Jodi Cobb
This team is named after Jodi Cobb, the only woman ever to hold the coveted title of National Geographic staff field photographer in the magazine’s 130-year history. She has photographed more than 30 stories for National Geographic as a staff photographer and freelancer and has worked in more than sixty-five countries throughout her career. She is one of the most widely published and successful female photographers world-wide. Her book on the hidden life of geishas in Japan was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Cobb received her Master of Arts and Bachelor of Journalism degrees from the University of Missouri.
Faculty Mentors
Golon’s decades-long career as a visual editor includes work as the Director of Photography at The Washington Post, Director of Photography at Time Magazine and more than 20 years as a senior photography editor at Time Magazine. She has received individual and team picture-editing awards from the Pictures of the Year International competition as well as the National Press Photographers Association Best of Photojournalism competitions. In 2013, she was named Picture of the Editor of the Year by the IFA Lucie Awards, and Golon was twice selected for American Photo magazine’s list of the 100 most important people in photography. In 2024, she joined the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University to teach classes in visual editing.
Goodman has been a photo editor at The Associated Press for more than 13 years. She has edited high-profile events ranging from Super Bowls and Olympics to the war in Ukraine. Currently, she works for AP’s global climate and environment team where she leads journalists on assignments around the world. She’s channeled her passion for climate storytelling into workshops that help journalists develop visually-led stories that resonate with readers. Goodman graduated from the University of Missouri with a degree in photojournalism. This is her second year as faculty at MPW.
Photographers
Jamie Kelter Davis
Maxim Elramsisy
Zane Hamm
DeJonte July
Liz Rymarev
Kezia Setyawan
Laura Thompson
Kaiden J. Yu