SAMUEL COLMAR

Florence, KY • 859-444-7630 • samuelcolmar@outlook.com

I’m a student photojournalist with experience covering news, sports and features for collegiate media. I’m skilled in visual and written storytelling, from assignment pitching to deadline filing. I’m comfortable working in fast-paced environments and collaborating with everyone in the newsroom.

EDUCATION

Northern Kentucky University — Highland Heights, KY

Major in Journalism, minor in photography

Expected graduation: Fall, 2026

University of Kentucky — Lexington, KY

Completed three years of undergraduate coursework as a journalism major and photography minor

JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE

Kentucky Kernel, The University of Kentucky — Lexington, KY

Staff Photographer | Fall 2022-Fall 2023

• Photographed daily and enterprise assignments, including Division I athletics and campus news.

• Delivered consistently sharp, properly exposed images under tight turnaround times.

• Maintained organized archives and uploaded images to the newsroom’s content system.

Assistant Photo Editor | Fall 2023-Fall 2024

• Assigned and edited photo coverage for news, sports and feature stories on deadline.

• Collaborated with editors and reporters to plan visual approaches for high-impact stories.

• Wrote cutlines and ensured images met technical and ethical standards before publication.

[The Northerner, Northern Kentucky University — Highland Heights, KY]

Student contributor

• Cover NKU news, campus life and local community events for print and digital platforms.

AWARDS & HONORS

Kentucky Press Association, 2023

• 1st Place — Best Sports Picture

• 1st Place — Best General News Photo

• 1st Place — Best Feature Picture

Kentucky Press Association, 2024

• 1st Place — Best Sports Picture Essay

PHOTO & EDITING SKILLS

• Adobe Lightroom: culling, color correction, tone adjustment, cropping, basic retouching.

• Camera operation

• Lighting: available light, basic on-camera flash and understanding of mixed lighting situations.

• File management: organized workflows, backup practices and exporting for web/print.

JOURNALISM & OTHER SKILLS

• Strong news judgment and understanding of visual and written ethics in journalism.

• Experience writing clear, accurate captions that add context without opinion.

• Comfortable collaborating with writers, editors and designers as part of a newsroom team.

• Well-versed in AP Style writing

ACTIVITIES & INVOLVEMENT

• Student photojournalist and contributor to campus media at University of Kentucky and Northern Kentucky University.

• 'Picture Kentucky' participant in 2022 and 2023

• Vice President of the University of Kentucky's SPJ chapter in 2023