Jacob Wiegand is a photojournalist and photo editor based in St. Louis, Missouri. He is available for freelance assignments when he isn’t covering Catholic life in the Archdiocese of St. Louis for the St. Louis Review newspaper and Catholic St. Louis magazine.

Before his time in St. Louis, he worked as a digital image specialist at Southeast Missouri State University and the photo editor at the Southeast Missourian newspaper in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. 

Wiegand has also worked as a visual journalist at The Jonesboro Sun in Jonesboro, Arkansas, and served as the photojournalism intern at The Tennessean, Deseret News, Dubois County Herald and The Dispatch-Argus. 

He has also held various staff and editor roles, including two semesters as photo and multimedia editor, at Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s student newspaper and news website, the Daily Egyptian. 

While taking a moments-based approach to his photography, the SIUC alumnus places a strong emphasis on the importance of feature storytelling believing chronicles of everyday life and regular people are of high value. 

Jacob was named Catholic Media Association’s Photographer of the Year for images he took in 2022 covering Catholic life in the Archdiocese of St. Louis for the St. Louis Review. He was the runner-up in the following year’s Photographer of the Year contest.

He was also named the National Press Photographers Association’s 2017 Student Quarterly Clip Contest Photographer of the Year and was the 2016 runner-up for the same contest.

His work has earned awards in other photojournalism contests including: the NPPA’s Monthly Clip Contest, College Photographer of the Year, the Missouri Press Association's Better Newspaper Contest, Catholic Media Awards and the Indiana News Photographers Association’s Monthly Clip Contest.

Contact:

jacobwiegandphoto@gmail.com

(618) 889-4714

All work on this website is copyrighted by Jacob Wiegand and/or the news outlet by which it was published.

Résumé

Experience

St. Louis Review — St. Louis, Missouri

Photojournalist and Photo Editor | Jan. 18, 2022 to Present

Southeast Missouri State University — Cape Girardeau, Missouri

Digital Image Specialist | June 15, 2020 to Dec. 23, 2021

Producer of Inside the Dome podcast | July to Dec. 2021

Southeast Missourian — Cape Girardeau, Missouri

Photo Editor | July 11, 2019 to June 13, 2020

Staff Photographer | Jan. 14 to July 10, 2019

The Jonesboro Sun — Jonesboro, Arkansas

Features Editor | Oct. 1, 2018 to Jan. 4, 2019

               Staff Photographer | July 23 to Oct. 1, 2018

The Tennessean — Nashville, Tennessee

               Photojournalism Intern | June 4, 2018 to July 13, 2018

Deseret News — Salt Lake City, Utah

               Photojournalism Intern | Jan. 16, 2018 to May 21, 2018

Dubois County Herald — Jasper, Indiana

                Photojournalism Intern | July 3, 2017 to Jan. 2, 2018

The Dispatch-Argus — Moline, Illinois

        Photojournalism Intern | Summer 2016

Daily Egyptian — Carbondale, Illinois

        Photo and Multimedia Editor | Spring 2017

        Managing Editor | Fall 2016

        Photo Editor | Spring 2016

        Staff Photographer | Fall 2015

        Campus Reporter | Summer 2015

Membership

National Press Photographers Association

Education

Alumnus of Southern Illinois University Carbondale — Class of 2017

        B.S. in Journalism — Photojournalism Emphasis

        Cinema and Photography Minor

        History Minor 

Missouri Photo Workshop 2022 (MPW.74) - Excelsior Springs, Missouri 

SIUC Weekend Workshop 2024 Faculty Coach - Alto Pass and Cobden, Illinois

Mentor for NPPA’s 2024 Mentorship Program

NPR’s Next Generation Radio project mentee 2024 - St. Louis, Missouri

Skills

    Photo, Video and Written Reporting

FAA-Certified Drone Pilot

        Canon and Nikon systems

Photo Editing

      Adobe Premiere Pro

    Studio lighting

      Photo Mechanic

        Social Media

        Associated Press Style

References available upon request.