Biography and Resume

Biography

Joe Mahoney, a two-time Pulizer Prize-winning photojournalist, is the Director of Multimedia for the Rocky Mountain Investigative News Network based in Denver. He was a staff photographer and the Assistant Director of Multimedia for the Rocky Mountain News in Denver from 1999 until the paper closed in 2009. At the News, Joe shot video and stills as well as supervised the development of the newsroom?s video and audio gathering.

In 2010, he won a Heartland Emmy for work on the topical documentary short “Final Edition” as assistant
producer. During the past 20 years, Joe has covered a wide range of assignments including the recent U.S. presidential
campaigns, the World Series, the Columbine shootings, the Summer Olympics, the Columbia shuttle disaster and others.
He began his career in 1989 with the Associated Press.

He is married, has two children and lives in Lakewood.

(Examples of Joe’s work can be found here.)

Work Experience

Director of Multimedia, Rocky Mountain Investigative News Network (I-News), Denver.
Non-profit investigative and in-depth news organization serving Colorado and the west through partnerships with
local and regional publishers and broadcasters Produce long-form stories and projects with video, audio and still photos.
Site: http://www.inewsnetwork.org

Principal, MahoneyImages, LLC, Denver. March 2009 – Present
Still photography, video and multimedia work for editorial, corporate and non-profit organizations

Assistant Director of Multimedia, The Rocky Mountain News, Denver. May 2008 – February 2009

• Collaborated with senior editors and the publisher to craft the vision of the News? multimedia department,
  coordinated online visual coverage
• Shot and produced a variety of video and audio projects
• Photographed numerous assignments on local and national stories ranging from professional sports to natural
  disasters to fashion and features
• Trained staff – both reporters and photographers – to use audio recorders, video cameras, and editing programs
  Evaluated and purchased workstations, servers, software, audio and video gathering equipment

Staff Photographer, The Rocky Mountain News, Denver. June 1999 – May 2008

• Photographed a wide range of assignments for every section of the paper under a variety of conditions and
  deadlines including 2004 Summer Olympics, 2007 Colorado Rockies World Series run, Colorado?s wildfires in
  2003, Columbia shuttle disaster
• Frequently led photo teams covering major sporting and news events, including work as a photo editor
• Coordinated and conducted training for fellow photographers on many new technologies including converting from
  ?lm-based to digital cameras, analog, digital and wireless transmitting
• Introduced imaging and captioning standards for preparing photographs for production

(Worked as a regular freelancer and photo editor for the News from Oct. 1997 until June 1999.)

Contract Photographer, The Associated Press, Denver. July 1989 – March 1997

• Photographed a wide range of news sports and assignments
• Assisted AP members requests; managed freelance photographers completion of assignments; worked with AP editors and reporters in developing coverage plans for variety of assignments and events

Awards & Activities

• 2010 Heartland Emmy Award for “Final Edition” (Associate Producer – Topical Documentary)
• 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography
• 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography
• NPPA Best of Photojournalism (various)
• Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar (various)
• CAPER (various)
• CPA (various)
• Rocky Mountain Collegiate (Press) Media Association – Photographer of the Year (1986)

• Chair, NPPA Visual Journalism Workshop (2009)
• Coach, NPPA Multimedia Immersion (2009)
• Participant, NPPA Convergence workshops (2007 and 2008)

Education

• Bachelor of Arts, Journalism (Metropolitan State College)

Skills


Software:
• Final Cut Pro Studio 2.0 suite of applications
• Adobe Photoshop
• Camera Bits PhotoMechanic
• Microsoft Office
• WordPress CMS
• HTML, PHP

Hardware:

• Canon XHA1
• Canon XLH1
• Canon HV30
• Various audio recording devices
• Nikon & Canon digital SLR gear