I'm Ashton Eley
a storyteller at heart
Visual Journalism
These photos and graphics have been published on the Razorback Reporter and The Arkansas Traveler. Below you will find examples of my work plus a brief description of the story each example went with and how they interact.
Lisa Bielke, a University of Arkansas poultry health research assistant professor, works with different chemicals and bacteria to look for new ways to increase poultry health. Ashton Eley / The Razorback Reporter
Lisa Bielke, a University of Arkansas poultry health research assistant professor, checks on chickens that were given the Food Safety Vaccine to protect against salmonella. Ashton Eley / The Razorback Reporter
This graphic explains how salmonella impacts the U.S., what the symptoms of salmonella poisoning, are and how it spreads.
Lisa Bielke, a University of Arkansas poultry health research assistant professor, works with different chemicals and bacteria to look for new ways to increase poultry health. Ashton Eley / The Razorback Reporter
UA Food Safety Vaccine
The University of Arkansas Department of Poultry Science developed a vaccine call the Food Safety Vaccine.
Bielke, the UA scientist leading the vaccine research, can be seen in the background of the first photo is displaying samples of tested bacteria like those that she worked with for the Food Safety Vaccine. The second photo focuses on the chickens used in testing, but shows Bielke active in the background. Both of these photos give insight into the work done to create what is the primary focus of the story, this new vaccine. The infographic displays the totaled numbers of all the salmonella outbreaks investigated by the CDC in each state in 2013, and other data to help views understand the seriousness and prevalence of the disease this story focuses on.
Cyclists of all ages come to ride on the Slaughter Pen Mountain Bike Trails, which is one of the featured trails in Bentonville's silver level award from the International Mountain Biking Association | Ashton Eley photo
Scott Schoen, general manager of Phat Tire and an avid cyclist, bikes through the Slaughter Pen Trails in Bentonville. "The trails here are extremely diverse, good for any level of rider," Schroen says. "So it fun to come out here pretty often and still find something new and different." Ashton Eley / The Razorback Reporter
Cyclists of all ages come to ride on the Slaughter Pen Mountain Bike Trails, which is one of the featured trails in Bentonville's silver level award from the International Mountain Biking Association | Ashton Eley photo
World Mountain Bike Group Honors NWA Trail Systems
After years of improvement and region-wide collaboration, Bentonville and Fayetteville trail systems were awarded silver and bronze honors this fall from the International Mountain Bicycling Association, one of the leading mountain bike organizations in the world.
The story was published by The Arkansas Traveler (photo 1) and the Razorback Reporter (photo 2). The first photo demonstrates that despite some of the trails' difficult aspects trails, they are not just for professional mountain bikers to ride. It was a live action shot from a series of shots I took while the boy road down the ramp. The second photo is of Scott Schoen, the Phat Tire general manager quoted in the story. It was shot from a distance to show the trail.
neeqa Ishtiaq, a UA Counseling and Psychological Services clinician, sits in a meditative pose and guides a meditation group at Pat Walker Health Center, September 2014. Ashton Eley / The Razorback Reporter
Ed Mink, UA director of wellness and health promotion, practices the meditation and yoga in his office that he teaches in his morning Yoga for Wellness class, September 2014. Ashton Eley / The Razorback Reporter
neeqa Ishtiaq, a UA Counseling and Psychological Services clinician, sits in a meditative pose and guides a meditation group at Pat Walker Health Center, September 2014. Ashton Eley / The Razorback Reporter
Meditation Expanding Minds on Campus
University of Arkansas health professionals are promoting what they describe as mindful stress management practices as a way to prevent student illness.
Both photos display leaders of meditation and mindful on the UA campus in action. The first photo is of clinician Aneeqa Ishtiaq preparing herself and her students for a session of meditation. The second is of Dr. Mink practicing in his office the same yoga and meditation he teaches in his classes and discusses in the story. These photos help readers visualize not only the act of meditation, but also the faces of the leaders of the mindfulness and wellness movement on campus.