This site serves as a portfolio of photos taken as components of a story or as stand-alone enterprise shots. I have worked as a journalist since 1973 and am often called upon to take photos to illustrate stories. If you're looking for "art" photography, this is not the place! My work is strictly of a documentary nature, although you will find a few pics that don't fit into that genre.

Photos on this site include several that have been published. One was used on the campaign website of now-President Umaru Yar-Adua of Nigeria. Another, titled "Peppas!," is featured on the front cover of the book "Cooking in West Africa: A colonial guide" published 2007 by Jeppestown Press, London. Still another was used in a brochure put out by the Scottish Refugee Council.

Two additional black and white photos on this site were previously published by the Plainview (Texas) Daily Herald, which holds the copyright.

I also write for corporate and university publications. Soon I hope to offer a radio news service.

The link below connects to a feature I wrote for a regional alternative weekly newspaper, the Weekly Planet (now renamed Creative Loafing):

tampa.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid:4132

I've been a working journalist since 1973, in newspapers, magazines, and radio. I have experience in writing, editing, page layout, book formatting and publishing.

My specialities include historical research, ghost writing and memoirs, investigative reporting, brochures and newsletters.

I've been published in a variety of publications including:

* University of Tampa Journal, producing 16-page special sections for three issues to mark 75th anniversary of the institution;
* University of South Florida alumni magazine;
* Regional and local publications including Creative Loafing alternative lifestyle newsweekly; St. Petersburg Times; Weekly Challenger.

BOOKS: I've formatted and assisted in editing Smarten Up! Say It Right (ISBN 0-9707490-0-7), an insider's view of professional wrestling by former “Killer Bee” B. Brian Blair.

MEMBERSHIPS: Society of Professional Journalists, Bay Area Professional Writers Guild, Sierra Club

Contact me at i_level_news@yahoo.com, or through flickr, regarding availability for an assignment. My passport and I are always ready to travel!

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Name:
Melvin "Buddy" Baker
Joined:
June 2006
Hometown:
Waco, Texas
Currently:
St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
I am:
Male and Taken
Occupation:
Freelance Journalist
Email:
i_level_news [at] yahoo.com