Ken Kobre

Current

• Professor of Photojournalism at San Francisco State University
• Advisor at SF State Golden Gate XPress Newspaper
• Author at Focal Press/Elsevier

• Owner at Ken Kobre Photography

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Past

• Co-Author at Prentice Hall
• Associate Professor at University of Missouri at Columbia
• Assistant Professor at University of Houston

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Education

• Brown University
• Florida State University

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Ken Kobre’s Summary

I've been teaching photojournalism for nearly 30 years, have written the leading photojournalism textbook, "Photojournalism: The Professionals' Approach," now in its 6th edition, and co-authored the 7th and 8th editions of "Photography," the leading basic photography textbook.

My most recent project is KobreGuide.com, an Internet directory to the Web's most moving video and multimedia journalism: http://www.KobreGuide.com.

In 2007, my wife, Betsy Brill, and I launched my invention -- a device that instantly improves photos taken with the pop-up flash in 35mm SLR Nikon, Canon, and Pentax cameras. It allows photographers to bounce the light from the flash for more natural-looking photos. After all, I HATE looking at UGLY flash pictures. It's cleverly called "Professor Kobré's Lightscoop" and is being sold on the Internet at http://www.lightscoop.com and with our new exclusive online resale partner, Adorama.com: http://www.adorama.com/FALSUS.html.

Ken Kobre’s Specialties:

Natural-looking flash photography, candid photojournalism, effective and creative photography education, photo editing, digital video documentaries, multimedia storytelling.

Ken Kobre’s Experience

• Professor of Photojournalism

  San Francisco State University

  (Higher Education industry)

  1986 — Present (23 years )

• Advisor

  SF State Golden Gate XPress Newspaper

  (Photography industry)

  1986 — Present (23 years )

• Author

  Focal Press/Elsevier

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Publishing industry)

  January 1979 — Present (30 years 11 months)

  Recently completed the 6th edition of the world's leading photojournalism textbook, "Photojournalism: The Professionals' Approach."
  
  The text has been adopted by 125 universities. It was the main selection of the Macmillan Photographic Society Book Club. It was chosen by a juried selection at the New England Book Show as one of the top textbooks in 1980. Excellent reviews in Journalism Quarterly, Rangefinder, American Photo. The revision includes new chapters on multimedia and video as well as revised chapters on ethics, history, news and covering an assignment.
  
  The book's first publisher was Curtin & London, which subsequently sold the title to Focal Press.

• Owner

  Ken Kobre Photography

  (Photography industry)

  1975 — Present (34 years )

  Freelance photography, workshops, private consulting.
  
  Publisher of KobreGuide.com, a site showcasing the best multimedia and video journalism on the web.
  
  Also invented and am selling Professor Kobré's Lightscoop® (patent pending), a device that allows users of most cameras with a pop-up flash to bounce the light for more professional-looking photos. <a href="http://www.adorama.com/FALSUS.html/">
  Adorama</a> is our exclusive online and mail order reseller.

Additional Information

Ken Kobre’s Interests:

Photojournalism, photography, multimedia, video, flash photography invention (Professor Kobre's Lightscoop), video documentary, learning French, travel, reading, economic development in the Democratic Republic of Congo,Provence,France,

Ken Kobre’s Groups:

National Press Photographers Association; San Francisco Bay Area Press Photographers Association; Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication; American Society of Media Photographers.

•    ThoseinMedia
•    Brown Alumni Association (BAA)
•    FSU Alumni and Students
•    Photography Industry Professionals
•    NPPA - National Press Photographers Association
•    Focal Press

Ken Kobre’s Honors:

-Fulbright Senior Specialist
-Robert F. Garland Award for Education from the National Press Photographers Association.
-Gold Quill Award for Photography, International Association of Business Communicators.
-Regional Mark of Excellence Award for Photography, International Association of Business Communicators.
-Gannett Foundation Grant: Photo Essay on the development of children exposed to crack cocaine in the womb.
-Society of Newspaper Design award for the Golden Gater as best-designed student newspaper and best-designed front page in country. Adviser: Ken Kobré .
-Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Award (tie for first place) for Helpers In the War on AIDS, a student photojournalism and writing project. Advisers: Ken Kobré & Betty Medsger.
-Mark of Excellence National First Place for Feature Photography, Helpers In the War on AIDS, a student photojournalism and writing project. Advisers: Ken Kobré & Betty Medsger.

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