckeye Visualist, host Lori King traveled to Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio for the 73rd annual Ohio News Photographers Association Convention, where she spoke to ONPA leaders, POY winners, the keynote speaker and a Sony Electronics rep. 

This is Part 3, and it features Amanda Arrick, the Sony rep for the convention. Arrick is the senior manager for the imaging pro support team.

Listen as she talks about:

Part 1: Meet ONPA convention keynote speaker Terry Clark, and ONPA POY winners Jeremy Wadsworth and Andrew Dolph.

Part 2: Meet incoming ONPA officers Kristin Bauer, the new treasurer, and secretary Lisa Scalfaro.

Lori King: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

The Buckeye Visualist is brought to you by the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ohio News Photographers Association⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Got a podcast guest or topic idea? Shoot Lori King an email at [email protected]

Part 2 of 3

On this episode of the Buckeye Visualist, host Lori King traveled to Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio for the 73rd annual Ohio News Photographers Association Convention, where she spoke to ONPA leaders, POY winners, the keynote speaker and a Sony Electronics rep. 

This is Part 2, and it features incoming ONPA officers Kristin Bauer, the new treasurer, and secretary Lisa Scalfaro.

Bauer is a photographer with the Chronicle-Telegram and covers Elyria and Lorain County. Scalfaro is the photo coordinator and a photographer with the Akron Beacon Journal. They both attended Kent State University.

Listen as they talk about:

Instagram:

⁠Kristin Bauer |⁠ Lisa Scalfaro

Part 1: Meet ONPA convention keynote speaker Terry Clark, and ONPA POY winners Jeremy Wadsworth and Andrew Dolph.

Part 3: Meet Amanda Arrick,Sony Electronics senior manager for the Imaging Pro Support team.

Lori King: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Website ⁠⁠⁠⁠

The Buckeye Visualist is brought to you by the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ohio News Photographers Association⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Got a podcast guest or topic idea? Shoot Lori King an email at [email protected]

Part 1 of 3

On this episode of the Buckeye Visualist, host Lori King traveled to Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio for the 73rd annual Ohio News Photographers Association Convention, where she spoke to ONPA leaders, POY winners, the keynote speaker and a Sony Electronics rep.

This is Part 1, and it features keynote speaker and light guru Terry Clark, who showed off his 50 Photographs/50 Years project. He also gave an educational workshop on portrait lighting with his Godox light kit.

Also on this episode are Jeremy Wadsworth and Andrew Dolph.

Wadsworth is ONPA's 2023 winner of both the large market POY and the annual clip contest. He is also the co-chair of the clip contest.

Dolph won the small market POY, and is the ONPA president.

Listen as they talk about:

Instagram:

Jeremy Wadsworth⁠ | ⁠Andrew Dolph⁠ |⁠ Terry Clark

Part 2: Meet new incoming ONPA officers Kristin Bauer, treasurer, and secretary Lisa Scalfaro.

Part 3: Meet Amanda Arrick, Sony Electronics senior manager for the Imaging Pro Support team.

Lori King: ⁠⁠⁠Website ⁠⁠⁠

The Buckeye Visualist is brought to you by the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ohio News Photographers Association⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Got a podcast guest or topic idea? Shoot Lori King an email at [email protected]

On this episode of the Buckeye Visualist, host Lori King traveled to Ohio University in Athens, Ohio to talk with leaders of the NPPA/OU student group. 

Our topic was photojournalism, of course, and why my four student podcast guests chose the EW Scripps School of Journalism for learning the craft of photojournalism.

Listen as Zoe Cranfill, the president of NPPA/OU, vice president Charlie Nick, treasurer Megan VanVlack, and freshman Ben Pennington chat about life as a photojournalism student in the rural Appalachian region of Southern Ohio.

