Denny Simmons has been working for 21 years at the Evansville Courier & Press and The Gleaner (Henderson, Ky.), serving as visuals coach/photographer. Past positions include picture editor at the News Sun (Waukegan, Ill.), picture editor at the St. Joseph (Mo.) News-Press, and photographer at the Jacksonville (Ill.) Journal-Courier. Simmons was named NPPA's Best of Photojournalism Photographer of the Year (Smaller Markets) in 2008 and Runner-Up 2018 and was inducted into the Scripps Hall of Fame in 2011. He has also been Indiana POY thrice and currently serves as its president. He was awarded the title of College Photographer of the Year for work done in 1992 while attending the University of Missouri. Simmons is married to Penny and they have two kids in college and two dogs on their couch.