1. Joseph F. Cempa
405-815-1615
joecempa@yahoo.com
Objective: To find a general assignment, investigative reporter or photojournalist
position with an established newspaper or magazine.
Summary of Qualifications: Over ten-years’ experience as a photojournalist,
writer and photo editor. Hundreds of images and articles published in a variety
of periodicals around the world. Organized and able to focus on a variety of
projects or assignments.
Expertise in gathering facts and generating informative visual representation or
concise written copy.
Past record of effective adaptation of ideas and information to create final product
for publication. Ability to gain in depth interviews, research and provide hard
hitting copy on or before deadlines.
Professional Experience: After
, oil spills, offshore drilling, forest
fires, earthquakes and toxic accidents. Also covered such diverse subjects as
Homelessness, teen pregnancy, brain injury treatments, marijuana eradication
efforts by state and federal law enforcement and many other issues.
taking over forty units of college classes in
journalism and photography I began work as a full time reporter. I specialized in
environmental and social issues affecting California and the Pacific Northwest.
Such as: Logging and environmental impacts
Served as contract photographer for Black Star Photo Agency for five years, worked
as a stringer for United Press International, Reuters, The Los Angeles Times, San
Francisco Examiner, The National Enquirer and several other news agencies.
My work was published in a number of domestic and international publications.
Among them: Time, Newsweek, People Magazine, GEO, National Geographic
and dozens of others.
Current Work: Stringer for Galveston Times, Galveston, Texas—2009.
Associate Editor, Arkansas Rockstar Magazine—2010.