Ellie Miranda
Markovitch
Multimedia Storyteller
elliemarkovitch@gmail.com
• Artist/Educator, Youth
Media, Troy, NY, The Sanctuary for Independent Media, present
• Photography teacher, Workforce
Development Institute, Unseen America workshop, present
• Artist/Educator, Tech
Valley High School, Rensselaer, NY, Spring 2012
• Freelancer, produced
multimedia packages for The International Herald Tribune newspaper and other
Web sites, Paris, France, 03/2007-07/2008
• Staff Photographer, The
Herald News daily newspaper, West Paterson, New Jersey, 10/2000-11/2004
• Photo intern, The Jersey
Journal daily newspaper, Jersey City, New Jersey, 02/2000-09/2000
• Staff photographer, The
Lewisville Leader weekly newspaper, Lewisville, Texas, 05/1999-08/1999
Foreign Assignments
Mexico, outsourcing of New
Jersey jobs, 10/2004
Turkey, New Jersey band tour,
09/2003
Poland, New Jersey
connections, 05/2002
India, New Jersey charitable
connections, 08/2001
El Salvador, earthquake,
02/2001
Puerto Rico, Vieques
protests, 08/2000
Main Honors and Awards
• First place, News Audio
Slideshow (Independent) on the Web, National Press Photographers
Association—The Best Of Photojournalism 2008 international competition
• Judge for the SND.ies: The
Best of Multimedia Design competition by Society for News Design, 2005-2006.
• Second place, "Losing
Mary", Feature Picture Story, National Press Photographers Association —
The Best of Photojournalism 2004 international competition
• New Jersey Understanding
Award, New Jersey Press Photographers Association, 2003
• First place, Feature photography,
New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists, 2001
Special Skills and Other
Employment
• Multi-lingual: fluent in
English, Portuguese, Spanish and French
• Member of Chefs Consortium,
organization that raises awareness of local food systems
• Artist/Educator, food
workshop at the New York Hall of Science, 12/29-30/2011
• Artist/Educator, DIY
SnackShop/ Uptown Summer/ The Sanctuary for Independent Media
06/2011– 08/2011
• Photographer, America 24/7
books, New Jersey. Documented life in the state of New Jersey as part of
nationwide project, 05/2003
• Photographer, Southwestern
Oklahoma State University Public Relations Office, 08/1995-05/1996
Education
Master of Fine Arts in
Electronic Arts from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 12/2011
University of Texas at
Arlington, B.A. in journalism, photojournalism specialization, 12/1998
