BVJC 2009bellingham visual journalism conferenceJuly 17-19, 2009

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Scott Mc Kiernan

Scott Mc Kiernan is a photojournalist, agent, designer, and CEO/founding member of ZUMA Press, the largest picture agency and wire service in the world run by a photographer. He has taught at UCLA and is a publisher: DOUBLEtruck Magazine, zReportage and Bearing Witness Books.

Mc Kiernan built the first editorial database for pictures in the early hours of the World Wide Web, while founding ZUMA Press. Today he is the agent to some of the most respected photojournalists and newspapers in the world, running a staff of 50 with offices around the globe and representing more than 3,000 photojournalists, more than 100 large dailies and 66 picture agencies.

Mc Kiernan remains an active shooter, living for finding and making that one image that can make a difference.

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