Justin PHilalack

615.512.6119 justin.philalack@gmail.com 1456 Park St. Apt. 1 Bowling Green, KY 42101 REFEREncEs Jerry Jones Photo Editor Out & About Newspaper jjones@outandaboutnewspaper.com 615.500.4513 Josh Meltzer Photojournalism Professor Western Kentucky University josh.meltzer@wku.edu 270.799.9839 Tim Broekema Photojournalism Professor Western Kentucky University tim.broekema@wku.edu 270.745.3005 EDucatiOn Western Kentucky University. Bowling Green, Ky. May 2013. Bachelors of Arts in Photojournalism. EXPERiEncE
College Heights Hearld. Staff Photographer.Bowling Green, Ky. Spring 2011

WKU student ran publication. As a staff photographer, we are responsible for our assignements, to meet deadlines, and fact checking in our captions. The bi-weekly publication covers WKU news and sports. wkuhearld.com WKU Volunteer Lab Assistant. Bowling Green, Ky. Fall 2011 As a lab assistant, my job is to assist photojournalist students with post production in the photo labs. Post production includes editing, photoshop, indesign and final cut pro. WKU Talisman. Staff Photographer. Bowling Green, Ky. Fall 2011 WKUs Talisman is a yearbook of photo stories of WKU students and the Bowling Green community. As a staff photographer, I am given photo stories to work on, also covering WKU sports. Out & About Newspaper. Photo Intern. Nashville, Tenn. Summer 2010. As an intern, I covered events that were taking place in Nashville, Tenn., shooting features and details for the newspaper. I also shot two cover photos for the newspaper. WORksHOPs
Mountain Workshop 2011. Shooting Participant. Somerset, Ky. Fall 2011

skills
Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Flash CS5

The Mountain Workshops is a photojournalim workshop hosted by WKU. As a shooting participant, I spent a week working on a photo story with Bill Luster, former photo editor of The CourierJournal, as my photo coach. mountainworkshops.org ACP 2011. Shooting Participant. Lewisburg, W.Va. Spring 2011. The Appalachian Cultural Project is a photo workshop hosted by WKU. As a shooting particpant I spent the week working on a photo story with the help of a shooting coach. acpworkshop.org ACP 2010. Lab Assistant. Whitesburg, Ky. Spring 2010. As a lab assistant I assisted photo coaches, toned the participants photos, maintained the workshop area and helped participants with their stories. aWaRDs 2011 KNPA Student Still Contest. First Place, Multimedia 2009 Kiwanis Club Scholarship

Canon and Nikon camera systems Mac and PC operating systems SoundSlides Plus Final Cut Pro BlOg justinphilalack.blogspot.com

Kentucky News Photographer Associations annual contest of professionals and students of Kentucky. $1,000 scholarship for exceptional academic performance and community involvement. Three studends were awarded out of 15 applicants.