2010 Scholarship Winners

Kit King Scholarship

Rachel Mummey

Rachel Mummey is a graduate student with an emphasis in photojournalism at Ohio University, The School of Visual Communication Master of the Arts - Degree in progress.

Education:
University of Iowa,The School of Journalism & Mass Communication Bachelor of the Arts with Honors - May 2006

University of Iowa,The School of Art & Art History Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honors - May 2006

Experience:
The Virginian Pilot, Photo Intern, Summer 2010

Freelance Photographer, Chicago Tribune, The Iowa City Press-Citizen, The Cedar Rapids Gazette, Art Scene, The Little Village Maxim, Dawn to Dusk Fall 2008 Ohio University School of Visual Communication, May 2006 - Present

The Kalona News, Staff Photographer/Reporter, July 2007 - December 2007

The Daily Iowan, Assistant Photo Editor, August 2006 - July 2007

The Daily Iowan, Staff Photographer, February 2004 - August 2006

Awards & Recognition
64th CPOY Bronze Medal for Individual Multimedia Story 2009.

Featured on the New York Times Photojournalism Lens Blog and Multimedia Muse websites, April 2009, followed by an interview for Photo District News editorial issue, “A Lesson in Observation vs. Action,” August 2009.

College Iowa Press Photographer’s Association (IPPA) 2006; 1st place picture story, 3rd place general news, 3rd place portrait, HM picture story, HM general news. College IPPA 2005; 1st place general news.

Cedar Rapids Gazette Photo Scholarship 2006

A.W. Lee Scholarship 2005.

People in rural areas are often the hardest to reach for help in terms of getting health care. Rather than seeking out health care providers because of the remote nature of their environment, they often end up with out care, and most frequently they turn to each other, their families and depending on themselves. The vast majority of care giving takes place in the home. This story is a look at the struggles of aging in southern Ohio through the eyes of Bernard and Mary Triplet. The elderly couple who have been married for 62 years live everyday affected by the harsh realities that come with the onset of Alzheimer's Disease. The disease has robbed Mary of her memory over the last five years and forced Bernard to become the primary care giver to watch over her constantly. Here in the picture, Bernard helps Mary out of bed in the morning.

Goals

"My goal as a photojournalist is to create understanding. If the stories I photograph can influence even one person to pause and identify with another, then we are all the wiser because that connection took place. This summer I will be going to The Virginian Pilot for my first internship. I will be going with the goal of learning as much as possible from the incredibly talented staff there. I always keep my ears and my eyes open. In the state of our industry, sometimes I feel like the goal is to not give up. My goal is to keep taking pictures because there is an underlying urge to be a photojournalist that I can't ignore. So my goals, for now, are to do it, do it well, and then go out and do it again."