For his picture story "The Last Ride" published in the Sun Star, Jesse was recently awarded FIRST PLACE by the Alaska Press Club. "Four pictures each building on the previous one in this tightly edited funeral story. All that is needed to tell this story is presented here with emotion in the opener, sense of place in both the two middle images and the austere lineup to close," says Judge Randy Cox, visuals and production editor at the Oregonian. Read Story here
