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Assignment/Suburban Photo Editor
The Detroit News
Detroit, MI
Nov 2005 - Aug 2008 (2 years 9 months)
Responsible for coordinating and assigning the daily photography assignment schedule for fourteen staff photographers and five freelance photographers, plus coordinating photography assignment with news agencies; Associated Press, Reuters, Getty Pictures.
Coordinate monthly photography department budget
Coordinate daily photography presentation for morning meeting to determine which photos would be used for Feature, Business, Sports, and Metro Front sections of the Detroit News.
Worked with different sections of editorial to ensure good communications between the various departments and the photography department.
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Staff Photographer
The Detroit News
Detroit, MI
Jul 1998 - Nov 2005 (7 years 4 months)
Covered Arab affairs in Dearborn, Michigan, which has the largest concentration of Arabs outside of the Middle East.
Covered the celebration following the capture of Saddam Hussein and the fall of Baghdad.
Covered the Arab Economic Summit.
Covered the SCARS outbreak in Toronto, Canada.
Covered state and national news, business news, professional, collegiate and high school sports, and spot news.