JOHNMARXSMOCK

40West116thStreet,#A902
NewYork,NY10026

(H)212.866.4249
(M)917.687.0732
jsmock98@gmail.com

Photographyisalanguage.Theworldisonebigrefrigeratorcoveredwithfamilyphotos.People
usephotoandtechnologytotalktooneanotheracrossvastculturalandgeographicdivides.I
haveworkedasanewsphotographeraprofessor,trainerandcoach.Iwanttohelppeopleand
organizationsbettercommunicatewhotheyarethroughphotographyPhotography,education
andsocialactivismaroundthestillimagesmakestheworldabetterplace.

JohnSmockbegantakingphotographswhileattheUniversityofMassachusettsAmherst
wherehemajoredinphilosophy.Aftergraduationin1991hebeganworkinginnewspapersin
Detroit,Mi.asareporterandphotographer.HeattendedtheColumbiaUniversityGraduate
SchoolofJournalismforitsreportingprogramandgraduatedin1997.Heworkedasa
freelancereporterandphotographer.In2004hesignwithSIPAPressandin2005began
workingthetheAssociatedPressmetrodeskinNewYorkCity.

Smockbeganteachingandtrainingalmostimmediatelyafterfinishinghismasters,firstaspart
ofaprogramrunbyColumbiatoteachjournalismtostudentinRomania.Hethenworkedwith
theInternationalCenterforJournalistsinCambodiaandAfghanistan.In2005hewasawarded
aKnightInternationalPressFellowship.

Heiscurrentlydoesspecialprojectsand

PhotographerandProjectManagerandEducator

CURRENT

CUNYGraduateSchoolofJournalism
DirectorofPhotoJournalism

PHOTOANDREPORTINGEXPERIENCE

AssociatedPress,NewYork,NY

20042008
GeneralAssignmentPhotographer

Coverlocalnews,nationalnewsandentertainmentindustrypremieresaswellasexclusive
storiescommissionedbyanewspaperormagazineontopicsrangingfromelectriccarsto
portraitsandsports.

SIPAPress,NewYork,NY

20012006
GeneralAssignmentPhotographer
Coverarangeofnationalandinternationalnewsevents,fromthe2004RepublicanConvention
toBroadwaypremieres.AlsoworkonlongtermfeaturestoriessuchasthechangingMedicare
systemaswellasinternationalcoverageofstorieslikethe2004RoseRevolutioninthe
RepublicofGeorgiaandthewarinAfghanistan.

FreelanceJournalist

1990Present
WriterandPhotographer

Developideaspitcheditorswriteorphotographstories,whichhaveappearedinTheNewYork
TimesMagazine(article),SorosFoundationsEurasianet.org(articlesandphotos),TheNew
YorkDailyNews(photos)ColumbiaJournalismReview(photos)TheDetroitNewsandThe
DetroitFreePress(articlesandphotos),AtlantaJournalConstitution(photos).

TheNewYorkTimesElectronicMedia,Inc.,NewYork,NY

19971998
Consultant
Helpeddevelopcontentanddesignlayoutforthenewspapercompanysexpandingonline
services,specificallythewebsiteNYToday.com.

HealthCareWeeklyReview,Detroit,MI

19931996
Editor
Manageddailyoperationsattheindependentnewspaper(30,000circ)assignedstories
supervisedreportersandinternscoordinatedadvertisingandlayout.

INTERNATIONALTRAININGANDPROGRAMDEVELOPMENTEXPERIENCE

SmallWorldNews
CurriculumDirector

KnightInternationalPressFellowshipProgram

October2005May
2006

AlexandriaandCairo,EgyptAmman,Jordan
Didphotoandnewmediatrainingwithindividualnewspapersandanationalwireserviceran
severalworkshopsopentojournalistsfromavarietyofpublications.AlsoassistedEgyptian
mediaoutletsincoverageofrecentparliamentaryandpresidentialelections

InternationalCenterforJournalists,Washington,DC

July
2005
PhotojournalismWorkshopMoscow,Russia
WorkedwithprofessionalRussiannewsphotographersintwo(intermediate,advanced)
weeklongphotojournalismworkshops.Materialrangedfrombasictheoriesofcompositionto
digitalphotographytoprofessionalethics.TheworkshopwascosponsoredbytheEurasia
Foundation.

