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Rita Reed is a University of Missouri journalism professor, photojournalist, and author of Growing Up Gay: The Sorrows and Joys of Gay and Lesbian Adolescence."

Education
Reed attended University of Missouri, where she received her degree in journalism. In addition, she also received her undergraduate degree from Southwest Missouri State University.

Work
Previously, Reed was employed as a newspaper photojournalist for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and The Gazette in Iowa. Today, Reed teaches photojournalism at University of Missouri. In addition to being a professor, she is the director of the annual College Photographer of the Year competition held at the university.

Awards
Reed has won several awards over the span of her career. In 1993, she was awarded the Nikon Sabbatical Grant for after publishing "Growing Up Gay: The Sorrows and Joys of Gay and Lesbian Adolescence."

In 2014, Reed's outstanding teaching performance was rewarded by the Missouri School of Journalism. $10,000 in additional salary was given over the course of the upcoming year as part of the The O.O. McIntyre Professorship Award.

Reed was awarded once more in 2015 with the National Press Photographers Association's Morris Berman Citation, an award honoring a previous National Press Photography Association (NPPA) president. The NPPA associates nominate the recipient based on the impact he or she has made on the organization.