About
Phone: (317) 452-3676
Email: jmusselmanphoto@gmail.com
Me photographing Ball State’s season opener in 2021.
Photo: Samantha Blankenship
Hey!
I’m Jacob Musselman, I am a new grad living in Brownsburg, Indiana, just outside of Indianapolis. I am a freelance photographer interested in sports, music, feature and news photography assignments. I have a wide variety of experience from newspaper clients, magazine clients and college athletic departments.
Me photographing Ball State play the Buffalo Bulls at the MAC Championship in 2020.
Photo: Ty Nibbs
Resume
Education
Ball State University— Muncie, Ind.
Bachelors of Arts- Journalism and Telecommunications with a minor in digital publishing (Fall 2018- Winter 2022)
Work Experience
Content Coordinator — North American Hardware and Paint Association (October 2023—Present)
Technical Publications Writer — Republic Airways (September 2022—October 2023)
Prepare changes to controlled documents for submission to the FAA.
Updates master printing copy of publications and associated file management.
Provides input for continuous publication process improvement.
Reporter and photojournalist — The Lebanon Reporter (December 2021—September 2022)
Formulate story ideas on a daily basis for news briefs and longer feature stories.
Take photographs for news, sports and feature stories as well as video.
Editor (Freelance) —The Southside Times/ Center Grove Icon (July 2021—December 2021)
Worked as an editor on a weekly publication as well as a bi-monthly product. The total pages per week is 20+ with an extra 20 pages a week twice a month.
Reported and photographed a cover story weekly. Compiled local information into briefs.
Collaborate with a page designer and sales representatives on a daily basis.
Freelance photographer (November 2019—Present)
Building relationships and consulting with clients during pre and post-production to meet their visual needs.
Photograph assignments for local and regional clients.
Organize and send invoices to clients.
Photo Editor—The Ball State Daily News (January 2020—May 2021)
Worked with a team of editors to publish a weekly paper as well as daily content online.
Prepared and edited photos that would go online and in print.
Organized a team of photojournalists by editing, providing feedback, and preparing photos for digital and print platforms.
Intern—The News-Sun (May—July 2021)
Selected by the Hoosier State Press Association to be the Pulliam Intern for the summer of 2020.
Covered daily news assignments and longer, feature stories.
Produced and edited news and feature stories for both print and online as well as photo galleries.
Collaborated with an editor on the daily production of a print publication.
Software & Skills
Software
Adobe Creative Suite (Lightroom CC, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator)
Photo Mechanic 6
Audacity
Skills
Digital asset management (Photoshelter)
Photo editing on deadline
AP Style
Copy editing
Data visualization
Setting up photo studios including lighting setups and working with subjects
Not being too annoying in Slack channels
Recognition
2021
1st place Best sports photo Indiana Collegiate Press Association
2nd place Best news photo Indiana Collegiate Press Association
1st place News photography Society of Professional Journalists
2nd place sports photography Society of Professional Journalists
3rd place feature photography Society of Professional Journalists
2020
Bronze ‘Spot news’ College Photographer of the Year
Runner up College Photographer of the Year, Indiana News Photographers Association
2nd place Gallery Indiana News Photographers Association
2nd place Sports Indiana News Photographers Association
2019
1st place News Society of Professional Journalists
2nd place Sports Society of Professional Journalists
My images have been featured on the social media and websites of these companies and sports teams below.
