Sue Morrow

Sue Morrow is an advocate for visual journalists as a picture editor, designer, art director and
newsroom manager and leader.

She has worked as a leader at some of the best newspapers in the country: The Mercury News,
Tampa Bay Times, The Sacramento Bee, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and The Boston Globe.

As the assistant managing editor for photography at the Times, the photo staff was recognized
with numerous awards for photography and editing in POYi, BOP and SND, winning Picture
Editing Team Portfolio in POYi. Sue won Picture Editor of the Year in POYi in 1994.

She earned an MA at Ohio University as the Knight Fellow, has lectured at Poynter, Atlanta
Photojournalism Seminar and many NPPA related seminars and contests. Since 1994, she has
been faculty and board member of The Kalish, the premiere visual storytelling workshop at
Rochester Institute of Technology, and served as director 2011-2013 and 2021.
She has been a judge for POYi, BOP, SND, the White House News Photographers Association,
and Hearst Journalism Awards Program.

Sue was a visiting professional in the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University in
Athens, Ohio teaching undergraduate and graduate journalism courses in 2017-18 and
continues to adjunct.

She edited and designed The Bee's 2007 Pulitzer Prize feature photography winning entry “A Mother’s Journey.” She edited The Bee’s 2013 Pulitzer Prize finalist in feature photography.
Sue was the second woman editor and designer for News Photographer magazine, for the NPPA from 2018-2025.

After many years in California, she and her husband, Michael Rondou, made Athens, Ohio, their
home in 2019.

She is a visuals editor for CatchLight, a visual-first media organization that uses the power of
images to inform, connect, and transform communities. Sue will be inducted into the Indiana
Journalism Hall of Fame in October 2026.