Keynote speakers

Breaking news photography

Featuring St. Louis Post-Dispatch photographers
David Carson, Robert Cohen, Christian Gooden and Laura Skrivan

7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10

> View their work that was awarded
the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography.

Laurie Skrivan, a staff photographer at
the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for 24 years, has been recognized by the Pictures of the Year International and the National Press Photographers Association’s Best of Photojournalism competition.

She won the 2017 Robert F. Kennedy award
for photography. She’s a University of Missouri graduate and a native of St. Louis.

Christian Gooden has more than 25 years experience as a photojournalist, possessing
a wealth of logistical expertise for visual coverage of daily news, sports, business and lifestyles.

He is a Morehouse College graduate and University City, Missouri, native.

David Carson has been a staff photographer for the Post-Dispatch for 22 years, has won regional Emmy Awards and has been honored three times as the National Press Photographers Association regional photographer of the year.

A Boston area native, he attended college
at the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Robert Cohen has been a staff photographer at the Post-Dispatch for 23 years.

He has been recognized eight times as Regional Photographer of the Year by the National Press Photographers Association and is a member of the Scripps-Howard Editorial Hall of Fame.

He was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2010 for his portrayal of homeless suburban families camping in motels during the recession.
He attended the University of Texas in Austin.