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Josie Lepe persists and excels as a Sports Photojournalist and visual voice for her community
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Josie Lepe began as a lab tech at the San Jose Mercury News and went on to capture some of the iconic moments in San Francisco Bay Area Sports as a Sports Photographer. She discusses her journey into photojournalism, the challenges she faced as a woman in sports photojournalism, how her culture and background influenced how she approached her work and why she chose to pursue a Master’s in Fine Art photography after a twenty plus year career in photojournalism.
Josie Lepe Website: https://www.josielepe.com/index
Josie’s IG: https://www.instagram.com/josielepe/
Josie’s work at the San Jose Mercury News: https://www.mercurynews.com/author/josie-lepe/
Support future journalists through Mosaic. Their focus is on reaching young Latinos, Asian, and Black youth to be inspired to be future journalists. https://www.mosaicjournalism.org
Photogrpahers Josie mentions:
Richard Wisdom https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/04/16/richard-wisdom-longtime-mercury-news-photographer-dies-at-81/
Marcio Sanchez https://www.instagram.com/marciojsanchez/?hl=en
Karen Borchers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_T._Borchers
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