Wishing You the Merriest of Christmases (Holidays) and the Finest New Year
From all of us at Citizens Journal, and especially after what became a most contentious election season, we want to wish you the most wonderful Christmas (Holidays) and the very best New Year. George Miller and I would like to also take a moment to thank those who have given their time and their talent so willingly and helped us provide absolutely solid content for what is truly a Citizens Journal.
National Capital at Christmas: Photo by Dana Rene
Sheryl Hamlin – News, Lifestyle, events
Raven West – Columns, Lifestyle
Marc Langsam – Photo Journalist
Phil Erwin – Columnist
Michael Greer – Op-ed, Columns
Larry Nash – News
Thomas Knapp – Columnist
Raynard Jackson – Columnist
Armando Vazquez – Op-ed, Columns
Dan Pinedo – Photo Journalist
William Hicks – Photos/news
Nina Danza – Features
Katie Cocoquyt- Columns, Lifestyle
Dana Rene – Photo Journalist
Lawrence P. Stein – Columns
Tony Dolz- Columns Op-ed
Jim Sullivan- Columns Op-ed
Steve Nash- Columns, News
Peter Godinez- News, Feature videos
William J. Olson- Columns
David Pu’u- Photos- Columns, Features
Namoi Fisher – Op-ed, Features
Phil Molina – News and Op-ed
L Neil Smith – Columnist
And those who have contributed to our content in the past:
Logan McFadden – News – events – features
Gregory J. Welborn – Op-ed
Herbert W. Titus – Columns
Abigail Welborn – Op-ed
Leo G. Alvarez – Columns
Sigrid Weidenweber – Columns
Bob Allen, Videos
Steve Bowers – Cartoonist
Lori McVicker – Op-ed
Tom Miller – Columns
Donna Hendricks – Photo Journalist
Bill Haff – Op-ed
Brynne Betz – Columns
And we especially wish to thank:
Our Co-Founder Michael Hernandez, CFO Noel Young and our founding technical adviser and columnist David Stewart
After this year, most of all, we’ll close as we opened this love letter with the stunning picture of our nation’s capital by photographer, Dana Rene
Born in 1974 Dana Rene has been a photojournalist for 18 years. 13 years in newspapers, and is currently working as a freelance photographer in Washington DC where she has been located for the past five years.
Born in Southern California, Dana became interested in photojournalism through the love her father Bill Hicks had for photography, when he gave her that first camera at ten years old. Dana holds a BA in Photojournalism with a minor in Political Science from California University Northridge in 1996.
She began her career interning and working part time for several small papers and landed her first job at the Los Angeles Times in 1997, and also worked at the Ventura County Star from 2000- 2008.
Dana has traveled through out the United States and in Central America, focusing on women’s issues and domestic abuse. A professional with varied teaching and lecturing experience, she has presented her work in several art galleries, photography lectures at USC, and at Women in Photojournalism, in Los Angeles.
Dana has lectured at various professional gatherings such as the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting in Washington DC, and was a keynote speaker at Robert Hanashiro’s Sports Shooter workshop sportsshooter.com. She is best known for work she did during Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and most recently for covering areas of El Salvador where families are still deeply affected by the Civil War that ended 22 years ago.
After seeing her photos we’re sure that you will want to visit Ms. Rene’s website: http://danarenephotography.photoshelter.com/gallery-list
Dana has been working for The Catholic University of American since October 2015.
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