
Mary Jo Moss Picture Editing Scholarship Fund to attend The Kalish workshop
An unflinching advocate for photographers and picture editors, Mary Jo Moss’s contributions to our profession spanned over 40 years in many leading newsrooms in the country. As faculty and director of The Kalish in the early years of the workshop, she cleared the path to success for many participants. Mary Jo died on Jan. 18, 2025, following a massive stroke.
To honor her, Bryan Moss, her spouse of 59 years, set up a contributory scholarship in her name. In lieu of flowers, anyone may donate toward tuition fees for workshop applicants, which is administered through the National Press Photographers Foundation.
Mary Jo Moss is a graduate of Indiana University, where she and Bryan met. She was a photographer and picture editor at many leading newspapers nationwide. Upon leaving the San Jose Mercury News in the early 1990s, she and Bryan Moss developed White Cloud Workshop, a one-on-one photography seminar, in their forested home in Corydon, Indiana. Mary Jo became an artist using charcoal and oil-based mediums in drawings and paintings that were socially- conscious themed. Always a champion for good, Mary Jo never lost sight of the fact that the human spirit can be expressed with courage and honesty.
Memorial Contribution
Please contribute to the National Press Photographers Foundation Mary Jo Moss Memorial Fund to benefit the Kalish Picture Editing Workshop.
The following individuals or organizations have contributed to the Mary Jo Moss Memorial Fund.
Randy Piland – Elon University – NPPF Board
Sue Morrow – The Kalish
Lara Cerri
MERYL SCHENKER
David Barreda
Sid Hastings – Sid Hastings LLC (formerly St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Terry, Lyntha Eiler – School of Visual Communication at Ohio University and NPPA
Candy Pierce
Cydney Scott
Teresa Kovachik
MICHELLE MONSEF – NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TAX CONSULTANTS
Ginny Hampton
James McNay – nppa past pres
Jodi Hilton – Jodi Hilton
Jim Brown – IU School of Journalism and NPPF Board emeritus
Andrew Moss
Brian Horton
Cheryl Magazine – Retired photojournalist
Melissa Farlow
Alan Berner
Pat Moss
Jody Gilbert
susan biddle – NPPA, WHNPA, WPOW
Judy& Mike Healy / Griesedieck – Judy Griesedieck Phorographer
Patty Reksten
John Rumbach
Robert Gwaltney
Loret Steinberg – Rochester Institute of Technology
Jim Gensheimer – Jim Gensheimer Pictures
Robert Scheer