The director of visual communication at Union University in Jackson, Tenn., Jim has been involved with photojournalism since joining his high school publications staff. Before coming to Union he was photojournalist for LifeWay Christian Resources in Nashville. He leads workshops on photojournalism and directs news-photo operations across the country and internationally, and he continues to shoot assignments. While at Union, Veneman has covered the days immediately following 9/11, Iraqi war, meetings with Fidel Castro and other assignments in Asia, Australia and Kenya. Each spring, he assists in the direction of the Southwestern Photojournalism Conference in Ft. Worth.