PajhwokNewsAgency/CenterforInternationalJournalism(CIJ)

May2005
TraintheTrainer(CIJ)andphotojournalismworkshops(Pajhwok)Kabul,Afghanistan
PajhwokisAfghanistansfirstindependentnewsagency(www.pajhwok.com).CIJisanaffiliated
trainingandresourcecenterforAfghanjournalists.Workshopprovidedanintroductionto
photojournalismtoCIJstaffdesignedtoallowthemtotrainjournalistsinthefield.ThePajhwok
workshopfocusedphotojournalismforawireservice,includinghowtoshoot,archive,caption
andpostphotographsforsubscribers.

InternationalCenterforJournalists,Washington,DC

20022004
PublicationsAdviser,FacultyCaucasusSchoolofJournalismandMediaManagement,
Tbilisi,RepublicofGeorgia
TaughtclassesinphotojournalismandnewmediatograduatestudentsfromGeorgia,Armenia,
andAzerbaijanhelpedstudentsdevelopstoryideasformonthlynewspapercoordinatedtheir
coverageofbreakingnewseventseditstoriesandoversawlayoutcarriedoutmandateto
produceprofessionalqualitynewspaper,magazineandwebsite(www.bsj.ge).

TheCenterforIndependentJournalism,NewYork,NY

2000
2003
LeadTrainerBucharest,Romania
TrainerPhnomPenh,Cambodia
Instructedcollegestudents(inayearlongprogram),workingjournalists(insummerand
weekendworkshops),andjournalismprofessors(inatrainthetrainersummerworkshop),in
Westernjournalisticpracticesandstandards.

TheEuropeanJournalismCenter,Maastricht,Netherlands

February
2003
TrainerKharkiv,Ukraine

Taughtnewspaperandmagazinephotographersinatwoweekworkshop,coveringarangeof
subjectsincludingnewsphotography,digitalphotography,andphotojournalismethics.

TheCenterforIndependentJournalism,NewYork,NY

December
2002
TrainerPhnomPenh,Cambodia
WorkedaspartofateamofWesternjournalistsonanationwideprogramtohelpCambodian
journalistsproduceanewspaperpriortoCambodiasfirstlocalelectionsinearly2003.

TEACHINGEXPERIENCE

CityUniversityofNewYorkGraduateSchoolofJournalism,NewYork,NY
2007Present
DirectorofPhotojournalism
Managethegrowingphotojournalismprogramattheschool.Responsibilitiesinclude,teaching
superviisonsofworkstudystudentsandadjunctfacultyandchair

ColumbiaUniversityGraduateSchoolofJournalism,NewYork,NY
20092012
AdjunctFaculty,
Supervisionofphotographyaswellasonlineslideshowsforstudentpublicationsduringthe
springsemester.Instructionalsoincludesanassortmentofshortpresentationtostudents
enrolledinmultimediacoursesaboutvisualjournalism,severalfiveweekphotosskillscourses
offeredthroughouttheyeartoallstudentsandthephotomoduleoftheschoolsAugust
orientation.

PurchaseCollegeStateUniversityofNewYork,Purchase,NY

19982001
JournalismInstructorandFacultyAdvisorfortheStudentNewspaper
TaughtJournalismI,JournalismII,andPhotojournalismoversawstudentnewspaperhelped
designthecurriculaandmajor(asthefirstfulltimeinstructorwhentheprogrambeganfour
yearsago)currentlyteachingparttime.

TheInternationalCenterofPhotography,NewYork,NY

20032006
Lecturer

CreatedandteachafiveweekcourseentitledWritingforPhotojournalists,which,asthetitle
suggests,aimstobolsterphotographersskillsinwritingphotocaptions,storypitches,andgrant
proposals.

ColumbiaUniversityGraduateSchoolofJournalism,NewYork,NY
19971999
AdjunctFaculty,TechnicalSupport,InhousePhotographer
Supervisedphotographyforstudentpublicationsandforschooleventsandinhouse
publicationsresponsibilitiesvariedfromsemestertosemester.

