Matt Petres is a co-editor in chief of photojournalism and a member of the class of 2023. His favorite part of photojournalism is teaching new staff to use the equipment. Outside of photojournalism, Matt enjoys biking on the lakefront trail. This is his second year on staff.
Awards:
2024 Illinois Journalism Education Association: First place, multimedia story package (with William Tan), Balancing Act: A brotherly bond drives twin gymnasts Akshay and Kavan Puri to success
2024 Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Award: Certificate of merit (with William Tan, Patrice Graham, Gabriel Issa, Matthew McGehee, Kaden Moubayed), photo story, “Photo Gallery: Raw reactions”
2023 National Scholastic Press Association Digital Story of the Year: Multimedia sports, fourth place (with William Tan)
2023 National Scholastic Press Association Photo of the Year: Environmental portrait, honorable mention
2023 Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Award: Digital news: single spot news photo, first place, “Russian invasion shocks, concerns students of Ukrainian descent“
2023 Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Award: Yearbook feature photo, second place, “Excited audience”
2023 Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Award: Yearbook sports feature photo, third place, “Hyped huddle”
2023 Illinois Journalism Education Association: First place, photo gallery or slideshow (with Andrew Burke-Stevenson, Carter Chang, Patrice Graham, Gabriel Issa, Matthew McGehee, Chloe Ma, 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, Matthew McGehee, Chloe Ma, Amy Ren, Elliott Taylor, Malcolm Taylor), Focused Faces
2023 Illinois Journalism Education Association: Second place, multimedia story package (with Patrice Graham), Video: Volunteers decorate South Side to spread holiday spirit
2022 Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Award: Print news: single spot news photo, third place, “United Ukraine“
2022 Journalism Education Association National Student Media Contests, St. Louis convention: Excellent, photography portfolio
2022 Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Award: Photo slideshow, certificate of merit (with Andrew Burke-Stevenson, Malcolm Taylor, Chloe Ma, Henry Benton, and Patrice Graham), “Photo gallery: Faculty face off in Homecoming arm wrestling tournament”
2021 Journalism Education Association National Student Media Contests, Virtual: Excellent, first-year photo
