Melanie Blanding
Syracuse University London Program, London, England, United Kingdom
non-Matriculating graduate courses in Photojournalism
September - December 2006
Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Ky., United States
Photojournalism major/Anthropology minor
Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude, May 2006
Photography Made Known LLC, Roanoke, Va./Philadelphia, Penn., staff photographer, June 2006 - present, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo, photographer, June - Aug. 2006
Eddie Adams Barnstorm Workshop, Jeff ersonville, NY, participant photographer, October 2007 Shining Light Ministries, Kinshasa/Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo, volunteer photographer, June-July 2007
WKU National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) student chapter, President, Sept. 2005 - May 2006; student member Sept. 2002-May 2006
The Talisman, WKU yearbook, photo editor, Jan. - May 2006, asst. editor, Sept.-Dec. 2005
The 30th Mountain Workshops, Lawrenceburg, KY, participant photographer, October 2005
Greg Vaughn Photography, commercial studio assistant, May - Aug. 2005
Churchill Downs Sports Workshop, participant photographer, May 2005
The College Heights Herald, WKU newspaper, staff photographer, Jan. - May 2005
The Flint Journal, Flint, MI, photography staff intern, Sept. 2004 - Jan. 2005
The Talisman, WKU yearbook, staff photographer, Sept. 2003-May 2004
Bahari Foundation, Moroni, Grand Comore, volunteer photographer, June - Aug. 2004
The Appalachian Cultural Project, Whitesburg, KY, participant photographer, April 2004
The 28th Mountain Workshops, Bardstown, KY, Photo Lab Technician, October 2003
United States Army Public Aff airs Offi ce, Fort Knox, KY, intern photographer, June - Aug.2003
NPPA international Best of Photography, 2007, Third place serial portrait package
Kentucky News Photographers Association (KNPA), 2007, student photographer of the year; First, Third and HMʼs in news picture story and Portrait/Personality
College Photographer of the Year (CPOY), 2006, Third place documentary story, HM Portrait International picture story
WKU Senior Photography Student of the Year, 2006
KNPA, 2006, Third Place: News Picture Story, General News, Pictorial; Honorable Mention: Feature Picture Story, Portrait/Personality, Spot News
Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar, Second Place Student Portfolio, 2005
William Randolph Hearst Competition, Finalist, First Place Picture Story, 2005
Nikon Pro newsletter, emerging photographer, April 2005
KNPA, Third Place: News Picture Story, Sports Feature, 2005
CPOY, Second Place, Documentary; Honorable Mention, Feature, 2004
Scholarship Alexia Foundation for World Peace and Understanding, First Place Scholarship, 2006
WKU School of Journalism and Broadcasting, student grant, 2006
Virginia News Photographers Association, George Smith Memorial Scholarship, 2006, 2003
NPPFoundation, Reid Blackburn Scholarship, 2005
WKU Mountain Workshops, student scholarship 2005