SUE OGROCKI

Sue has over 20 years of experience in editorial,
corporate and public relations photography,
for a wide array of international clients,
in 35mm film, digital and 645 formats.


RECENT AWARDS
First Place 2015
Great Plains Journalism Awards - General News Photo - Single

Finalist 2015
Great Plains Journalism Awards - News Photography - Multiple

First Place 2014
Oklahoma SPJ Spot News Photo
Great Plains Journalism Awards Spot News Photo - Single
Clarion Awards Spot News Photo
New York Press Club Spot News/Newswire - Team Award, AP staff
APME Deadline Reporting Coverage - Team Award, AP staff

Second Place 2014
NPPA Spot News Photo
NPPA Spot News Photo story
Oklahoma SPJ Spot News Photo Story
Oklahoma SPJ Photo Portfolio
National Headliner - Team Award, AP staff

Third Place 2014
National Headliner Spot News Photo

Third Place 2013
Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar Spot News Photo

Associated Press Awards 2013
Beat of the Week #505
News Photo of the Month/May 2013

First Place 2012
Oklahoma SPJ Spot News Photo

EXPERIENCE
STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER/ASSOCIATED PRESS
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA
OCTOBER 2002 - PRESENT
CONTRACT PHOTOGRAPHER/ REUTERS
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER
VARIOUS EDITORIAL AND CORPORATE CLIENTS
MAY 1990 - OCTOBER 2002
*Photographer for news, sports and features,
assignments and enterprise.

*Edit and scan negatives and/or digital files
of self and others.

*Digital transmission of photos.

FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER
CINCINNATI, OHIO
NOVEMBER 1988-MAY 1990
*Clients included the New York Times, Cincinnati Post,
Cincinnati Magazine, The National, Reuters,
and various corporate clients.


NEWSPICTURES BUREAU MANAGER
UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
CINCINNATI, OHIO,
MAY 1987-NOVEMBER 1988
COLUMBUS, OHIO,
NOVEMBER 1979-MAY 1987
*Managed a one-person photo bureau for
international wire service.

*Coordinated statewide news and picture coverage of
professional and collegiate sports and tournaments;
spot and general news; basic statehouse coverage
as well as statewide and national campaigns;
entertainment and features.

*Photographer of all of the preceding.

*Planned and organized scheduling logistics.

*Managed and initiated assignments for
free-lance stringer photographers.

*Responsible for all internal communications.

*Administration of daily activities and budgets.

STRINGER PHOTOGRAPHER
UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
CLEVELAND, OHIO
APRIL 1977-NOVEMBER 1979
*Photographer for news, sport and features;
assignments and enterprise.

*Responsible for photo bureau management duties
in staffer's absence.

FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER
CLEVELAND, OHIO
APRIL 1977-NOVEMBER 1979 *Photographer, Cleveland Indians.
*Photographer, Cleveland Barons.
*Freelance Clients included: Cleveland Press,
Cleveland Plain Dealer Sunday Magazine, Sun Newspapers.


EVENT COVERAGE

*Political Conventions
*Presidential Campaigns
*Presidential Debates
*Gubernatorial Inaugurations
*Coverage of many major sporting events including:
*Regular season NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, NCAA football and basketball
*All Star Games
*College Bowl Games
*Kentucky Derby
*NBA Finals
*NCAA Final Four
*Olympics
*PGA Golf
*Preakness
*Super Bowls
*Stanley Cup Finals
*U.S. Open Golf
*World Series
*World Cup Soccer
*World Championship Figure Skating

EDUCATION

Kent State University
*Bachelor of Science - Journalism
*Speciality in Photojournalism
*Cum Laude Graduate

PROFICIENT IN THE FOLLOWING
*Windows and Mac operating systems

*Photoshop

*Photo Mechanic

*SoundSlides

*Audacity

*Quark

*Pagemaker

*MS Publisher

*Powerpoint

*Illustrator

*HTML

REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

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