Jon Goering

Jon Goering is an award-winning photojournalist at the University of Kansas in Lawrence. He is a regular contract photographer for the Lawrence Journal World. Jon will graduate in May 2010 with undergraduate degrees in Journalism and French, with an additional concentration in African Studies. Languages spoken are English, French and Amharic. After graduation Jon plans to enroll in a graduate program in African Studies and study Swahili. Long-term career goals include moving back to Ethiopia where he lived from 2003-2005 to specialize in documentary photography and photojournalism in Africa.