In this episode of the Buckeye Visualist, freelance filmmaker, photographer and Eddie Adams Workshop 2022 alumni Christy Frank has a frank discussion with host Lori King about freelancing, filmmaking and having a business sense.

Listen as they chat about being a woman visual storyteller in a man's world; how resilience and persistence pays off; and how she manages to hold down two non-visual jobs (one pays the bills and the other pays other people's bills), which helps finance her 'side hustle' and true love - visual storytelling. 

Christy also talks about her debut short film, Ploverville, about two Piping Plover shorebirds she met last summer at the Maumee Bay State Park beach along Lake Erie near Toledo, Ohio. It's an inspirational story of how her sense of curiosity and love of nature drove her to documenting the rare Ohio migration of these love birds.

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Social media: Twitter @christylfrank | Instagram @christylfrank | Website at christyfrank.com

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In this episode of the Buckeye Visualist, guest Shane Flanigan opens up with host Lori King about his recent job loss at ThisWeek Community News in Columbus. Shane and the entire staff at ThisWeek were let go on Jan. 10 after media company Gannett went from publishing 24 different small-town community newspapers to literally none. 

Listen as they discuss news deserts and hometown coverage voids; how he braced for the possibility of being laid off since his graduation from Kent State in 2013; why he thinks being a generalist shooter is a good thing; what he plans on entering in the ONPA contest this year; and what his future plans are .. now that he's unemployed.

Columbia Journalism Review Layoff Tracker | Washington Post Lost Local News Issue

Social media contact: You can find Shane's work at Twitter @SFlaniganTW | Instagram @snflanigan | Website

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On this episode of the Buckeye Visualist podcast, guest Dale Omori and host Lori King go down memory lane as he drops a few legacy names from his past stints at the Kettering Oakwood Times (Kettering, Ohio) and the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Dale is product of Bowling Green State University (Ohio), and earned a photojournalism degree under the tutelage of the late, great Jim Gordon. He talks about how Gordon took him into the pj program without a portfolio or photography experience, and confesses which grade he never earned from Gordon. 

Listen as he also talks about his love of video, which led him from being a still photographer to a filmmaker. He currently owns his own business, Omori Media, and is dedicated to telling stories his own way; gives advice to aspiring young storytellers; and tauts the power of an organization like the Ohio News Photographer Association.

Social media contact: You can find Dale's work, including the films American Heartbreak and American Dinner on his website: daleomori.com

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On this episode of the Buckeye Visualist, guest Stephen Zenner opens up with host Lori King about his journey from being an artist who was inspired by the mixed media in Pink Floyd's The Wall, to his former missionary work with refugees, to his current role as a multimedia journalist for the Toledo Blade newspaper.

We are also going to get into his recent coverage of refugees in Eastern Europe and Ukraine, and the logistical nightmare of traveling throughout a foreign country that is a hot war zone; how he got a full ride to Ohio University; what triggered him to finally care about politics and the news; and how avoiding advocacy as a journalist is "bullshit."

Social media contact: You can find Stephen on Instagram @zennerstephen

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On this episode of the Buckeye Visualist, guest Scott Doelling represents the television photojournalists in Buckeye Land! 

Doelling, the recently promoted director of photography at WBNS-TV in Columbus, is the 2021 ONPA TV Photographer of the Year. He also won that distinguished honor in 2015. 

The Ohio transplant chats about the lucky break that landed him his first TV job; that decisive moment when he realized he was happier behind the camera than in front of it; what he learned at the NPPA Workshop in Norman, Oklahoma, and how important workshops are for skill development; and gives advice on what makes a good story. He also shares his most embarrassing moment while covering his first presidential election. Trust me .. it's a moment he will never forget.

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Social media contact: Scott Doelling |Twitter @Scottd10tv 

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In this episode of The Buckeye Visualist, Columbus Dispatch photographer Barb Perenic talks about her decision to go back to school, and how being a grad student at Kent State University has inspired her to share what she knows to fellow journalists and students.

Perenic, a staff photojournalist at the Columbus Dispatch for nine years, also chats about parenthood; how she respects her journalist and MMJ husband, Daily Daily News' Dave Jablonski; how photojournalists - and journalists - should always strive to learn new skills, including TikTok; that visual  journalists have the best job; and much more!  

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Social media contact: Barb Perenic |Twitter @FiveFootPhotog | Instagram @fivefootphotog

Dave Jablonski | Twitter @DavidPJablonski

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This episode of the Buckeye Visualist spotlights long-time ONPA member JD Pooley, a multimedia journalist at the Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune. 

On this show: Pooley shares how he used his dad's Pentax film camera to cover car fires, protests and strikes ... while in high school! He's now 48, and said he's seen a lot of changes in the photojournalism industry over the span of his career - B&W and color film, to scanning color negatives, to digital. What was (and still is) his biggest learning curve ... and fear? Listen and find out!

We also honor his friendship with the late war photographer Chris Hondros, as well Tyler Hicks and Spencer Platt. They all worked together at the Troy Daily News in the 90s.

To see his award-winning photojournalism work: Sentinel-Tribune multimedia page |Twitter 

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This episode of the Buckeye Visualist is dedicated to photojournalism students, so it makes perfect sense that Ohio University photojournalism student Erin Burk is our featured guest this month. But the 2021 ONPA Chuck Scott Photographer of the Year winner wasn't alone ... she had a small audience join her in the Zoom room! Podcast host Lori King also invited her Wayne State University (Detroit) photojournalism class to witness the conversation and ask questions.

Listen in as Burk, who also took fifth place in the 2022 Hearst Photojournalism II competition, talks about how a broken arm led her to the moment she fell in love with photography, why she chose OU, and how she plans to use grant and scholarship money to work on a long-term photo story documenting how the military is encroaching on sacred spaces in Guam.

To see her award-winning work, go to her website and follow her on Instagram.

In this episode of The Buckeye Visualist, Cincinnati Enquirer photojournalist Meg Vogel talks about her decision to produce a video of Bengals fans from around the world documenting themselves celebrating the moment they realized their beloved team was finally going to the Super Bowl. Vogel collected more than 300 video clips, then produced a 3:20-minute video showing highlights of ecstatic fans cheering, screaming and even crying after the 'kick heard around the world' sent the Kansas City Chiefs packing.

Vogel, who has been with her hometown newspaper for seven years now, also touts her other video projects, doesn't think that newspapers going online is such a bad thing, and shares why she doesn't appreciate being called a reporter's photographer. 

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Social media contact: Meg Vogel |Twitter @MegVogelphoto| Instagram @megvogelphoto

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In this episode of The Buckeye Visualist, Columbus Dispatch photojournalist Kyle Robertson shares his strategy for remaining the ONPA clip contest king. Robertson just earned his seventh clip contest POY title in a row, so we are very fortunate to hear his fresh take on how he did it and why he thinks everyone should enter the clip contest. 

Kyle, who's been with the Dispatch for nearly 17 years, also talks about camera gear, good lighting and his shooting philosophy. The dad of two young hockey players even divulges when he plans to hang up his cameras to become a full-time hockey dad.

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Social media contact: Kyle Robertson |Twitter @KRobPhoto| Instagram @krobphoto

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