The Best of Photojournalism 2003

2003 Judges

Beth Keiser, Jean-François Leroy, Michael Sargent, Robert Seale, Horacio Villalobos


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Beth A. Keiser

A 1988 graduate of the University of Miami with a b.s. in psychology and a minor in marketing. While at the University, Beth began working for the school newspaper the Hurricane as a photographer and with much encouragement and support of the school's photo department was able to do an internship in photography at the Miami Herald in 1988.

After graduation, she freelanced for the Miami Herald and the Associated Press for two years before becoming full time staff with the Herald in the Broward County bureau. After 4 years with the Herald she left the paper and went to work for the Associated Press in Chicago, Illinois and then in New York City.

At the Associated Press she covered many events including the Olympics in Sydney, Australia and Nagano, Japan as well as witnessing history at the Oklahoma City Bombing, funeral of Princess Diana, Presidential campaigns and the coverage of the World Trade Center attacks for more than a year. In September of 2002, Beth resigned from the AP and is currently a photographer in New York City