2022 Kalish Participants
Michele Abercrombie
Photo Editor, Wall Street Journal
Michele Abercrombie is a photo editor and visual storyteller at the Wall Street Journal.
Solana Cain
Photo Editor, The Globe and Mail
Solana Cain is a news photo editor at The Globe and Mail, Canada's national newspaper.
Althea Dotzour
Photographer, UW–Madison
Althea Dotzour is a photographer for University Communications at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Pu Ying Huang
Photo Editor, The Texas Tribune
Pu Ying Huang leads the photo department at The Texas Tribune.
Daniel Lyon
Photo Editor, Chalkbeat
Dan Lyon is an independent photographer and the photo editor for Chalkbeat.
Sam Owens
Photographer, San Antonio Express-News
Sam Owens is a staff photographer for the San Antonio Express-News in Texas.
Tanishka R
Student, University of Missouri
I am a South Asian multimedia journalist and editor based in the American Midwest. This summer, I am working as a multimedia intern at the National Public Radio.
Robert Scheer
Visual Journalist, The Indianapolis Star
Robert Scheer was raised in California and fell in love with photojournalism while earning his biology degree.
Anna Vignet
Social Video Producer, KQED
Anna Vignet is a multimedia producer for KQED in San Francisco.
Katelyn Weisbrod
Web Producer, Inside Climate News
Katelyn Weisbrod is a reporter and web producer for Inside Climate News based in Minnesota.
Martha Asencio-Rhine
Photojournalist, Tampa Bay Times
As a photojournalist based in Tampa Bay, Florida and currently at the Tampa Bay Times,
I photograph daily assignments for news, features and sports and collaborate on long-term projects and investigative assignments.
Yutao Chen
News Designer, The Washington Post
Originally from Shanghai, China, Yutao Chen is a multimedia journalist practicing visual storytelling across various platforms in the United States.
Riley Hayden
Student, Rochester Institute of Technology
I'm Riley Hayden, a fourth-year photojournalism student at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT).
Jill Karnicki
Photo Editor, Houston Chronicle
Jill Karnicki is an award-winning photo editor at the Houston Chronicle.
Laila Milevski
Scripps Howard Illustrator and Visual Journalism Fellow, ProPublica
I’m an illustrator and comic artist based in Baltimore, currently working as an illustrator and visual editor at ProPublica.
Alyssa Pointer
Independent Editorial and Documentary Photographer
Alyssa Pointer is a freelance editorial and commercial photographer based in Atlanta.
Katie Rausch
Deputy Director of Photography, The Denver Post
Katie Rausch is the Deputy Director of Photography at The Denver Post where she works with an incredible staff of talented visual journalists.
Juan Solorzano
Sub Editor, Thompson Reuters
I am a Venezuelan visual journalist living in Mexico City.
Blair Waltman-Alexin
Visual Journalist, Decibel at Austin PBS
Blair Waltman-Alexin is a videographer with Decibel at Austin PBS.
Megan Westervelt
Adjunct Instructor, Ohio University / Founding Director, InitialEyes
Megan Westervelt is a visual storyteller and storyteller advocate. She has recently received her MFA in Communication Media Arts from Ohio University (OU).
Yunuen Bonaparte
Freelance Photo Editor, Narratively
Yunuen Bonaparte is a Mexican photographer and photo editor based in Brooklyn, New York.
Kaitlyn Dolan
Photographer, Science Magazine, AAAS
Kaitlyn Dolan is a photo editor at Science Magazine where she manages the photographic content for Science’s five sister journals, edits for online and print, and assigns photographers for feature and cover stories.
Monica Herndon
Photographer, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Monica Herndon is an Emmy-nominated photojournalist at the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Jessica Lifland
Instructor and Advisor, City College of San Francisc / Freelance Photographer and Editor
Jessica Brandi Lifland is an instructor of photojournalism at the City College of San Francisco.
Laura Oda
Senior Photo Editor, Bay Area News Group/Mercury News
Presently, I am the senior photo editor, managing the photo department at the Bay Area News Group.
Ash Ponders
Photographer, Juntos Photo Coop
Panamanian tisoy multimedia artist Ash Ponders lives in the Sonoran Desert making visuals rooted in the history of both the environment and the people that live there for newspapers and art galleries.
Julia Robinson
Independent Photojournalist and Photo Editor
Julia Robinson is an independent photojournalist and photo editor based in Austin, Texas.
Erin Sutherland
Videographer and Editor, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)
Erin Sutherland has been a videographer/editor/photographer/designer for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), an international labor union, for the last 10 years.
Emree Weaver
Photo Editor and Chief Photographer, The Yakima Herald-Republic
Emree Weaver grew up between rural South Texas and urban Houston but is currently based in central Washington, working as the photo editor for the Yakima Herald-Republic.
Leah Woodruff
Independent Photo Editor and Producer, Santa Fe Workshops
Currently, I am an Independent Photo Editor as well as the Production Manager at the Santa Fe Workshops based in Santa Fe, New Mexico.