About
Chris Carmichael is a freelance multimedia journalist and adjunct professor of visual journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
His work has been recognized with awards from the National Press Photographers Association, North Carolina Press Photographers Association, and the College Photographer of the Year competition. Most recently, his piece on a family struggling with life after foreclosure, “Under One Roof,” won Best News Audio Slideshow during the National Press Photographers Association’s 2009 Best of Photojournalism contest.
Carmichael's experience includes a 9-month internship with The Story with Dick Gordon, a nationally-syndicated radio program aired on NPR. There he produced several segments, including a piece on Passion Richardson, who lost her bronze medal after her teammate Marion Jones admitted to using a performing-enhancing substances.
His work has appeared in the Washingtonpost.com, Charlotte Observer, ESPN.com, Mother Nature Network and a national ad campaign for Whole Foods.
Carmichael received his master’s degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of North Carolina, where he was awarded a Roy H. Park Fellowship.
He earned undergraduate degrees in Finance and Economics with a minor in Music Studies at Indiana University.
Chris Carmichaelj.chris.carmichael@gmail.com
Chapel Hill, NC
+1 919.260.8655