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Mary Jo Moss

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