Steve Sweitzer
Steve has over thirty years of broadcast TV news experience; shooting, writing, editing, field producing and as operations manager for WISH-TV in Indianapolis and WHAS in Louisville.
Among his numerous awards, he has been Indiana News Photographer of the Year and taken a first place in the Associated Press reporting category. He is the owner of Sweitzer Productions, a multimedia services company.
He is a past president of the National Press Photographers Association and received their Sprague Award, their highest honor for his achievements and contributions to the field of photojournalism.
Steve is chair of the NPPA’s Advanced StoryTelling Workshop. He has judged numerous contests including the NPPA’s video Best of Photojournalism contest and the White House News Photographers contest.
Steve has taught various journalism courses for IUPUI and received the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, their highest honor for an adjunct professor.
He graduated in 1971 from Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana with a BA in photographic journalism and in 1987 he earned a Journalism Masters Degree from IU.
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