Kathleen Flynn
independent photojournalist / documentary filmmaker / New Orleans, La.
Experience
Accountability Lab Liberia | Adviser for Reel Peace, a United Nations Development Program funded initiative designed to lift the voices of women in Liberia by training and equipping them as visual storytellers. It was a project of the nonprofit Accountability Lab. June 2018 - January 2019
Rochester Institute of Technology | Visiting faculty member | December 2017 - May 2018
Syracuse University S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications | Fellow, Instructional Assistant | Multimedia Photography & Design | 2016 - 17
PBS Veterans Coming Home | Road Team | Multi-platform public media project which explored ideas of service and citizenry in an effort to give a voice to veterans while opening national dialogue about veterans’ issues. March 2016 - June 2016
NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune | Staff Photojournalist | January 2013 - March 2016
Tampa Bay Times | St. Petersburg Times | Staff Photojournalist | December 2002 - December 2012
Center of Democracy at the University of Massachusetts US State Department | Media development educator, Liberia | 2008, 2009
Conflict Zone Board Member | Photo exhibit dedicated to injured journalists and military
Education
Syracuse University
Master of Science in Photography, 2022
Western Kentucky University
Bachelor in photojournalism, 2002
Eddie Adams Workshop
Student, 2002
Mountain Workshops Participant, 1999, 2000, 2012
Honors
National Press Photographers Association, Best of Photojournalism
Culture, Sports, and Science – second place Online Video Individual, 2024
Online Video Storytelling/Documentary/Large team: 1st place (co-director), 2019
Feature Multimedia Story Award of Excellence, 2015
News Multimedia story/ 48 hours, 1st place, 2013
Returning Veterans, Coming Home, 2nd place, 2012
NPPA Humanitarian Award, 2019
NPPA Region 6 photographer of the year, 2004
Online News Association Journalism Awards
University of Florida award in Investigative Data Journalism, 2023
Society of Environmental Journalists
Kevin Carmody Award for Outstanding Investigative Reporting, 1st place, 2022
The Gerald Loeb Awards
Visual Storytelling, finalist, 2022
Pictures of the Year International
Documentary Journalism
Finalist, 2022
Documentary Daily life
Award of Excellence, 2021
Impact 2020
Award of Excellence, 2021
Documentary Journalism
1st place (co-director), 2019
World Press Photo
Online video of the year nominee
(co-director), 2019
Overseas Press Club
Citation (runner-up) for the Overseas Press Club’s Madeline Dane Ross Award for best international reporting in the print medium or digital showing a concern for the human condition, 2019
Edward R. Murrow Awards Best News Documentary in the Small Digital News Organization division (co-director), 2019
Nieman Foundation
Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Journalism, finalist, 2019
News Leaders Association
Dori J. Maynard Award for Justice in Journalism finalist, 2019
Suncoast Emmy Awards
Children, Youth, Teens, 2016
Societal Concerns – Program, 2016
Societal Concerns – News, 2014
Journalistic Enterprise, 2014
Human Interest, 2014
Education schools, 2013
Casey Medal
Awarded for the best reporting on children, youth and families in the United States, 2013
America’s Promise Journalism Award for Action, 2013
Other honors
Florida Society of News Editors
Society of American Business Editors and Writers Society of Features Journalism
Green Eyeshade Awards
Lectures/Seminars
Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar speaker, 2023
Mountain Workshops staff, 2001-2009, 2012-2023
Syracuse University Trauma Informed Workshop speaker and coach, 2023
NPPA Multimedia Immersion team leader, 2019
News Leaders Association Leadership Conference speaker, 2019
Northern Short Course speaker, 2018, 2019
Syracuse University Fall Workshop team leader, 2018
Geekfest speaker, 2018