Photo + Journalism
“Photography is ‘the humanity of the moment.’” – Robert Frank
Kara Elyse is a photographer, journalist, producer and advocate for equity, liberty, and good vibe based in Austin, Texas. She earned a bachelor’s from the University of Pittsburgh in Interdisciplinary Studies: Multi-Media Broadcasting, a self-designed major with concentrations in business and music. She obtained her master’s from the University of Texas at Austin, where she studied photojournalism and digital media. Her written and photographic work has appeared in Austin Woman Magazine, Ms. Magazine, Reporting Texas, KUT, the San Marcos Record and beyond. In 2022, she was selected by the Pittsburgh Black Media Federation to join a talented team of writers drawn from national networks to share stories of Pittsburgh’s 16 Cultural Treasures Heinz Endowments Initiative. In 2023, the Ascension Health “Care for All” campaign she and her company, Mindful Media, produced received a Telly Award.
- Medium (Mama Kadiatou’s Legacy, Dance Lessons)
- Ms. Magazine
- Pittwire
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- How Pitt alumna Kakenya Ntaiya fights for the rights of women and girls in rural Kenya
- MLB, USA Softball and kids alike use a Pitt inventor’s smart bats and balls
- Pitt’s Equestrian Club brings a little country to the city
- Pitt helped bring a gospel pioneer’s music back to life
- See a new portrait honoring the first Black woman to graduate from Pitt’s School of Pharmacy
- This professor uses scholar activism to change common perceptions of what research at Pitt looks like
- 9 tips for better sleep, from the people who keep Pitt athletes well rested
- A Ukrainian Pitt professor on the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion
