ComMedia in Brazil: Scenes from Rio
Rio de Janeiro has a distinctive urban personality. Students made these images while doing field work during Spring Break for Comm 402 International Reporting.
View more pictures and read about Rio in ComMedia in Brazil: The blog.
About the Contributors
Kelley King
2012 Graduate / Visual Journalism
Kelley is a Penn State graduate with a major in visual journalism and a minor in sociology. She has interned as a multimedia reporter at two.one.five magazine in Philadelphia, as a lifestyle writer at the Lansdale Reporter, and worked three years on the staff of The Daily Collegian student newspaper, where she was Photo/Multimedia Chief.
In 2012 she traveled to Rio de Janeiro to do field work for Comm 402, International Reporting.
Chloe Elmer
2012 Graduate / Visual Journalism
Chloe Elmer graduated in Spring 2012 with a major in visual journalism and a minor in psychology. She was the photo editor and an active staff photographer for The Daily Collegian, Penn State’s independently-run student newspaper.
She traveled to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2012 for a class on international reporting. In the summer of 2010, she spent 10 weeks in London, where she interned at Archant, the largest independently-owned media company in the United Kingdom. These experiences helped her to gain valuable global professional experience and a more independent mindset.
Though she enjoys photographing any type of event, sports and spot news are two of her favorites. She is currently widening her skills through wedding and portrait photography
Jill Knight
Graduate / Visual Journalism
Jill Knight is a graduate of the visual journalism program at Penn State’s University Park campus.
In the spring of 2012, Jill traveled to Rio de Janeiro with a team of students for a short-term international reporting project. Her multimedia piece from the trip won first place in a NPPA quarterly student clip contest and was published in various McClatchy news service publications.
In the fall of 2012, Jill was selected to be a member of the Online News Assocation student newsroom and was invited to attend the Eddie Adams workshop. Jill has worked as a freelance photographer for Polaris Images, The Centre Daily Times, The York Dispatch, The Fayetteville Observer and is a student contributor to Penn State’s CommMedia.
Jill’s photo story, A Navy Officer in Training, recently won 4th place in the Hearst Journalism Awards picture story category.
Jill was most recently a photo intern at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and will be interning with the Charlotte Observer in summer 2013.
Her work can be seen on her website: http://www.jillianknight.com
Cassandra Hom
Senior / Broadcast Journalism
Cassandra Hom is a senior majoring in Broadcast Journalism with a minor in sociology and international studies at Penn State University. She is a reporter for ComRadio, the Penn State student-run radio station that features news and sports. Additionally, she is also a reporter and producer for the Centre County Report. Cassandra is currently a production intern for the Pennsylvania Cable Network. Recently, she returned from an international reporting trip in Brazil for the McClatchy news service. In May 2012, Cassandra will graduate from Penn State and then pursue a career in television production.