User:Dougsesny/sandbox

Doug has been a news photographer with WVEC-TV Channel 13 since 1968. He has done freelance work for ABC, NBC, CNN, and major corporations. He has spent several years in documentary units at WVEC and participated in a variety of still and video projects. Doug has won over 100 state, national, and International awards. He has won an Emmy and been nominated for three others. He has won two "National Press Photographers Association" Awards. He has been named “Virginia News Photographer of the Year” four times. Mr. Sesny has traveled to 34 countries to photograph news assignments. He has photographed the ravages of war and the oil fires in Kuwait, the humanitarian effort in Somalia, medical practices in Japan and most recently he spent a month in the Middle East with the Navy covering the war on terrorism in Afghanistan. He continues to believe as he was taught early in his career that people are the story. He has had a chance to photograph every president since Nixon. He will be the first to tell you that no other profession gives you such diverse access to people, places, and events than his chosen profession, his love photojournalism.