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Jeri Reichanadter

 
Title
Picture Editor and Photojournalist at The Indianapolis Star
Associate Faculty - IUPUI

Contact
E-mail: jreichan@iupui.edu
Telephone: (317) 278-5320
Fax: (317) 278-5321
Business URL: http://wayneimagesblog.blogspot.com/

Office Hours
Please email for an appointment.

Education
University Degree Year
Ball State University B.S. in Journalism 1997
Ball State University Frontline Leadership Management Course 1997
  Stan Kalish Picture Editing Workshop 2004

Honors
2007 INPA September Clip Contest-Second Place-Multiple

2007 INPA September Clip Contest-Honorable Mention-Feature

2007 INPA July Clip Contest-Third Place-Spot News

2007 INPA June Clip Contest-First Place-Feature

2007 INPA May Clip Contest-Second Place-General News

2006 NPPA March Region 4 Clip Contest-Third Place General News

2007 NPPA March Region 4 Clip Contest-First Place-Sports

2007 INPA March Clip Contest-Third Place-Feature

2007 INPA February Clip Contest-Second Place-Multiple

2006 NPPA April Region 4 Clip Contest-First Place-Multiple

2006 NPPA March Region 4 Clip Contest-Second Place-Feature

2006 INPA March Clip Contest-Third Place-Illustration

2005 INPA POY-Third Place-Illustration

2005 INPA POY-Honorable Mention-Feature Story

2005 INPA POY-Honorable Mention-Pictorial

2005 INPA POY-Finalist John Ahlhauser Award

2005 NPPA March Region 4 Clip Contest-First Place-Feature

2005 INPA December Clip Contest-Third Place-Illustration

2005 INPA March Clip Contest-First, Second Place-Illustration

2004 INPA POY-Second Place-Sports Story

2004 INPA POY-Third Place-Feature

2004 INPA December Clip Contest-First Place-Illustration

2004 INPA September Clip Contest-Second Place-Sports

2003 Hoosier State Press Association-First Place-Multiple

2002 NPPA January Region 4 Clip Contest-First Place-Feature

2002 NPPA July Region 4 Clip Contest-First Place-Multiple

2002 INPA August Clip Contest-Third Place-Sports

2002 INPA August Clip Contest-Third Place-Multiple

2002 INPA July Clip Contest-First Place-Multiple

2002 INPA July Clip Contest-Second Place-Sports

2002 INPA June Clip Contest-Third Place-Sports

2001 Associated Press Managing Editors-First Place-Sports

2001 APME Picture of the Year-Runner Up

2001 Associated Press Member's Showcase

2001 Society of Professional Journalists-First Place-Sports

2001 INPA POY-First Place-Illustration

2001 INPA POY-Second Place-Pictorial

2001 Indland-First Place-Picture Use

Media Experience
Year Organization Responsibility
2005-Present The Indianapolis Star

Picture Editor/Photojournalist: Coordinate all aspects of photography for the northern Marion county and Hamilton county community sections. Make photographs that reflect the community of Hamilton County and northern Marion County. Contribute story and photo story ideas weekly. Photograph and produce monthly videos for www.indystar.com

Features Picture Editor: Coordinate all aspects of photography for the features sections, from conception through final presentation. Train photographers and produce multimedia presentations for IndyStar.com. Photograph special projects.

2003 America 24/7 Photographer: Participated in the America 24/7 book project. My photographs were published in the following books: America 24/7, Indiana 24/7, Dogs 24/7 and Cats 24/7
1998-2005 The Indianapolis Star

Assistant Picture Editor: Mentor stringers and teach them, as well as staff writers and editors effective caption writing. Primary picture editor for three zoned editions. Coordinate picture sharing between papers and news agencies.

Graphics Assistant (Paraprofessional): Created an archiving system and worked with computer experts to design and implement an electronic graphics request form. Designed pages, stylized graphics, created daily budgets and kept track of monetary budgets.

1997-1998 Schmidt Associates Graphic Artist: Designed magazine layouts to win bids for new building projects. Created marketing ideas to draw attention to the company.
1990-1997 The Herald Bulletin

Page Designer/Copy Editor: Designed news and features pages which included headline and caption writing, copy editing, as well as picture editing.

Staff Photographer: Cover daily assignments including sports, spot news, features, general news illustrations and special projects. Duties also include film processing, printing, scanning and color toning. Regular contributor to the Associated Press.

Teaching Experience
Visual Communications class–Fall 2006, Spring and Fall 2007.

Philosophy of teaching
I want to equip students with the skills they need to succeed in the ever-changing newspaper business as well as teach them some life skills along the way.

Professional Affiliations

  • President–Indiana News Photographer's Association, 2006-2007
  • Judge–Ball State University Photographer of the Year, 2006
  • Judge–Florida Press Association Photographer of the Year, 2005
  • Clip Chair–Indiana News Photographer's Association, 2002-2005

Personal Interests
Spending time with my family and friends, wakeboarding, card making, going to church, studying the Bible.