Thomas Michael Corcoran
Journalist/Photographer/Designer
77 Elm Street #53
Waterville, ME 04901
(202) 281-4558
mike@thomasmichaelcorcoran.com
FUNCTIONAL SUMMARY
Since graduating from the Corcoran College of Art I have been working as a photographer, graphic designer, and artist. During the four years I was completing my degree in photojournalism at the Corcoran College of Art, I also freelanced as a writer and photojournalist in Washington, D.C. During my four years in the Marines I was responsible for finding, writing, and photographing stories of interest and supervising subordinates’ assignments. My proficiency in multiple aspects of journalism: photography/video, writing, layout/design, and media relations, will make me a valued contributor to any publication or news agency.
EMPLOYMENT
Staff Photographer Morning Sentinel, Waterville, ME., Aug. 2008 – Present
Copy Editor Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel, Augusta, ME., Aug. 2007 – Aug. 2008
Freelance Photojournalist Washington, D.C., Sept. 2002 – Aug. 2008
-Freelance member of The Senate Press Photographers Gallery and the National Press Photographers Association
-Freelance clients have included The Washington Post, The Denver Rocky Mountain News, Getty Images, European PressPhoto Agency, Scripps Howard News Service, ESPN the Magazine, The Brookings Institution, Aflac, and The American Humane Society
Graphic and Layout Designer American Society for Engineering Education, January to June 2007
-Produced graphics and design work, using a variety of techniques and software, for award-winning academic publications
-Did pagination and layout work for society publications
-Produced several full and half-page magazine advertisements
Photojournalism Instructor (Advanced Placement) Sandy Spring Friends School, Md., Fall 2005
-Taught photojournalism history as well as shooting techniques and theories to juniors and seniors working for the high school newspaper
-Wrote curriculum and evaluated final photo stories for aesthetic, technical, and journalistic qualities
Marine Correspondent
26th Marine Expeditionary Unit Public Affairs Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, NC, Jan. 2001 – Sept. 2002
-Wrote and photographed for the Marine Corps-wide news wire, as well as Camp Lejeune’s Globe
-Responded to media queries involving our units deployable status
-Produced photographic, print news, and video coverage of the Marine Expeditionary Unit’s intense, year-long Special Operations training
-Produced both military and civilian front-page coverage of the controversial Naval Gunfire Training from the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico
-Provided coverage and civilian media support as Expeditionary Unit Marines made their way across the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and into the North Arabian Sea following the events of 9-11
-Provided media support, protection, and front-page coverage from Kandahar, Afghanistan for The New York Times and other publications, as well as coverage for Time Magazine, The Christian Science Monitor, and Stars and Stripes
-Photos included in The New York Times’ photo book A Nation Challenged, and the National Geographic Society book FROM THE FRONT: The Story of War
Joint Public Affairs Office Marine Corps Air Station New River, NC, Feb. 2000 – Jan. 2001
-Responded to media queries, many of which concerned mishaps with the controversial vertical-lift aircraft, the MV-22 Osprey
-Helped with layout and design of New River Air Station’s RotoVue
-Provided Media escort and tours of the air station
-Photographed and wrote front-page stories for RotoVue and Jacksonville, N.C.’s Daily News
6th Marine Regiment, Air/Ground Task Force Twentynine Palms Combat Center, CA, Dec. 1999 – Feb. 2000
-Tasked with the news coverage of all air and ground units training at Twentynine Palms Air/Ground Combat Center for Combined Arms Exercise
-Photographed front page article for the civilian-owned Marine Corps Times
-Photographed and wrote front-page stories and double trucks for Camp Lejeune’s Globe
-Photographed and wrote front-page stories for New River Air Station’s RotoVue
Joint Public Affairs Office Marine Corps Air Station New River, NC, Sept. 1998 – Dec. 1998
-Wrote news and feature stories and photographed for the station bi-weekly newspaper the RotoVue
-Several of my first stories appeared in the Marine Corps-wide publications, Marines Magazine and Continental Marine
EDUCATION
Corcoran College of Art and Design Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photojournalism, Washington DC, 2006
-Studied under Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Stephen Crowley (photographer, New York Times), and Tyler Marshall (writer, Los Angeles Times), as well as photo critic and author Andy Grundberg (New York Times)
-126th Annual Academic Studies Faculty Award
Defense Information School Basic Journalism Course, Electronic Journalism Course, Ft. Meade, MD in 1999
Art Institute of Pittsburgh Associate Degree in Visual Communication, Pittsburgh 1996-98
