BRADLEY J. PENNER
Photojournalist

cell. 516.312.0784
email. brad@bradpenner.com


WORK EXPERIENCE

Freelance Photographer: June, 2011-
Clients Include: USA Today Sports, F8 Sports Media, Picture Group, Imagination Movers.

Staff Photographer, Asbury Park Press: November, 2001- June, 2011.
Worked as a full-time staff photographer at this Gannett daily newspaper on the Jersey Shore. Responsibilities included all facets of newspaper photography, including general and breaking news, sports, features, and portraiture, as well as magazine shoots for various magazines also published by the Press.

Staff Photographer, Livingston County News: May, 1999- May, 2000.
Responsibilities included sports, general and breaking news, features, and portrait photography, as well as pre-press digital image preparation in a weekly newspaper environment.

EDUCATION

The Rochester Institute of Technology: August, 1997- May, 2000.
Earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Visual Journalism.

AWARDS

2012 SportsShooter Monthly Clip Contest (August): Third place, Sports Action Photo.
2011 SportsShooter Monthly Clip Contest (February): Second place, Sports Action Photo.
2010 NJPA Better Newspaper Contest: Second place, Sports Feature Photo.
2010 SportsShooter Monthly Clip Contest (September): Second place, News Photo.
2010 SportsShooter Monthly Clip Contest (September): Third place, Feature Photo.
2010 SportsShooter Monthly Clip Contest (March): Second place, Sports Feature Photo.
2009 SportsShooter Monthly Clip Contest (December): Third place, Sports Feature Photo.
2009 SportsShooter Monthly Clip Contest (August): Second place, News Photo.
2008 NJPA Better Newspaper Contest: Third place, Sports Action Photo.
2007 NJPA Better Newspaper Contest: First place, Sports Action Photo.
2007 NJPA Better Newspaper Contest: Third place, Sports Feature Photo Story.
2007 SportsShooter Monthly Clip Contest (Final Standings): Third place.
2007 SportsShooter Monthly Clip Contest (December): First place, News Photo.
2007 SportsShooter Monthly Clip Contest (December): Third place, Sports Feature Photo.
2007 SportsShooter Monthly Clip Contest (October): First place, Sports Action Photo.
2007 SportsShooter Monthly Clip Contest (March): Second place, News Photo.
2007 SportsShooter Monthly Clip Contest (February): Second place, News Photo.
2006 NJPA Better Newspaper Contest: First place, Sports Action Photo.