By Lori Bredemeyer, Managing Editor When David Leeson was younger and developing an interest in photography, he didn't know people could get paid for doing something that he loved to do so much. He said he once saw a photographer at a graduation ceremony, and he asked the man why he had so many cameras and where he had gotten them. The man ... [Read More…]
University cites Leeson with award: Pulitzer-winning photographer chosen as Outstanding Alumnus of Year
By Lori Bredemeyer, Managing Editor John Best doesn't give himself credit for helping David Leeson win a Pulitzer Prize in photography. But he does credit Leeson with giving him his first gray hairs. Leeson, class of 1978, worked under Best at the Abilene Reporter-News in the early 1980s and will be honored Sunday by the Alumni Association as the ... [Read More…]
Alumnus wins Pulitzer for Iraq photos: Leeson, four-time finalist, awarded top prize for ‘Morning News’ work
By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief For David Leeson, the long, hard road to healing just became a little shorter. The university alumnus, class of 1978, spent nearly two months in Iraq photographing the dead, the dying, the bloodied-all casualties of war. Now his work, together with that of Dallas Morning News colleague Cheryl Diaz Meyer, ... [Read More…]