Kathleen Greeson – November 2026 Speaker
Kathleen Greeson
Kathleen grew up in rural Fayette County, Georgia. After graduating high school, she was awarded several local scholarships along with the HOPE Grant that allowed her to attend the University of Georgia. She graduated with a degree in journalism with an emphasis in photojournalism from the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication.
After graduating, she moved to Chattanooga, TN, where she worked as a staff photojournalist for the Chattanooga Times Free Press, winning numerous state and regional awards, as well as being nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.
Since leaving the Times Free Press, she has been an independent photojournalist and freelance photographer, shooting assignments nationally and internationally for a variety of clients and has been published in a variety of places including LensCulture, USAToday, Nature Conservancy, Chattanooga Times Free Press, The Tennessean, National Education Association, EdSurge, Gateway Journalism Review, 100 Days in Appalachia, South X Southeast Photomagazine, among others.
Kathleen continues to receive international recognition and awards for her work, including the Julia Margaret Cameron Award, Worldwide Photo Gala, LensCulture, National Wildlife Federation, Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar, ReFocus Awards, DPSP Street, Neutral Density Awards and Photo District News.
She has photographs on permanent display in three area hospitals, all guest rooms of The Chalet Hotel at the Historic Chattanooga Choo Choo and in various private collections around the world.
In 2021, she was honored by NoogaToday as one of “17 Women Making History in Chattanooga.”