They also talk about how they handle competition amongst themselves; what makes OU churn out POY winners year after year; and the awards they've won as scholastic photojournalists:

Social media:

⁠NPPAOU website

Instagram: Zoe Cranfill | Charlie Nick | Megan VanVlack | Ben Pennington

Lori King: ⁠⁠Website ⁠⁠

The Buckeye Visualist is brought to you by the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ohio News Photographers Association⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Got an idea for a podcast? Shoot Lori King an email at [email protected]

On this short and sweet episode of the Buckeye Visualist, host Lori King talks with ONPA monthly clip contest co-chairs Jeremy Wadsworth and Becca Benson, who are also coworkers at the Toledo Blade newspaper in Toledo, Ohio.

Our topic is the 44-year-old clip contest. Jeremy and Becca fill us in on who can enter, deadlines for submission, and why you should enter. They are are seeking judges, so this is a call for action!

Listen as we chat about how looking at contest entries inspires them; what kind of camera equipment the Blade staff is issued; the mileage Jeremy puts on his cars driving back and forth to work; and why Becca now has a fire lit under her 'ass.' Hint: there has never been a woman monthly clip contest winner ...

We also give a shoutout to Bob LeMay, ONPA's webmaster who posts the monthly clip winners, as well as this podcast. Thank you, Bob!

Social media:

⁠Instagram: Jeremy | Becca

Lori King: ⁠Website ⁠

The Buckeye Visualist is brought to you by the ⁠⁠⁠⁠Ohio News Photographers Association⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Got an idea for a podcast? Shoot Lori King an email at [email protected]

On this episode of the Buckeye Visualist, host Lori King talks about the power of visuals with Signal Akron's Sue Zake, editor-in-chief, and multimedia reporter and producer Kassi Filkins. 

Our topic is Signal Akron, a new nonprofit newsroom startup in Akron, Ohio. Sue, a former Akron Beacon multimedia journalist and editor, is leading that small but mighty newsroom, which launched in December 2023.

Kassi worked at the Southeast Missourian and the Hartford Courant before getting her degree at Kent State University and joining the staff of Signal Akron. 

Listen as we chat about the false stigma that photojournalists can't lead newsrooms; how visuals attract readers ... and keep them more engaged; why photojournalists are a valuable asset to all newsrooms; the state of photojournalism education; the loss of independent journalism when newsrooms rely on handouts rather than their own visual reporting.

We also give a shoutout to the remaining three photographers at the Akron Beacon Journal.

Social media:

Signal Akron | The Signal Akron Team

Kassi's Portfolio | ONPA's article on Sue Zake

The Buckeye Visualist is brought to you by the ⁠⁠⁠Ohio News Photographers Association⁠⁠⁠

Got an idea for a podcast? Shoot Lori King an email at [email protected]

Lori King: X ⁠⁠⁠@intro2pj⁠⁠⁠ | Instagram ⁠⁠⁠@toledophotog⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠Website 

On this episode of the Buckeye Visualist, we talk to Arizona freelance photographer Arianna Grainey, an Ohio native who now covers sports and politics in Arizona. 

Host Lori King leads a discussion about Arianna's start in college and high school sports, and how she got into shooting political content for the City of Tempe. 

Listen as the Arizona State journalism/political science graduate discusses building a freelance career with personal contacts, networking and agreeing to shoot just about anything; why she switched from Canon to Sony; why she prefers shooting in the sun; her famous soccer-writer father, Tim Grainey; and her friendship with USA Today sports columnist and Toledo Christine Brennan.

Social media: Twitter ⁠⁠@⁠⁠Arianna Grainey | Instagram ⁠⁠@ariannagrainey | Website @ariannagrainey.smugmug.com

The Buckeye Visualist is brought to you by the ⁠⁠Ohio News Photographers Association⁠⁠

Got an idea for a podcast? Shoot Lori King an email at [email protected]

Lori King: Twitter ⁠⁠@intro2pj⁠⁠ | Instagram ⁠⁠@toledophotog⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Website 

This episode of the Buckeye Visualist is dedicated to NewsGuild-CWA union members who bravely fight for the working rights of journalists in our newsrooms.

