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Katie Hayes is a photographer based out of Austin, Texas. Before pursuing a career in photography, she graduated from The University of Texas with a BA in Math, a BA in Psychology and taught high school math. Her background is in documentary photography, with work ranging from mental illness and education to rattlesnake roundups and Mexican rodeos. Through an emphasis of documentary video education and an internship with National Public Radio, she has expanded her work to include multimedia projects.
Her photographic education includes the SALT Institute for documentary studies and she completed a masters degree in photojournalism from The University of Texas in May of 2008. In the summer of 2007, she was the photographic intern for The Washington Times, a daily paper out of Washington, D.C., she was selected to attend the Eddie Adam's Workshop Barnstorm XX in October of 2007 and interned in the multimedia department of National Public Radio. Her work has been featured in The Washington Times, Kyodo News, Village Voice Media and NPR.org.
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Education
The University of Texas
Master of Arts, Photojournalism
May, 2009
SALT Institute for Documentary Studies
fall 2005
The University of Texas at Austin
BA Math
BA Psychology
Minor in Photojournalism
Dec. 2004, GPA: 3.7
Experience
National Public Radio
Multimedia Intern
Edited photographs, produced multimedia content and photographed feature stories for NPR.org
June 2009- October 2009
2009 Intern Edition, NPR
Photography/Multimedia Editor
Edited photographs, produced multimedia content and photographed feature stories for NPR.org/InternEdition
Summer 2009
Public Media Texas Project, National Public Radio
Feature Reporting Intern
Reported and produced multimedia stories for TexasPublicMedia.org.
Spring 2009
Freelance
Photographer
Photographed editorial work and produced multimedia for publications such as Kyodo News, Village Voice Media, The Austin Chronicle, TexasPublicMedia.org, KUT.org and NPR.org
Spring 2008- Current
The Washington Times
Photography Intern
Executed daily assignments ranging from politics to community journalism; produced multimedia projects for the web combining video, still images and audio.
Summer 2007
The University of Texas
Photography Teaching Assistant
Lectured on theoretical background of photographic story-telling and aided students in the technical aspects of photography.
August 2006- May 2008
The Round Rock Leader:
Freelance Photographer
Documented community and sports events in and around the Round Rock area
January 2005-May 2007
Lake Travis High School
Math Teacher
September 2005-May 2006
Assistant Wedding Photographer
January 2004- Current
SALT
Gallery Assistant
Sept. 2004-Dec 2004
Skills
Experienced multimedia storyteller (audio, video and photography)
Video filming and editing experience
Digital photography and editing experience
Conversational Spanish
Ability to work creatively while achieving professional, structured goals
Black and White darkroom experience
Effective with layout and design
Software Experience
Photoshop CS3, Photo Mechanic, Lightroom, Final Cut (Pro and HD), Soundslides, Slideshow Pro, Dreamweaver, InDesign CS3, Illustraator, Microsoft Office, Equation editing software
Honors
Finalist, Photographer’s Forum Magazine- fall Photography Contest 2009
Finalist, Photographer’s Forum Magazine- spring Photography Contest 2009
C0-VP of UT NPPA Student Chapter, 2009
VP of UT NPPA Student Chapter, 2008
Eddie Adams Workshop, Barnstorm XX 2007 (Blue Team)
American Diversity Project, May 2007
Texas Teaching Fellows Math Cohort, 2005
Scholarship to SALT, 2004
REU Fellowship, 2003
Phi Beta Kappa, 2002
References
Keth Jenkins
Supervising Senior Producer for Multimedia, NPR
(202)513-3593
Tracy Dahlby
Journalism professor at The University of Texas
(512)527-2838
Donna DeCesare
Photographer and photography professor at The University of Texas
(512)527-2838
Eli Reed
Magnum photographer and photography professor at The University of Texas
(512)527-2838