Resume

Lisa Johnson
443-904-0519
lisaphoto@hotmail.com

EMPLOYMENT
Staff Photographer: Times Community Newspapers of Northern Virginia, August 2005 to present
Loudoun office, 18 weeklies with a combined circulation of 275,000.
Photography Intern: Patuxent Publishing Company, 15 weeklies, 6 magazines, and 8 directories and the Baltimore beltway. Summer, 2005
-Shoot and edit photos as a staff photographer
-Generate and follow through with story ideas
Photography Editor and Staff Photographer: The Towerlight, Towson University’s twice-weekly newspaper, 10,000 circulation. Sept. 2001 to May 2005
-Recruit and manage a staff of photographers
-Photograph and edit photos for print and online media
Freelance Photographer: Patuxent Publishing Company (250,000 weekly circ.), Columbia, MD. The Capital (50,000 daily circ.), The Baltimore Sun (270,000 daily circ.), Baltimore, MD. Annapolis, MD. The Baltimore Jewish Times (50,000 weekly circ.), Baltimore, MD. The Gazette (33,500 twice-weekly circ.), Glen Burnie, MD.
Photography Intern: The News & Record, a 90,000 circulation daily, Greensboro, NC. Summer 2004 -Take on the duties as a staff photographer covering sports, features and news
Photography Intern: The Capital, a 50,000 circulation daily. Annapolis, MD. Summer 2002
-Shoot and edit photographs for print
Staff Photographer: The Working Press, newspaper staffed by select students that comes out every day of SPJ's national convention Sept. 2004
AWARDS/HONORS
NPPA Region 3, August 2005 monthly clip contest, 3rd place general news
2004 SPJ Mark of Excellence Awards
-1st place general news photography, region II competition
-1st place feature photography, region II competition
-1st place photo illustration, region II competition
-2nd place sports photography, region II competition
2003 SPJ Mark of Excellence Awards
-1st place spot news photography, region II competition
NPPA student quarterly clip contest Fall 2003
-2nd place in general news photography
2002 SPJ Mark of Excellence Awards
-2nd place, sports photography, national competition
-1st and 2nd place, sports photography, region II competition
-3rd place and honorable mention, general news photography region II competition

EDUCATION-
Truth with a Camera Workshop, 2004
Towson University, Started Fall 2001, graduated May 2005. Towson, MD.
-B.S. Electronic Media and Film, concentration in film.
-Cumulative GPA: 3.526/4.0
Broadneck High School, 1997-2001. Annapolis, MD. Graduated 2001
REFERENCES

Mr. Rob Brown
Director of Photography
The News & Record
200 E Market St.
Greensboro, NC 27401
(336) 373-7214

Mr. Tenney Mason
Director of Photography
Patuxent Publishing Company
10750 Little Patuxent Parkway
Columbia, MD 21044
410-730-3990 ex. 1288

Mr. Saul Stoogenke
Photo Editor
Times Community Newspapers
9 E Market Street
Leesburg, VA 20176
443-854-6844