Fred Sweets has spent his entire life in the newspaper business, growing up under the tutelage of his father, N. A. Sweets, publisher of the St. Louis American. He began his career as a staff photographer at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in 1968. A decade later, Mr. Sweets moved on to the Washington Post, covering presidents Carter, Reagan and Bush, as well as the 1992 Los Angeles riots, daily news, features and sports. He also worked as the senior photo editor for the Los Angeles Times and was the Chief of Photos for the Associated Press, Washington Bureau, AP's largest bureau worldwide. In 1997, Mr. Sweets headed up Diverse Visions, a week-long multi-cultural photojournalism workshop for aspiring college-level photojournalism students and directed AP's summer internship program for aspiring photographers and photo editors. Throughout his career, Mr. Sweets has served on committees and judged photo competitions designed to advance photojournalism.