about emily
Photo by Shanna Lockwood. Sept. 29, 2018.
Emily Enfinger is an award-winning photographer and journalist based in the southern United States. She is a reporter for The Tuscaloosa News in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Enfinger previously worked at The Shreveport Times in Shreveport, La.; Opelika-Auburn News in Opelika, Ala.; The Daily Star in Hammond, La.; The Selma Times-Journal and Selma the Magazine in Selma, Ala.; and The Auburn Plainsman, Auburn University's student newspaper, in Auburn, Ala. She is a graduate of Auburn University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree – concentration in photography.
Enfinger lives for adventure and aspires to be like Indiana Jones. She's also a cat lady.
Best Public Service (Division B)
2020 Alabama Press Association contest
"Lee County tornadoes"
Staff
Opelika-Auburn News
Online Breaking News Coverage, Third Place
2020 Alabama Press Association contest
"Auburn police officer Shot"
Emily Enfinger, Sara Palczewski, Troy Turner
Opelika-Auburn News
Best Sports Photo, Second Place
2019 Alabama Press Association contest
"Almost a touchdown"
Opelika-Auburn News
Best Spot-News Photo, Second Place
2019 Alabama Press Association contest
"Car crash"
Opelika-Auburn News
Best Feature Photo, Third Place
2019 Alabama Press Association contest
"Snowball fight"
Opelika-Auburn News
Best Humorous Photo, Second Place
2018 Alabama Associated Press Media Editors Broadcast and Newspaper contest
"Bo teases Barkley"
Opelika-Auburn News
Best Spot-Feature Photo, First Place
2017 Alabama Associated Press Media Editors Broadcast and Newspaper contest
"School's Out"
The Selma Times-Journal
Breaking News, Division 3, Second Place
2017 Louisiana Press Association contest
"Stopped on rail"
The Daily Star
Breaking News, Division 3, Third Place
2017 Louisiana Press Association Contest
"Up in smoke"
The Daily Star
Student Achievement Award for Studio Art
2014
Auburn University
The Tuscaloosa News
Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Reporter
September 2020 - current
The Shreveport Times
Shreveport, La.
Breaking news reporter
April 2019 - September 2020
Opelika-Auburn News
Opelika, Ala.
Photographer/reporter
November 2017 - March 2019
The Daily Star
Hammond, La.
Crime reporter
August 2016 - July 2017
The Selma Times-Journal
General assignment reporter
Selma, Ala.
December 2015 - August 2016
The Auburn Plainsman
Auburn, Ala.
Photographer/photo editor
August 2013 - December 2015
EXHIBITIONS
Taking Pictures: 2017
Black Box Gallery - Portland, Or.
2017
Juried Fine Art Exhibition
Biggin Gallery - Auburn, Ala.
2015
Bite Sized
Fieldworks Gallery - Auburn, Ala.
2015
Shadows
Vault Space - Auburn, Ala.
Two-person Exhibition
2015