Convocation: Josh Meltzer ’95

Staff photographer with The Roanoke Times, Josh Meltzer ’95 is an award-winning photojournalist who in 2006 won the National Press Photographers Association Photojournalist of the Year award. His photographs are intimate, compassionate portraits that tell the stories of the people they feature. Covering a wide array of subjects, his work captures raw emotion and real human expression, helping viewers to understand complicated issues. Meltzer is passionate about the potential for great community journalism and credits his liberal arts education at Carleton with giving him an edge. "You learn how to learn, to study, to research, to write. And you get a good background in religion, politics, culture. You need to learn about the people you’re photographing and figure out how to tell a story with a camera." The title of his presentation was "Visual Storytelling."



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