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Encyclopedia > John Filo
Mary Ann Vecchio kneels over the body of Jeffrey Miller
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Mary Ann Vecchio kneels over the body of Jeffrey Miller

John Paul Filo (Natrona Heights, PA) photographed the 1971 Pulitzer Prize winning photo of a 14-year-old runaway girl (Mary Ann Vecchio), crying while kneeling over the body of 20-year-old Jeffrey Miller, one of the victims of the Kent State shootings. At the time, Filo was a photojournalism student at Kent State University. Image File history File links Kent_State_massacre. ... Image File history File links Kent_State_massacre. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... The gold medal awarded for Public Service in Journalism The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical compositions. ... Filos Photograph Mary Ann Vecchio (now Gillum) was the subject of a Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph by photojournalism-student John Filo in the aftermath of the Kent State shootings on May 4, 1970. ... Mary Ann Vecchio kneels over the body of Jeffrey Miller in this famous photo by John Filo Jeffrey Glenn Miller was a student at Kent State University, Ohio, when he was shot and killed by Ohio National Guardsmen in the Kent State shootings on May 4, 1970, while protesting the... Mary Ann Vecchio kneels over the body of Jeffrey Miller The Kent State shootings, also known as May 4 or the Kent State massacre, occurred at Kent State University in the city of Kent, Ohio, and involved the shooting of students by the Ohio National Guard on Monday, May 4... Sports photojournalists at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Photojournalism is a particular form of journalism (the collecting, editing, and presenting of news material for publication or broadcast) that creates images in order to tell a news story. ... Kent State University (also known as Kent State or KSU) is an institution of higher learning located in Kent, Ohio, United States, which is about 40 miles southeast of Cleveland, 12 miles east of Akron, and 30 miles west of Youngstown. ...


He continued his career in photojournalism, eventually rising to a picture editing job at the American weekly news magazine Newsweek. He now is on staff in the communications department of CBS. The Newsweek logo Newsweek is a weekly news magazine published in New York City and distributed throughout the United States and internationally. ... CBS (formerly an abbreviation for Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name) is one of the largest television networks, and formerly one of the largest radio networks, in the United States. ...


At some point in the early 1970s, a copy of the famous Kent State photo in the Time-Life library had been airbrushed to remove the pole behind Vecchio. This altered image appeared in print many times from 1972 through 1995 when it was finally noticed. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... (Clockwise from upper left) Time magazine covers from May 7, 1945; July 25, 1969; December 31, 1999; September 14, 2001; and April 21, 2003. ... A cover of Life Magazine from 1911 Life has been the name of two notable magazines published in the United States. ... It has been suggested that Airbrush Technique be merged into this article or section. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


External links

  • 2000 interview with John Filo at CNN.com
  • Discussion of altered image

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CNN - Chat (1797 words)
John Filo was a senior at Kent State working in the student photography lab when the shots rang out just after noon on that day.
John Filo: No. That was evident in that the squad that came over to examine the body of Jeffrey Miller was armed -- six or seven of them.
John Filo: There were many investigations, it seems to me. There was a grand jury, the Scranton Commission, and then the court cases.
Shots of Anguish (662 words)
Filo, deputy director of photography for Sports Illustrated, is best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of a young woman kneeling beside the body of slain student Jeffrey Miller after he had been killed by the National Guard.
Later, Filo discovered the student was Alan Canfora, who was wounded in the subsequent shooting and has been active preserving the memory of the shootings.
Filo was standing on the steps in front of Taylor Hall, and he realized he was the only one standing between the guardsmen and the protesters.
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