About me

Julius Shieh (he/they) is a photographer and multimedia journalist based in Madison, Wisconsin. Born and raised in New Jersey, he’s surrounded himself with cameras ever since receiving a point-and-shoot digicam at the age of five. He currently reports with Wisconsin Watch and works as a freelance photographer, and he graduated with a B.A. in History and English from The University of Texas at Austin in 2024. 

Julius has also worked as a visual intern at KUT/KUTX, as a photography intern at The Texas Tribune, and he has served as a photo editor and news reporter for The Daily Texan. He has also worked as a digital intern at KTBC-7 Austin and as a photographer at UT Austin’s Texas Connect faculty magazine. In his free time, Julius likes cooking, cycling and taking naps with his two cats, Peanut and Butters.

Affiliations: NPPA, AAJA, EAW XXXVII