Matthew Berry, visual journalist

A Pulitzer Prize-winning visual journalist and editor for deadline-driven daily newspapers with strong web, mobile and social media presences. Award-winning photographer, designer and graphic artist. Quickly embraces new technology and applications to serve customers better. Able to coach and mentor other employees in visual creation and editing; communicates ideas to other to deliver the best, most accurate and visually appealing content to consumers.

contact information
Cell: (812) 677-1547
Email: mrberry83@gmail.com
Twitter: @Matt_EGphoto
Instagram: matt_egphoto

Experience

» Lancaster Eagle-Gazette, Lancaster, Ohio
photographer/videographer (March 2015-present)
   Supervise, recruit, manage and retain freelance photographers.
   Assign and edit assignments from freelance photographers.
   Coordinate with editors and reporters to develop visually interesting stories and decide the most appropriate way to visually tell           stories on multiple platforms.
   Make both still photographs and video for daily and advance assignments.
   Create compelling illustrations and information graphics for stories on multiple platforms.
   Direct live video broadcasts when necessary.
   Teach reporters basic skills for taking still photographs and video as well as video editing.
   Cultivate more than 1,000 (and growing) social media followers through consistent reporting of breaking news, sports, general news     and updates on day-to-day life.                                                                                                                                                                             Member of USA TODAY Network's elite breaking news rapid response team

» Lancaster Eagle-Gazette, Lancaster, Ohio
multimedia editor (August 2011 - March 2015, position eliminated)
   Supervised, recruited, managed and retained staff and freelance photographers for daily newspaper and website.
   Led production of all locally created photography, video and graphic content for print, online and mobile platforms.
   Scheduled and edited assignments for staff multimedia employees and freelancers.
   Coordinated with editors and reporters to develop visually compelling stories and decided the most appropriate way to visually tell       the stories.
   Took both still photographs and video for daily assignments.
   Created compelling illustrations and information graphics for stories.
   Directed live video broadcasts when necessary.
   Taught reporters basic skills for taking still photographs and video as well as video editing.
   Coordinated with editors of other Ohio-based Gannett owned properties to illustrate group wide stories that reached more than           100,000 daily print readers.
   Cultivated hundreds of social media followers through consistent reporting of breaking news, sports, general news and updates on     day-to-day life.

»  The Advocate, Newark, Ohio
staff multimedia photographer (August 2008 - August 2011)
   Made both still photographs and videos for daily and advance assignments.
   Created illustrations and information graphics for stories.

»  The Herald-Press, Huntington, Ind.
chief photographer (May 2007 - July 2008)
   Supervised, recruited and managed staff and freelance photographers for daily newspaper.
   Scheduled assignments for staff and freelance photographers
   Coordinated with editors and reporters to develop visually interesting stories and decided the most appropriate way to tell the story      visually.
   Created still photographs for daily assignments.

»  South Bend Tribune, South Bend, Ind.
photojournalism intern (January 2007 - May 2007)

»  The Kalish Workshop, Muncie, Ind.
workshop intern (June 2006)

»  The Star-Press, Muncie, Ind.
freelance photographer (August 2006 - December 2006)
photojournalism intern (May 2006 - August 2006)

»  United States Supreme Court pool photographer, Washington D.C.
Assistant to the pool photographer for the investiture ceremonies of Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justice Samuel Alito. (October 2005 and February 2006)

»  Ball State Daily News, Ball State University, Muncie, Ind.
assistant photography editor/chief photographer (January 2006 - May 2006)
chief photographer (August 2005 - December 2005)

»  Princeton Publishing, Princeton, Ind.
photojournalism intern (May 2005 - August 2005) 

Education

»  Ball State University, Muncie, Ind. (August 2004 - December 2006)
   Degree attained: Bachelor of Science
   Major: photojournalism

»  Vincennes University, Vincennes, Ind. (August 2002 - May 2004)
   Degree attained: Associate of Science
   Major: liberal arts, photojournalism concentration
   Journalist of the Year, Vincennes University, 2003 - 2004

Awards

» 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting Part of a team of journalists who worked on the Cincinnati Enquirer’s “Seven Days of Heroin” project that documented a week on the front lines of the heroin and opioid epidemic in Ohio and Kentucky.

» 2017 Ohio Associated Press Media Editors First Place: Best Photo Story, Best Illustration or Informational Graphic, Public Service (team award); Second Place: Best Graphic Artist; Third Place: Best Photo Story

» 2016 Ohio Associated Press Media Editors First Place: Best Illustration or Informational Graphic; Second Place: Best Photographer, Best Video, Best News Photo; Third Place: Best News Photo, Best Sports Photo

» 2015 Ohio Associated Press Media Editors Second Place: Best Explanatory Reporting (shared award), Best Sports Photo, Best News Photo; Third Place: Best Illustration or Informational Graphic; part of the team that won the General Excellence Award.

» 2014 Ohio Associated Press Media Editors Second Place: Best Graphic Artist and Best Illustration or Informational Graphic

» 2013 Ohio Associated Press Media Editors Second Place: Best Illustration or Informational Graphic and Best Graphic Artist; Third Place: Best Illustration or Informational Graphic and Best General News Photo; part of the teams that won the General Excellence Award and Third Place: Best Special Sports Section.

» 2012 Joseph Costa Award for Courtroom Photography A national juried award presented for excellence in courtroom photography.

» 2012 Associated Press Society of Ohio First Place: Best Graphics Artist and Best Illustration or Informational Graphic.

» 2011 Associated Press Society of Ohio First and Third Place: Best General News Photo. 

Skills/Abilities

» Proficient with Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, Bridge and Acrobat, Photo Mechanic, QuarkXPress and CCI NewsGate.
» Proficient with remote transmission of assignments from the field, studio and location lighting techniques and AP style.
» Knowledgeable of Avid video editing software and LiveStream broadcasting software.
» Capable of managing people of various skills and abilities in a visual department and coaching them to be better journalists.
» Capable of communicating with coworkers and superiors about visual ideas using a language that can be easily understood regardless of their level of visual acuity.
» Demonstrated ability to organize and manage coverage of events for multiple publications for one or more photographers.
» Created user manuals to help new employees navigate proprietary archive systems, proper application of metadata to image files, creation of interactive web graphics on both proprietary and open source systems and step-by-step processes for video publication procedures.