Jack Van Antwerp
Jack Van Antwerp is an American photography and journalism professional, He is noted as The Wall Street Journal's first global Director of Photography who migrated The Journal from a mostly text-only print and online newspaper to a visual publication.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/14/business/media/14carr.html|title=Under Murdoch, Tilting Rightward at The Journal|last=Carr|first=David|date=December 13, 2009|work=The New York Times}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324355904578156930896565670|title=News Corp. Gives Spinoff Details, Taps Editor|last=John|first=Jannarone|date=December 3, 2012|work=The Wall Street Journal}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.facebook.com/notes/pdn/the-wall-street-journal-photo-department-under-murdoch/381703510444/|title=The Wall Street Journal Photo Department Under Murdoch|date=December 16, 2009|work=PDN Online Facebook Page}}
Education
Raised in Cleveland, Van Antwerp was educated at the Hawken School, Solon High School, and Rochester Institute of Technology. Graduating in 1986 with a BA in Photojournalism & Documentary Photography,{{Cite web|url=http://www.rit.edu/~w-umag/spring2010/class_notes.php|title=The University Magazine|website=Rochester Institute of Technology}}{{Dead link|date=September 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Van Antwerp spent the next ten years working between New York and Cleveland as a freelance photographer while also serving as Cleveland Orchestra's staff photographer.{{Cite book|title=The Cleveland Orchestra Story: "Second to None"|last=Rosenberg|first=Donald|publisher=Gray & Company|year=2000|isbn=1886228248|pages= 92, 93, 95}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0885599/|title=Jack Van Antwerp|website=IMDb}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jack-van-antwerp-mn0001631101|title=Credits|website=All Music}}
Career
Moving to New York full-time, Van Antwerp joined CNN in 2000 where he worked with David Turnley as his field producer during the Invasion of Iraq.{{Cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/interactive/hard.times/index.html|title=Sights & Sounds/Uncertain freedom|date=April 12, 2003|work=CNN}}{{Cite web|url=http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0305/dt_intro.html|title=A War Journal Part II|last=Turnley|first=David|date=May 1, 2003|website=The Digital Journalist}} Upon returning to the states, Van Antwerp joined The New York Times as a staff reporter and photo editor, while also contributing to Play Magazine.{{Cite news|url=https://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/27/ask-the-co-op-board-expert/|title=Ask the Co-op Board Expert|date=August 27, 2007|work=The New York Times}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/19/travel/tmagazine/totally-mobile.html|title=Totally Mobile|last=Van Antwerp|first=Jack|date=March 19, 2006|work=The New York Times}} Near the end of his time at NYTimes, Van Antwerp began contributing to The Wall Street Journal.{{Cite news|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/photojournal/2008/10/10/the-bear-growls/|title=The Bear Growls|last=Van Antwerp|first=Jack|date=October 10, 2008|work=The Wall Street Journal}} Soon afterwards he was hired as the magazine's first global Director of Photography.
During his tenure as Director of Photography, Van Antwerp oversaw WSJ's expanded the use of images to boost traffic,{{Cite news|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/photojournal/2011/01/31/meeting-president-asad/|title=Meeting President Asad|last=Van Antwerp|first=Jack|date=January 31, 2011|work=The Wall Street Journal}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/the-post-nyt-and-wsj-show-same-scene-of-kabul-carnage-via-different-photos/2011/12/07/gIQAE74YcO_blog.html|title=The Post, NYT and WSJ show same scene of Kabul carnage via different photos|last=Flock|first=Elizabeth|date=December 7, 2011|newspaper=The Washington Post}} curated the magazine's year-ending Best of Photography video series,{{Cite news|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/photojournal/2010/08/30/awake-in-the-sleeping-city/|title=The Sleeping City|date=August 30, 2010|work=The Wall Street Journal}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/video/the-best-photos-of-2011/8A33E19A-5B96-4E62-A221-D08D59DD2AFE.html|title=The Best Photos of 2011|last=Van Antwerp|first=Jack|date=December 20, 2011|work=The Wall Street Journal}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/video/wsj-2013-photos-of-the-year/50DA50AB-3321-4489-9743-BF5EED45E68F.html|title=WSJ's 2013 Photos of the Year|last=Van Antwerp|first=Jack|date=December 20, 2013|work=The Wall Street Journal}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/video/london-2012-how-photography-has-amped-up-games/011AD9DE-982A-4A1E-AB65-D0FEDD3745A4.html|title=London 2012: How Photography Has Amped Up Games|date=August 10, 2012|work=The Wall Street Journal}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/video/photos-of-the-year-2012/518411C1-FA10-4F91-B724-6CDD2AD2AB95.html|title=Photos of the Year 2012|last=Van Antwerp|first=Jack|work=December 6, 2012}}{{Cite web|url=https://anotherdampodcast.com/2010/10/08/jack-van-antwerp/|title=Another DAM Podcast interview with Jack Van Antwerp on Digital Asset Management|last=de Gyor|first=Henrik|date=October 8, 2010|website=Another DAM Podcast}} established the Photo Journal blog,{{Cite news|url=https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2010/12/top-photo-blog-posts-of-the-year.html|title=Top Photo Blog Posts of the Year|last=Risch|first=Conor|date=December 28, 2010|work=PDN Pulse}} unveiled behind-the-scenes footage at magazine to the general public,{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324355904578156930896565670|title=News Corp. Gives Spinoff Details, Taps Editor|last=Jannarone|first=John|date=December 3, 2012|work=The Wall Street Journal}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/video/murdoch-welcomes-baker-as-wsj-managing-editor/01694F73-4859-4838-A9FC-88A17B58D132.html|title=Murdoch Welcomes Baker as WSJ Managing Editor|last=Van Antwerp|first=Jack|date=December 3, 2012|work=The Wall Street Journal}} and increased payment to and contributions from the magazines fleet of freelance photographers.{{Cite news|url=https://www.popphoto.com/news/2014/10/what-top-photo-blogs-pay-their-contributors|title=What Top Photo Blogs Pay Their Contributors|last=Reznik|first=Eugene|date=October 15, 2014|work=Popular Photography}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.pdnonline.com/features/photo-blogs-are-proliferating-how-photographers-can-make-the-most-of-them/|title=PHOTO BLOGS ARE PROLIFERATING: HOW PHOTOGRAPHERS CAN MAKE THE MOST OF THEM|last=Walker|first=David|date=October 3, 2014|work=PDN Online}}{{Cite book|title=The Best of News Design 34th Edition|publisher=Rockport Publishers|date=Nov 1, 2013|isbn=978-1627881265|pages=173}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.headlinerawards.com/2013-award-recipients-print-division|title=2013 Award Recipients Print Recipients|website=National Headliner Awards}}{{Cite book|title=The Art Directors Annual 90|publisher=Fairchild Books|date=December 1, 2011|isbn=978-2940411887|pages=[https://archive.org/details/artdirectorsclub0090artd/page/184 184]|url=https://archive.org/details/artdirectorsclub0090artd/page/184}}
Van Antwerp stepped down from his position at WSJ in 2014.{{Cite news|url=https://talkingbiznews.com/1/photo-editor-leaving-wall-street-journal/|title=Photo editor leaving Wall Street Journal|last=Roush|first=Chris|date=November 21, 2014|work=Talking Biz News}}
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Category:American photojournalists