AWARDS

2005KnightInternationalPressFellowship(about20fellowshipsareawardedeachyear).
2003WorldPressAssociation,annualcompetition,honorablementionforcoverageofthe
RoseRevolutionintheRepublicofGeorgia.
2001MichiganPressPhotographersAssociation,spotnewsweeklydivision,secondplacefor
coverageofSeptember11,2001inNewYorkCity.
1995KodakYoungPhotographerAward

EDUCATION

M.A.ColumbiaUniversityGraduateSchoolofJournalism1997
Nondegree/workstudyprogramInternationalCenterofPhotography1997
B.A.PhilosophyUniversityofMassachusetts,Amherst1990

AFFILIATIONS

MemberTheAmericanFederationofTeachers
MemberTheNewYorkPressPhotographersAssociation

JOHNMARXSMOCK
40West116thStreet,#A902
NewYork,NY10026

(H)212.866.4249
(M)917.687.0732
jsmock_98@yahoo.com

PhotographerandMultimediaProducerandEducator

CURRENT

CUNYGraduateSchoolofJournalism

DirectorofPhotoJournalism

PHOTOANDREPORTINGEXPERIENCE

AssociatedPress,NewYork,NY

20042008
GeneralAssignmentPhotographer

Coverlocalnews,nationalnewsandentertainmentindustrypremieresaswellasexclusive
storiescommissionedbyanewspaperormagazineontopicsrangingfromelectriccarsto
portraitsandsports.

SIPAPress,NewYork,NY

20012006
GeneralAssignmentPhotographer
Coverarangeofnationalandinternationalnewsevents,fromthe2004RepublicanConvention
toBroadwaypremieres.AlsoworkonlongtermfeaturestoriessuchasthechangingMedicare
systemaswellasinternationalcoverageofstorieslikethe2004RoseRevolutioninthe
RepublicofGeorgiaandthewarinAfghanistan.

FreelanceJournalist

1990Present
WriterandPhotographer

Developideaspitcheditorswriteorphotographstories,whichhaveappearedinTheNewYork
TimesMagazine(article),SorosFoundationsEurasianet.org(articlesandphotos),TheNew
YorkDailyNews(photos)ColumbiaJournalismReview(photos)TheDetroitNewsandThe
DetroitFreePress(articlesandphotos),AtlantaJournalConstitution(photos).

TheNewYorkTimesElectronicMedia,Inc.,NewYork,NY

19971998
Consultant
Helpeddevelopcontentanddesignlayoutforthenewspapercompanysexpandingonline
services,specificallythewebsiteNYToday.com.

HealthCareWeeklyReview,Detroit,MI

19931996
Editor

Manageddailyoperationsattheindependentnewspaper(30,000circ)assignedstories
supervisedreportersandinternscoordinatedadvertisingandlayout.

INTERNATIONALTRAININGANDPROGRAMDEVELOPMENTEXPERIENCE

SmallWorldNews
CurriculumDirector

KnightInternationalPressFellowshipProgram

October2005May
2006
AlexandriaandCairo,EgyptAmman,Jordan
Didphotoandnewmediatrainingwithindividualnewspapersandanationalwireserviceran
severalworkshopsopentojournalistsfromavarietyofpublications.AlsoassistedEgyptian
mediaoutletsincoverageofrecentparliamentaryandpresidentialelections

InternationalCenterforJournalists,Washington,DC

July
2005
PhotojournalismWorkshopMoscow,Russia
WorkedwithprofessionalRussiannewsphotographersintwo(intermediate,advanced)
weeklongphotojournalismworkshops.Materialrangedfrombasictheoriesofcompositionto
digitalphotographytoprofessionalethics.TheworkshopwascosponsoredbytheEurasia
Foundation.

PajhwokNewsAgency/CenterforInternationalJournalism(CIJ)

May2005
TraintheTrainer(CIJ)andphotojournalismworkshops(Pajhwok)Kabul,Afghanistan
PajhwokisAfghanistansfirstindependentnewsagency(www.pajhwok.com).CIJisanaffiliated
trainingandresourcecenterforAfghanjournalists.Workshopprovidedanintroductionto
photojournalismtoCIJstaffdesignedtoallowthemtotrainjournalistsinthefield.ThePajhwok
workshopfocusedphotojournalismforawireservice,includinghowtoshoot,archive,caption
andpostphotographsforsubscribers.

