Jamie Rose

Jamie Rose is co-Founder and COO of Momenta Group, LLC, which owns Momenta Workshops, Momenta Creative, and manages Wildfire Media, a nonprofit dedicated to documentary storytelling.Her early career was spent as a Press Corps photojournalist covering Capitol Hill and the White House, primarily on contract for The New York Times. Her passion for working with nonprofits led her to documentary coverage of humanitarian and health crises in Africa, North and South America, and the Middle East. Her clients included Doctors Without Borders, The Calvert Foundation, The Global Fund, and Physicians for Human Rights.

In 2008, her business partner National Geographic editor John Chris Anderson founded Momenta to train documentary storytellers around the world. In 2023, they are celebrating its 15 year anniversary.

Jamie was awarded the United Nations’ Photographers Leadership Award, an honorable mention from The Alexia, and The White House News Photographers’ Association (WHNPA) Project Grant for her portfolio of MSF clinics in wartime Northern Uganda.

She has been interviewed about the importance of storytelling for humanitarian and nonprofit organizations in media outlets such as The Candid Frame, Photo District News (PDN), B&H Stage, and News Photographer Magazine among others. She has been an invited presenter at Harvard University, Columbia University, Georgetown University, University of Oregon, Syracuse University, and American University.

Jamie holds degrees in Literature and Communications from American University and Visual Interactive Communications from the S.I. Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University. She also runs the popular blog, Jamie’s List, that promotes jobs and opportunities for creatives.

She lives and works in the mountains of Oregon with her husband and co-founder of Momenta John Chris Anderson, and their practically perfect rescue dog, Cody.