Jen Tse (pronounced "see") is a photo editor, visual content strategist, visual producer, and creative consultant with more than a decade of experience across the photojournalism, media, and nonprofit communications industries.
Currently, she is a Senior Photo Editor at National Geographic, curating all photography, illustration, graphics, and video for the daily editorial newsletters from across all content pillars and platforms. In this role, she leads visual content strategy for the top driver of National Geographic's top KPI, and the most successful revenue-generating editorial product at the company.
In 2017, she was Newsweek's acting Director of Photography. Prior to Newsweek, she worked for TIME Magazine, NOOR Images, and 500px. Other clients have included the Natural Resources Defense Council, The Intercept, CNN, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, NBC, VICE, Foto8, Die Welt, Berliner Morgenpost, Copenhagen Post, Huffington Post, Globe and Mail, and more. Now based in New York, she has also worked as a visual journalist and editor in Toronto, Berlin, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, and Bangkok.
She has served as a jury member for the FotoEvidence/World Press Photo Book Award, the Turkish Photos of the Year Competition, the College Photographer of the Year competition, and The Fence at Photoville; as a reviewer for Women Photograph Portfolio Review, the New York Times Portfolio Review, Visa Pour l'Image Perpignan, the Bronx Documentary Center Portfolio Review, the Blink/ICP Portfolio Review, and the Northern Short Course Portfolio Review; as a lecturer at the Magnum/Canon Photo Workshop, and as a mentor in the Women Photograph Mentorship Program.
In 2018, she was awarded the National Press Photographers Association's highest honor for magazine editors, the Magazine Picture Editor of the Year award.
In 2022, she was one of 33 selected out of hundreds to participate in Poynter's Leadership Academy for Women in Media. (She was simultaneously selected for Poynter's Leadership Academy for Diversity in Media, but could only participate in one academy.)
In 2023, her work on Nat Geo's editorial newsletters received a Webby Award.
Contact: thisisjentse [at] gmail [dot] com
Awards
2023 — Winner, Webby Awards, Websites and Mobile Sites - Email Newsletters - Business, News & Technology (Witnessing the Capitol Attack, National Geographic)
2023 — Winner, Webby People’s Voice Awards, Websites and Mobile Sites - Email Newsletters - Business, News & Technology (Witnessing the Capitol Attack, National Geographic)
2018 — Magazine Picture Editor of the Year, National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) Best of Photojournalism Awards
2018 — 1st Place, NPPA Best of Photojournalism Awards, Magazine Recurring Feature or Series
2018 — 3rd Place, NPPA Best of Photojournalism Awards, Magazine News Story
2018 — 3rd Place, NPPA Best of Photojournalism Awards, Magazine Personality Profile or Lifestyle Story
2017 — American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) Next Award for Journalists Under 30
2016 — 1st Place at the International Center of Photography's inaugural photo hackathon, Technical Project division (team)
2015 — Award of Excellence in the 70th College Photographer of the Year competition, Documentary division
2014 — Award of Excellence from the Society of News Design
2013 — Silver Medal in the 68th College Photographer of the Year competition, Solo Journalist Multimedia division
2013 — European Newspaper Award for images published in Welt Kompakt
Judging, Portfolio Reviews, & Mentoring
2024 — Reviewer, ICP Portfolio Day
2023 — Reviewer, SDN Portfolio Review
2022 — Reviewer, New York Portfolio Review
2022 — Jury member, National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) Best of Photojournalism Awards
2022 — Reviewer, National Geographic Storytellers Seminar
2021 — Reviewer, Northern Short Course
2020 — Jury member, College Photographer of the Year Competition
2018 — Reviewer, Women Photograph Portfolio Review
2017 — Lecturer, Magnum/Canon Photo Workshop
2017 — Reviewer, Visa Pour l'Image Perpignan
2017 — Jury member, 2018 FotoEvidence Book Award with World Press Photo
2017 — Mentor, Women Photograph Mentorship Program
2017 — Jury member, Turkish Photos of the Year Competition
2017 — Jury member, The Fence at Photoville
2017 — Reviewer, New York Times Portfolio Review
2017 — Reviewer, Bronx Documentary Center Portfolio Review
2017 — Reviewer, Blink/ICP Portfolio Review
2017 — Reviewer, ICP Career Day Portfolio Review
2016 — Reviewer, ICP Career Day Portfolio Review
2016 — Reviewer, Northern Short Course
2015 — Reviewer, Visa Pour l'Image Perpignan