Host Lori King leads a discussion about the power of unions with three photojournalists who have Ohio connections, either through birth or employment: Kent, Ohio native Jenna Watson, of the Indy Star and president of the Indy NewsGuild; Alexandra Wimley, currently on strike from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; and Kurt Steiss, who's active with his union at the Toledo Blade.

Listen as they discuss the benefits of a union; the support system a union provides during a strike; the bargaining power of collective action; and how to form and maintain a union.

The NewsGuild-CWA was founded in 1933, and now is composed of more than 25,000 journalists and others in 200 media organizations in the United States and Canada.

Social media: Twitter ⁠@⁠⁠Jenna Watson | @Alexandra Wimley | @Kurt Steiss

Instagram ⁠@Jenna⁠ | @Alexandra | @Kurt

NewsGuild-CWA

The Buckeye Visualist is brought to you by the ⁠Ohio News Photographers Association⁠

Got an idea for a podcast? Shoot Lori King an email at [email protected]

Lori King: Twitter ⁠@intro2pj⁠ | Instagram ⁠@toledophotog⁠ | ⁠Website 

In this special ONPA Convention Episode (Part II) of the Buckeye Visualist, host Lori King sits down with longtime ONPA leaders Kimberly Barth and Bob DeMay as they revisit the history of the Ohio News Photographers Association: When it was founded and where it is now.

We will also hear from #Ohio University photojournalism professor Stan Alost and two of his photojournalism students. They discuss the classes that prepare our future generation of storytellers. Alost also talks about how OU has cranked out more Pulitzer Prize winners than he can count, including Marcus Yam, the keynote speaker for the convention.

Part I of this special podcast edition of the Buckeye Visualist features LA Times roving foreign correspondent Marcus Yam, who takes us back to when and where his award-winning photojournalism career began -- at his school newspaper at the University at Buffalo.

Formally of Malaysia, Yam's long and twisting journey to the ⁠⁠LA Times⁠⁠ is one of grit, perseverance and luck. It includes multiple newspaper internships, a successful freelance gig at the New York Times and a short stint at the Seattle Times, where he won one of his three Pulitzer Prizes for breaking news photography.  Go here to listen to Yam's interview in Part I.

Social media: Instagram ⁠⁠@Bob DeMay⁠⁠ | @Kimberly Barth | @Stan Alost

The Buckeye Visualist is brought to you by the ⁠⁠Ohio News Photographers Association

In this special ONPA Convention Episode (Part I) of the Buckeye Visualist, host Lori King speaks with LA Times roving foreign correspondent Marcus Yam, who took us back to when and where his award-winning photojournalism career began -- at his school newspaper at the University at Buffalo, which led him to his first photojournalism job at the Buffalo News.

Formally of Malaysia, Yam's long and twisting journey to the LA Times is one of grit, perseverance and luck. It includes multiple newspaper internships, a successful freelance gig at the New York Times and a short stint at the Seattle Times, where he won one of his three Pulitzer Prizes for breaking news photography.

Yam was the keynote speaker at this year's ONPA Convention in Columbus, Ohio. Not only did he show his amazing work, which includes his stories documenting wildfires in California, the San Bernardino terrorist attack, the deadly landslide in Oso, Washington, and the fall of Afghanistan, which earned him his first solo Pulitzer for Breaking News Photography, he also made time for portfolio reviews.

He also won the NPPA 2022 Photojournalist of the Year - Large Market. His winning portfolio includes his work on the Gaza border.

Yam is candid about his broken relationship with his family due to his career choice, living out of a suitcase for the past three years, and how being backstage at concerts initially ignited his love for visual storytelling.

Part II of this special edition of the Buckeye Visualist features longtime ONPA leaders Kimberly Barth, director of the ONPA Board, and ONPA webmaster Bob DeMay, who are both retired from the Akron Beacon Journal. Also featured is Ohio University photojournalism professor Stan Alost and two of his photojournalism students. Go here to listen to Part II.

Social media: Twitter @yamphoto⁠ | Instagram ⁠@⁠⁠yam photo⁠ | Website at ⁠marcusyam.com⁠

The Buckeye Visualist is brought to you by the ⁠Ohio News Photographers Association