Ken Lyons is Senior Photo Editor at The Denver Post. Before moving to Colorado, he was Director of Photography for The Orlando Sentinel. In Virginia, Ken was a photojournalist and editor for The Daily Press.
Recent honors for his picture editing work include first place Best Use of Photography in the Best of Photojournalism competition and first and second place picture editing portfolio in the POYi editing competition. As a photojournalist Ken was named third place Photographer of the Year in the POYi competition. He received the Virginia News Photographer of the Year award twice.
Ken is known throughout the journalism community as a coach and mentor. He has served as faculty member for the Kalish Picture Editing Workshop and team leader for the Truth with a Camera workshop. He participated as a judge for state and national contests. He directed the staff of the Orlando Sentinel to multiple state, national and international awards. Known for his collaborative nature throughout the newsroom and coaching abilities with photographers, Ken inspires everyone to work together in new ways and across all platforms.
Online, Ken is editor of two photography blogs, Pictures of the Week and In Focus. Pictures of the Week compiles the best in photography from around the world. In Focus takes a closer look at social, economic and political issues across the globe.