about
Paul Myers is a visual journalist and educator based in Ventura, CA.
Paul is the founder of the VJ Multimedia Workshop and teaches across the Visual Journalism curriculum at Brooks Institute ,including classes on truthful visual storytelling with multimedia. Paul leads the yearly Brooks Institute International Documentary Project that travels to do field reporting in a foreign country and upon return produces student generated products including a documentary film, a website, a dvd and print gallery exhibits.
Prior to his arrival at Brooks, Paul worked for a variety of publications including newspapers in Freeport, Il and Marysville, CA. He also worked with El Andar, a bilingual magazine that covered cultural events and news issues concerning the Latino Community in the United States and Latin America.
His photographic work focuses on daily life and religious expression. The latter is complimented by his studies at UC Santa Barbara where he received an MA in Religious Studies.
He is the 2009 Photojournalism Fellow at the Mercury News in San Jose, CA
photo by Sybill Jecker