Matthew McGehee, a managing editor, is a member of the class of 2023. His favorite part of photojournalism is the satisfaction of putting in the work to get a good photo during an assignment. He is a member of the U-High soccer team and likes to hike.
Awards:
2024 Illinois Journalism Education Association: First place, sports photo, One-run loss ends baseball season
2024 Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Award: Certificate of merit (with William Tan, Patrice Graham, Gabriel Issa, Kaden Moubayed, Matt Petres), photo story, "Photo Gallery: Raw reactions"
2023 National Scholastic Press Association Photo of the Year: Sports Feature, honorable mention
2023 Illinois Journalism Education Association: First place, photo gallery or slideshow (with Andrew Burke-Stevenson, Carter Chang, Patrice Graham, Gabriel Issa, Chloe Ma, Matt Petres, Amy Ren, Elliott Taylor, Malcolm Taylor), Photo gallery: Focused Faces
2023 Illinois Journalism Education Association: First place, photo story (with Andrew Burke-Stevenson, Carter Chang, Patrice Graham, Gabriel Issa, Meena Lee, Chloe Ma, Matt Petres, Amy Ren, Elliott Taylor, Malcolm Taylor), Focused Faces
2023 Illinois Journalism Education Association: Second place, photo gallery or slideshow (with Victoria Washington and Audrey Matei, Kaden Moubayed, Henry Benton, Patrice Graham, Ishani Hariprasad, Sarah Abdelsalam), Photos: ArtsFest 2023