Jovelle Tamayo 2024
Visual journalist,
documentary photographer,
multimedia editor
Seattle, Washington, USA
hello@jovelle.photo
jovelle tamayo
I am multimedia visuals editor and documentary photographer.
Currently, I'm a multimedia editor at The Marshall Project, where I work with photojournalists, illustrators and other visual storytellers to report on prisons, police, courts, and the people who are harmed by the criminal justice system.
I am also a photo/video journalist and have been published internationally, in outlets like The Guardian UK/US, The New York Times, The Washington Post, TIME magazine, California Sunday Magazine and High Country News. In addition to my work as a visual journalist, I'm a media educator for undergraduate college students at the University of Washington, and youth with Reel Grrls, Coyote Central, Northwest Film Forum, Seattle International Film Festival, The Everyday Projects and Rain City Rock Camp. I've also worked as a contract visuals editor for Sundance Institute, Leafly News, The Marshall Project, ESPN’s The Undefeated, the Smithsonian Institution, and the National Audubon Society/Audubon Magazine.
I am an FAA Part-107 licensed drone pilot and received hostile environment and emergency first aid training through IWMF. Contact me to ask about additional safety and professional certifications.
Previously, I covered daily news and sports at the Yakima Herald-Republic in Central Washington, the Valley News in Vermont and New Hampshire, and The Times Herald-Record in New York’s Hudson Valley through the Dow Jones News Fund. I graduated with a degree in political science from Rutgers University in New Jersey, where I served as editor-in-chief and photography editor of The Daily Targum.
Through Authority Collective, which builds community and opportunity for image-makers of color, I co-produced projects like the Lit List and the Photographer’s Guide to Inclusive Photography. I am a co-director for one of AAJA's signature programs, Voices, which offers mentorship and training to up-and-coming journalists. I previously served on the Board of Directors of the South Seattle Emerald, which aims to amplify the voices of South Seattle, and as Vice President of Programs of the Asian American Journalists Association in Seattle.
I was born in Olongapo City, Philippines, raised in Central New Jersey, and currently based in the Pacific Northwest.
Want to support my independent documentary work? Buy me a coffee.
Affiliations
Juntos Photo Cooperative, The Authority Collective, Women Photograph, Diversify Photo, National Press Photographers Association, Brown Girls Doc Mafia
Photo Bill of Rights: As a representative for the Authority Collective, I’m proud to be a co-author and signatory of the Photo Bill of Rights. The Photo Bill of Rights brings attention to the pervasive issues surrounding health, safety, access, bias, ethics, and finance throughout the visual media industry and offers solutions to establish equitable standards through actionable steps. Visit www.photobillofrights.com to learn more and to sign the bill.
Women Photograph Byline Data: From 2020 to 2023, I supported the Women Photograph data collection team by tracking the gender of photographers seen above the fold on the front pages of the Wall Street Journal and Los Angeles Times. The data sets help us examine how photographers of different genders are hired and published in the photojournalism industry.
Select Publications & Clients
Publications: The Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, The California Sunday Magazine, The Marshall Project, the Intercept, NPR, TIME, Bloomberg, Business Insider, U.S. News and World Report, CNN, San Francisco Chronicle, ESPN’s The Undefeated, BRIGHT the Mag, Audubon Society, Leafly News, Buzzfeed News, NBC News, The Huffington Post, KUOW, Seattle Globalist, CURE Magazine, STAT News, Public Radio International’s The World, Education Week, Rolling Stone
Clients: AARP, Atlantic 57, T Brand Studio, The Common Acre, DLR Group and the City of Portland, Gonzaga University, Henry Art Gallery, iDEKO, Kitsap Transit, MLB.com, Non White Works, Schmidt Ocean Institute, Seattle Mariners, Seattle Sounders, Seattle Seahawks, The Sikh Coalition, Sundance Film Festival, Urban Bee Company
Currently in Seattle, Washington, USA
I live and work on the traditional territory of Coast Salish peoples, specifically the Duwamish Tribe.
Contact
Email: hello@jovelle.photo
Want to connect about The Marshall Project? Email me at jtamayo@themarshallproject.org.
Workshops & Recognitions
2023: American Photography 39 Chosen Winner
2022: TIME’s Best Portraits of 2022
2022: Eddie Adams Workshop XXXV, People award
2022: IWMF Hostile Environment/First Aid Training (HEFAT)
2021: Part of The Marshall Project’s Pulitzer Prize-winning project team for Mauled as a contributing multimedia editor
2020: TIME’s Best of Photojournalism 2020
2018, 2020: Allied Media Conference
2019: SPJ Western Washington Passion Project Grant
2018: Women Photograph Workshop Portfolio Award
2018: THREAD at Yale University
2017: Kalish Visual Editing Workshop
2016: New York Portfolio Review
2016: Missouri Photo Workshop, Cuba
2016: Seattle Globalist Visual Journalist of the Year
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My go-to video whenever I’m feeling blue — marching band kitties!