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REPORTER MAY 2015 reporter.rit.edu

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REPORTER EDITOR IN CHIEF Alyssa Jackson PRINT MANAGING EDITOR Joan McDonough

ONLINE MANAGING EDITOR Nathaniel Mathews COPY EDITOR Amanda Moon NEWS EDITOR Taylor Derrisaw TECHNOLOGY EDITOR Natasha Amadasun LEISURE EDITOR Gino Fanelli FEATURES EDITOR Nicole Howley SPORTS EDITOR Alexander Jones VIEWS EDITOR William Hirsh WRITERS Bryanne McDonough, Dev Sheth, Bill Gerken, Gino Fanelli, Nilan Lovelace, Evander Sousa, Alexander Jones, Ty Clauss, Kevin Zampieron

ART ART DIRECTOR Rachel Smith ONLINE ART DIRECTOR Jordyn Carias SENIOR DESIGNER Teysia Parks STAFF DESIGNERS Emily Butler,

PHOTO EDITORS NOTE The past year has been a long and interesting journey to say the least. When I look back on this year I can say that I truly learned a lot by working here. For the past few years this job has been seen as more of a hassle than a privilege, juggling it with all the work we are burdened with as students almost seems impossible. But, as I look back on the past year I found that I learned so much from working at Reporter. As a photojournalism major, I hear all about deadlines and working in teams, we attempt this with group projects and assignment due dates, but you can never truly experience anything like that in a classroom. Here at Reporter, I found what it really feels like to work with a team, to manage a group of photographers who are also my peers, and to create an actual publication.

My professor Jenn Poggi recently gave our class a lecture about fear and shame. She talked about how you can’t be afraid to fail, and if you do fail, don’t hide it. Reach out to your peers and seek the help you need because the longer you hide from it the worse it’s going to get. My time here at Reporter has taught me to speak up when I had made a mistake and to also not be afraid to let my voice be heard. The group of students here is more like a family then anything else, and I am happy to say that I was able to be a part of that this year. Here at Reporter I found what it is like to work with students who have such potential and talent and I want to thank them all for helping me survive this year.

Annie Wong, Teysia Parks, Halli Rosin, Raven Reynolds, Alexandria Bates

PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTO EDITOR Kim Bubello CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS

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Sarah Ann Jump, Michael Murtaugh, Victoria Binkley, Lloyd McCullough, Kristen McNicholas, Meghan Conor

BUSINESS BUSINESS MANAGER Jaclyn Bergin AD / PR MANAGER Rachael Moynihan PRODUCTION MANAGER Ryan Walsh

Reporter would like to congratulate our former photo editor David Carson for winning a Pulitzer Prize. Carson and the photography staff at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch won the Pulitzer for their coverage of the events in Ferguson, Missouri.

ONLINE SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR Nathan J. Lichtenstein WEB MANAGER Joe Jankowiak VIDEO EDITOR Sara Caruso

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THE PHOTOGRAPHERS Senior Photographers:

Sarah Ann Jump 4th Photojournalism Easton, MD

Michael Murtaugh 4th Advertising Photography Rochester, NY

Victoria Binkley 4th Advertising Photography West Chester, PA

Staff Photographers:

Lloyd McCullough 1st Advertising Photography Greensburg, PA

Kristen McNicholas 3rd Photojournalism Geneva NY

Meghan Connor 2nd Imaging & Photographic Technology Clifton Park, NY

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NEW ROOTS 6 Photo Issue

New Roots is the story of the Kamali family’s first year in America after fleeing the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They lived for four years as refugees in Ethiopia before they were finally able to resettle in a permanent new home. They arrived in Rochester, N.Y. on Tuesday, February 4, 2014, exhausted and excited to start a new life in America.

Over the course of the year, each member of the Kamali family adjusted to life in America at their own pace. Nyirazana is a widowed mother of six. When she arrived, she spoke no English and was disabled due to a spinal injury. Her brother, Muhire,

stepped in as the patriarch of the family and helped them build a new life. They faced barriers in language, transportation and making a living but they said there was no other place they would rather be.

“When you are starting a new life, everything is difficult. You have to be able to stand for it. If I have been able to stand for my life in insecurity, it is easier to stand for my life when I have stability.

In time, everything becomes easier.” -Muhire To see more visit: http://www.newrootsproject.com

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A photo study of hypnagogia and humainty and its connection to nature.

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1. A portrait of Fr. Bill Graf in the RIT campus chapel.

2. Olivia in the old downtown Rochester’s subway tunnels.

3. Self portrait taken on Lake Ontario.

4. Star trail composite image of the RIT Simone Center; the image was made by combining over 250 consecutive photos.

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KRISTEN MCNICHOLAS

BRAVEST OF THE BRAVES Courtney Wagner is a seventeen-year-old stage 4 Glioblastoma patient who has been living with this form of brain cancer since she was fourteen years old. She was given an original prognosis of six months to live.

Through a support system of family, friends and teammates, Courtney has

maintained a positive attitude through numerous surgeries, radiation and chemotherapy treatments. This past March Courtney was even able to meet her idol, Ellen DeGeneres, after her mom started a Facebook group documenting Courtney’s journey and the immense following used

the hashtag #GetCourtneyToEllen to get the attention of the show’s producers.

She will be graduating from Canandaigua Academy this June and plans on attending Hobart and William Smith in the fall where she will be on the William Smith Herons’ varsity soccer team.

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1. Bill and Eileen Connor, their daughter Laura Connor, and their dog Guinness relax after a long day in their home in Clifton Park, NY. 2. A young boy views the “Infinity Boxes,� an installation at Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester, NY.

3. Polarized Crystal Melts 4. Darkfield Pumpkin Stem

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