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 Liz MartinLiz joined the photojournalism staff five years ago. After a decade-long obsession with art, she put down the paint brushes and pencils and picked up her mom’s vintage Nikon while in high school and has had a camera in hand nearly every day since, documenting the lives of friends and strangers. A native Oklahoman and Texan transplant, she graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism in 2006 and continued working her way north with internships in Washington and Utah before returning to Cedar Rapids in 2007. |
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PHOTO GALLERY: Aerial shots of flooding in Eastern Iowa
Beat For Peace
Every now and then I’ll cover a story that just makes me happy, not just while I’m shooting, but for hours afterward. Covering this percussion group in Columbus Junction definitely fell into that category. I’m still kicking myself for leaving my audio kit behind when I hopped into the company car. These kids are [...]
Rainy day
On the way back to the Iowa City bureau from an assignment this drizzly afternoon, I couldn’t resist shooting a few photos of this duck couple on campus. I watched as the drake protected the hen while she dug around in a muddy puddle, and he stayed close by as she wandered onto the [...]
Meet the Kernels
Last night was the annual Meet the Kernels event, where the gates of Vets Memorial are open for fans to meet, mingle and collect autographs from Kernels players. This is the Kernels’ first year as a Twins affiliate under a new 4-year player development contract, so I spent quite awhile just looking for [...]
Sports photos of the week: March 17-23
Clear Creek-Amana’s Mia Smith (from left), Maquoketa’s Aubree Taylor and Solon’s Rylee Smith compete in the 55-yard hurdles in the indoor WAMAC conference track meet at the Cornell College Small Life Center on Tuesday, March 19, 2013, in Mount Vernon. Rylee won in 8.82 seconds, Smith was second in 8.91 seconds and Taylor tied for [...]
