Metropolitan State University of Denver

Joseph Patrick Mahoney

Personal Biography Statement

Joe Mahoney is the director of multimedia for the Rocky Mountain Investigative News Network (I-News) in Denver, Colorado. I-News concentrates on high-impact, investigative journalism with an emphasis on data analysis, statistical analysis, data visualization and public records research.

Mahoney was the Assistant Director of Multimedia and a staff photographer for the Rocky Mountain News from 1999 until the paper closed in 2009.

He was part of photo teams that won the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography in 2000 and 2003. In 2010, he won an Emmy in the Topical Documentary category for his work as associate producer on “Final Edition.”

During his time with the News, he covered a wide range of stories from presidential campaigns, national political conventions, the Olympics, major league sports, natural disasters and many, many local issues.

Mahoney spent nine years with The Associated Press before joining the News.

Teaching Philosophy

Mastering a subject is a matter of building one's knowledge through internalizing basic concepts, connecting them and expanding on them. (Beware of shortcuts.) While one may be able to leapfrog over some basic principles into more advanced areas, skipping the fundamentals will likely cause problems later.

Conference Participation

Faculty, NPPA NewsVideo Workshop, 2010, 2011
Coach, NPPA Multimedia Immersion, 2009, 2011
Chair, NPPA Visual Journalism Workshop, 2009

Links

http://www.inewsnetwork.org
http://www.mahoneyimages.com

Courses Taught

ART-4290,JRN-2600,JRN-3600,JRN-3610,JRN-390R,JRN-4600,JRN-4890

Office Hours

Thursday - [13:30 to 14:30]