I'm the photo-video editor at the Victoria Advocate, a daily newspaper along the Texas gulf coast.

As always, I'm motivated by the hope of making sense out of the beautiful and horrible world in which we live.

HONORS
	2009 UNICEF PHOTO OF THE YEAR Honorable Mention ASSOCIATED PRESS First Place, Enterprise Photography ASSOCIATED PRESS First Place, Sports 2008 ANGKOR PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL Presentation: "Teens Take Terrorists" ASSOCIATED PRESS First Place, Portraiture ASSOCIATED PRESS Second Place, Enterprise 2007 PRIX DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE PARIS First Place, Best Photojournalism First Place, Best New Talent People's Choice Award ANGKOR PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL Presentation: "Nepal: Civil War in Shangri-La" IPA INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS Honorable Mentions: Editorial, Portrait, Photo Essay and "Deeper Perspective"
	WORK EXPERIENCE
	THE VICTORIA ADVOCATE PHOTO/VIDEO EDITOR Victoria, Texas 2011 - (current) Managed the photography and video department for a daily newspaper, supervising a staff of five multimedia journalists. Also shoot video and photo assignments.
	FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER/VIDEOGRAPHER 2009 - (current) Freelance contributor to The New York Times, LA Weekly and others, reporting on southern California issues.
	THE IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER El Centro, California 2006 - 2009 Chief Photographer, supervising a staff of four photographers, for a southern California daily newspaper and two news and lifestyle magazines. Imperial Valley Press - Daily newspaper. Valley Magazine - Lifestyle magazine. Adelante Valle - Spanish-language newspaper
	KANTIPUR PUBLICATIONS Kathmandu, Nepal 2005-2006 Photographed the Nepalese Civil War, general news, culture, human interest, and sports for Nepal's largest media company. Kantipur Daily - Nepali language daily, circulation 200,000. The Kathmandu Post - English language daily. Nepal Weekly - Nepali language news magazine. Kantipur Television - National news channel of Nepal.
	OTHER PUBLICATIONS
	TIME Magazine The San Francisco Chronicle MSNBC The San Diego Union-Tribune The Austin American-Statesman The Arizona Republic	The Los Angeles Times The Denver Post The Houston Chronicle GEO Magazine (Germany) The Guardian (UK) The Daily Mail (UK)
	ACTOR
	I've had a few speaking roles in theatrical motion pictures, such as Ron Howard's Ed-TV and George Wallace with Gary Sinise. Check my Internet Movie Database page.
	EDUCATION
	B.A. (English Lit.), McGill University - Montréal, Canada Winner of McGill's top two awards for writing: The Chester McNaughton Prize and The Lionel Shapiro Award.
	TECH SKILLS
	Photoshop, Final Cut, Dreamweaver, HTML, CSS coding, iMovie, Photo Mechanic, and a dash of Flash animation. Strong working knowledge of Canon and Nikon equipment. Licensed driver with an unblemished record.
	REFERENCES
	Brad Jennings Former editor The Imperial Valley Press		Bikas Rauniar Senior photographer Kantipur Publications (977)1-448-0100 (ext.2104)
Françoise Callier Photo agent, curator Angkor Photography Festival			Nick Taborek Writer, Bloomberg News (310) 849-5517