InternationalCenterforJournalists,Washington,DC

20022004
PublicationsAdviser,FacultyCaucasusSchoolofJournalismandMediaManagement,
Tbilisi,RepublicofGeorgia
TaughtclassesinphotojournalismandnewmediatograduatestudentsfromGeorgia,Armenia,
andAzerbaijanhelpedstudentsdevelopstoryideasformonthlynewspapercoordinatedtheir
coverageofbreakingnewseventseditstoriesandoversawlayoutcarriedoutmandateto
produceprofessionalqualitynewspaper,magazineandwebsite(www.bsj.ge).

TheCenterforIndependentJournalism,NewYork,NY

2000
2003
LeadTrainerBucharest,Romania
TrainerPhnomPenh,Cambodia
Instructedcollegestudents(inayearlongprogram),workingjournalists(insummerand
weekendworkshops),andjournalismprofessors(inatrainthetrainersummerworkshop),in
Westernjournalisticpracticesandstandards.

TheEuropeanJournalismCenter,Maastricht,Netherlands

February
2003
TrainerKharkiv,Ukraine
Taughtnewspaperandmagazinephotographersinatwoweekworkshop,coveringarangeof
subjectsincludingnewsphotography,digitalphotography,andphotojournalismethics.

TheCenterforIndependentJournalism,NewYork,NY

December
2002
TrainerPhnomPenh,Cambodia
WorkedaspartofateamofWesternjournalistsonanationwideprogramtohelpCambodian
journalistsproduceanewspaperpriortoCambodiasfirstlocalelectionsinearly2003.

TEACHINGEXPERIENCE

CityUniversityofNewYorkGraduateSchoolofJournalism,NewYork,NY
2007Present
DirectorofPhotojournalism
Managethegrowingphotojournalismprogramattheschool.Responsibilitiesinclude,teaching
superviisonsofworkstudystudentsandadjunctfacultyandchair

ColumbiaUniversityGraduateSchoolofJournalism,NewYork,NY
20092012
AdjunctFaculty,
Supervisionofphotographyaswellasonlineslideshowsforstudentpublicationsduringthe
springsemester.Instructionalsoincludesanassortmentofshortpresentationtostudents
enrolledinmultimediacoursesaboutvisualjournalism,severalfiveweekphotosskillscourses
offeredthroughouttheyeartoallstudentsandthephotomoduleoftheschoolsAugust
orientation.

PurchaseCollegeStateUniversityofNewYork,Purchase,NY

19982001
JournalismInstructorandFacultyAdvisorfortheStudentNewspaper

TaughtJournalismI,JournalismII,andPhotojournalismoversawstudentnewspaperhelped
designthecurriculaandmajor(asthefirstfulltimeinstructorwhentheprogrambeganfour
yearsago)currentlyteachingparttime.

TheInternationalCenterofPhotography,NewYork,NY

20032006
Lecturer

CreatedandteachafiveweekcourseentitledWritingforPhotojournalists,which,asthetitle
suggests,aimstobolsterphotographersskillsinwritingphotocaptions,storypitches,andgrant
proposals.

ColumbiaUniversityGraduateSchoolofJournalism,NewYork,NY
19971999
AdjunctFaculty,TechnicalSupport,InhousePhotographer
Supervisedphotographyforstudentpublicationsandforschooleventsandinhouse
publicationsresponsibilitiesvariedfromsemestertosemester.

AWARDS

2005KnightInternationalPressFellowship(about20fellowshipsareawardedeachyear).
2003WorldPressAssociation,annualcompetition,honorablementionforcoverageofthe
RoseRevolutionintheRepublicofGeorgia.
2001MichiganPressPhotographersAssociation,spotnewsweeklydivision,secondplacefor
coverageofSeptember11,2001inNewYorkCity.
1995KodakYoungPhotographerAward

EDUCATION

M.A.ColumbiaUniversityGraduateSchoolofJournalism1997
Nondegree/workstudyprogramInternationalCenterofPhotography1997
B.A.PhilosophyUniversityofMassachusetts,Amherst1990

AFFILIATIONS

MemberTheAmericanFederationofTeachers
MemberTheNewYorkPressPhotographersAssociation