Media Type: Photo
Danny Lyon
Danny Lyon is a photographer, filmmaker and writer. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he studied history at the University of Chicago, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1963. While still a student he joined the early southern civil rights movement, using his camera to support the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Upon graduation, … Continued
Daniel Schorr
Daniel Schorr, the last of Edward R. Murrow’s legendary CBS team, began his career as a foreign correspondent during World War II, writing for The Christian Science Monitor. During the post-Stalin thaw, Schorr opened the CBS News bureau in Moscow in 1955 and became one of the first western journalists to obtain an exclusive interview … Continued
Craig Claiborne
Craig Claiborne was a restaurant critic and food editor for The New York Times for 30 years. After graduating from the Missouri School of Journalism in 1942, he fought in World War II in Europe, North Africa and the Pacific. In 1946, while the former Naval officer was working in public relations at ABC in … Continued
Clifton Edom
Professor Emeritus Clifton Edom has a record of memorable achievements in the field of photography. Edom, a graduate of the University, organized and headed the School of Journalism’s photojournalism department. He founded the Fifty Print Competition and Exhibition, forerunner of the Pictures of the Year contest, in 1943; started Kappa Alpha Mu, the national photography … Continued
