Tim Vizer started at the Belleville News-Democrat as a photographer in 1987 and since 1989 has been chief photographer. Prior to working here, Vizer was assistant director of photography at the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, a photographer for the Sunday Courier-Press in Evansville, Ind., and a photographer at the Collinsville Herald while attending college as a mass communications major at SIUE. He is a member of the Associated Press Photo Managers group and is the on-site chairman for that group's 2009 national convention in St. Louis. He is a faculty member on the Illinois Press Foundation's High School Journalism Workshop and has won numerous awards for his photography.
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O'Fallon's Dionte Sullivan (3, left) gets some help from teammate B.J. Hendrix (24, center) in running the ball against Cahokia in the first quarter. At right is Cahokia's Donald Collier.
