Tom Kennedy is the managing editor for multimedia at Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive, recipient of 2006 local and national EMMY awards and three consecutive Edward R. Murrow awards for video journalism. He directs the photography and multimedia departments, overseeing creation and editing of visual content on the Web site, including still photography, audio and video.

Kennedy was the director of photography at the National Geographic Society from 1987 to 1997, with a primary focus on National Geographic Magazine, where he cultivated long-term relationships with a worldwide network of more than 200 freelance photographers. The magazine received nominations for the best use of photography by a magazine from the American Society of Magazine Editors nine times during that period, and won the award five times.

Prior to joining the National Geographic Society, Kennedy was deputy graphic director at The Philadelphia Inquirer, where he directed and edited projects that won Pulitzer Prizes in Feature Photography in 1985 and 1986.

Beginning his professional career as a staff photographer at The Orlando Sentinel Star, Kennedy went on to the Gainesville Sun where he later became director of photography.

Currently, he serves on the Board of Visitors for the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Journalism. He also is on the board of directors for the Eddie Adams Workshop and on the boards of advisors to several photojournalism programs including the University of Florida and Brooks Institute. He lectures at various colleges, participates in photojournalism and multimedia workshops, and serves frequently as a juror for various photojournalism competitions.

Kennedy is a Florida native and a graduate from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Science in Journalism.