Kelly received a doctorate in mass communications specializing in journalism from Indiana University in 1990 and also holds a Master of Arts degree from Indiana University and a Bachelor of Science degree in journalism from West Virginia University. Prior to entering graduate school, he worked as a staff photographer for the South Bend (Ind.) Tribune for four years. He also worked for the Associated Press in West Virginia for a year prior to that and has completed photographic reporting assignments for a number of major newspapers and national magazines. He was a researcher for the PBS television documentary, "Studebaker: Less Than They Promised," a Peabody Award winner in 1983. Since 1990, Kelly has participated in a half-dozen projects focused on strengthening journalism education and practice in South Asia and East Africa. He has consulted with mass communication faculty on curriculum, especially increasing the practicality of course work and the quality of internships. He has organized dozens of workshops for working journalists in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. Most recently, these workshops have focused on traumatic stress among photojournalists working for news organizations in East Africa.

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