Michael Schennum

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Mike Schennum is a photojournalist with The Arizona Republic.[1] His face appeared on a 2012 Time magazine cover montage for a story about Latino voters, despite the fact that Schennum has one parent who is of Chinese descent, and one parent who is of Irish and Norwegian descent.[2][3][undue weight? ]

Education[edit]

Schennum earned a B.A. in art from University of California, Santa Cruz in 2000.[4] He also took photojournalism courses at San Francisco State University. His first Intro to Photography class sparked his interest in photojournalism.[5]

Career[edit]

Schennum has been working in professional photojournalism for eight years. He works as a staff photographer for The Arizona Republic. Prior to working here, he was an intern at the Appleton Post-Crescent and the Palo Alto Daily News. He also taught courses in photojournalism at Arizona State University. He has done freelance work for a number of magazines and newspapers across the US.

Organizations[edit]

Schennum is a member of the Asian American Journalists Association. He was also on the board of the local Arizona chapter for seven years.

Awards and honors[edit]

In 2005 he won the Sports Illustrated Assignment award.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Plea deal springs Arizona man, Bill Macumber, jailed 37 years in double murder amid concerns his wife framed him during a bitter divorce". New York Daily News. 8 November 2012.
  2. ^ "Asian-American on TIME's Latino cover". Politico. 24 February 2012.
  3. ^ "'Time' apologizes for photo used on Latino-themed cover".
  4. ^ "Photographer Portfolio: Michael Schennum | Eddie Adams Workshop". Archived from the original on 2013-01-22. Retrieved 2012-11-11.
  5. ^ a b "AAPI Heritage Month: Michael Schennum". Asian American Journalists Association. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2013.