GW photojournalism professor Susan Sterner to speak to Photo Committee on July 16

George Washington University Professor Susan Sterner will give an illustrated talk on "New Media Photojournalism" at the next Photography Committee meeting, at noon Thursday, July 16. The
meeting is free and open to all Press Club members.

Sterner heads the Masters Degree program in New Media Photojournalism at GW. She has been a staff photographer for The Associated Press, based in Mississippi and California covering domestic issues such as immigration, child labor and families in poverty. She has also worked in Haiti and Brazil.

Sterner will speak on her current work as well as the Masters program she heads and what it has meant to teach this area within the Corcoran Art School and now (after the recent merger) at GW.

Sterner holds a Bachelor's degree in International Studies and Cultural Anthropology from Emory University and an Master's degree in Latin American Studies from Vanderbilt University.

Lunch will be available for purchase at noon in the Reliable Source. Sterner's presentation will begin at approximately 12:30 p.m. in the Murrow Room.