UP MMJ - Spring 2020

Most photographers have a specialty, some love doing portraits or weddings but sometimes daily life needs to be front and center. Enter commercial food stylist and photographer Emily Triggs. Emily Triggs got her start in marketing, in fact she has an MBA.  While many professional photographers don’t have professional training in their craft, getting a graduate degree in a different discipline is not a common story.  While marketing and taking pictures of food may seem unrelated, for Triggs, her marketing background makes her a better photographer. She understands branding and what clients need beyond what makes a pretty photograph.  Image of Emily Trigg’s Instagram @chewandtaste. Based on the client list she has acquired, the fact that she has only been an entrepreneur for 2 years is impressive. Clients like Salt and Straw and restaurants all over Portland fill her Instagram feed as well as still life featuring local ceramics and fresh produce.  ...

Akihiko Miyoski is a multimedia artist working in the field of photography and digital media art as well as a professor of art at Reed College. He has been acknowledged for his outstanding art contributions with several awards like being  the International Award Winner of Fellowship 12 at The Silver Eye Center for Photography.  Outside of his artistic endeavors Akihiko Miyoski is well known and respected for many other things, including of course his teaching credits and his background in computer science in which he has many publications on the subject including the Implementation and Evaluation of Real-Time Java Threads. What really attracted me to Akihiko Miyoski for this project is how he is choosing to tell stories and create art in a world where technology is creeping its way into every part of our life, even art. Miyoski is exploring how traditional art can be infused with modern technology and how technology is able to be used for new forms of art cre...

Dan Marang had always dreamed of a career in sports. He had a deep love for basketball especially, proudly supporting his hometown Portland Trail Blazers and hoping one day to get a job covering them. But then 9/11 happened, and his perspective changed. Everything else suddenly felt trivial. So that's when Marang decided to change course. "9/10 I was going to business school. 9/12 I was enlisted in the Air Force,” Marang said. “My life took a pretty dramatic change and all that stuff chasing journalism, sports broadcasting, play-by-play announcer, analyst, all that stuff went on hold.” After the Air Force Marang took advantage of the 100% tuition assistance, earning a degree in international business and working as a business analyst. But he still had the sports bug, a desire to work in the sports media realm he had always dreamed of. Fast forward over a decade and Marang now co-hosts a TV show, podcast, and writes all about the team he grew up loving, carving hi...

Photo courtesy of Tess Novotny In the midst of an unprecedented global pandemic, Tess Novotny isn’t slowing down. While many local newspapers are struggling to stay afloat , Novotny has found her place at Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) where she assists with the production of the popular radio show ‘Think Out Loud’ and is working on a series of promotional podcasts for an upcoming documentary series on OPBTV. Listen to Tess speak about how the pandemic is affecting journalism Novotny may be young –– she graduated from college in 2018 –– but she has already had a diverse journalism career. At the University of Oregon, she worked at the school’s magazine writing features and also worked at the college radio station. She has covered crime in the small town of Klamath Falls, and now she works for the well-known broadcasting company OPB. As an aspiring journalist about to graduate, I wanted to learn more about Novotny’s journey and see if she had any advice...

My visit to the Portland Business Journal was a quaint dive into an oddly successful branch of journalism. Their niche market and unique services have allowed it to be successful even in the worst of times. At the heart of this operation is Matthew Kish, who has been a reporter with the Portland Business Journal for over 13 years. Kish commonly covers Nike, upcoming small businesses, and any corporate legal cases that might impact the Portland business community. Kish got his undergraduate degree in philosophy at Ohio Dominican University, and went on to pursue a graduate degree in liberal arts and science at Reed College. Shortly after he moved on to be a Fellow at the Coro Leadership Center, which became a good ground for networking. From there he began interning and involving himself in journalistic work. He was a freelancer for the Oregonian and Portland Tribune for a few years before moving into a full-time position with the Indianapolis Business Journal. This lasted ...