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Scott M. Bort

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  • Barnstorm XX: 2007 - Student (Yellow: Yana Paskova, nguyen phan nguyen thao, Christopher Pike, Morrigan McCarthy, Peter McCollough, Jarrett Baker, Kirsten Luce )
    • Melted

    Sue Rodriguez stands in front of her melted siding after the abandoned home next to hers burned down early Wednesday morning in Gary. The nearest fire station in Black Oak was closed because of recent budget cuts.
    Bio:
    didn't realize i had work up here from 2005 - yikes.

    These are some images from 2008 so far. Lots of time left.



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    Scott M Bort is a visual journalist for the Gary Post-Tribune in NW Indiana. He spends most of his time feeding the beast but finds time to work on picture stories or shoot videos for the paper.

    In his free time, Scott can be found working on his his house, cooking for his wife or shoot/developing 120 film.

    Scott is available for freelance.
    Work History:
  • The (Elgin) Courier News - Visual Journalist (Jul 2006 - Oct 2007)
  • The Courier News - Intern (May 2005 - Sep 2005)
  • The Northwest Herald - Intern (Oct 2005 - Apr 2006)
  • Post-Tribune - Visual Journalist (Oct 2007 - )
    		• Education
  • University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign - B.A. History (Thesis: Evolution of Combat Photojournalism in the 20th Century) May 2005
    • URLs
  • My blog, "A Thousand Words": http://www.southsidebort.blogspot.com
  • Portfolio: http://www.scottmbort.com
    Address
    Gary Indiana
    United States
    		Phone
    Mobile 219 613 0506
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