Carissa Ray – Bio

For those of you coming to see Carissa Ray speak on Thursday night, here’s a quick bio to get you up to speed.  We will be meeting in the library in room 165 on Thursday at 8:00.

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Carissa Ray is a multimedia producer at MSNBC.com, a general news web site seen by over 30 million unique users each month. Ray has worked at MSNBC.com since spring 2005.

In this role, Ray works as a photographer, photo editor and producer to create multimedia content across all sections of MSNBC.com, though she acts specifically as a liaison for multimedia with the Health section of MSNBC.com helping to create projects like “America Unzipped” and “Babyquest.”

Ray also often produces popular multimedia features such as The Week in Pictures and the Year in Pictures.

During her time at MSNBC.com, Ray’s projects have earned her recognition from the National Press Photographers Association for her original video reporting/production and audio slide show production.

Before coming to MSNBC.com, Ray worked as a staff photographer for the Chautauquan Daily in Chautauqua, New York, and moonlighted as a wedding photographer and free lancer while waitressing and rock climbing full time (well, almost). Ray graduated with a B.A. in Photojournalism from Western Kentucky University completing both the PJ and Multimedia tracks of the program.