John Thomas Rose is a photographer and educator based in Southern California. For ten years he’s been the staff adviser to the student newspaper at Santa Barbara City College, The Channels. Working alongside the faculty adviser he oversees journalism, photography and video students working on the online student news site. 

Rose spent 7 weeks in Vietnam working on a documentary project that resulted in a film, a book and two gallery exhibitions. He then went to New York City to cover the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Later he traveled to Black Rock Desert in Nevada to document the struggles of a remote community that had been rendered a ghost town as a result of the housing crisis. During his time at Brooks Institute as a student he gained newsroom experience while photo editing and shooting during a four-month internship at National Public Radio headquarters in Washington, D.C.