John Rose Henderson

Since 2014, John Rose Henderson has dedicated his career to telling stories that matter. Through award-winning photojournalism, thousands of captured moments, and tens of thousands of miles traveled across the country, his work has documented the lives, struggles, resilience, and humanity of communities throughout America.

Today, through Rose Tinted Vision, John Rose brings over a decade of professional storytelling experience directly to the people and organizations he has spent years covering. Combining cinematic production, journalistic instinct, and community-focused storytelling, Rose Tinted Vision exists to uplift underserved voices and help organizations create meaningful impact through dynamic visual media.

John Rose’s passion for storytelling began in the summer of 2011 with a simple $20 USB camera and a fascination with video’s ability to connect people through emotion and perspective. His passion eventually led him to the University of North Texas, where he studied Radio, Television, and Film with support from the Greater Texas Foundation and Emerald Eagle Scholars Program. During his time at UNT, he volunteered with North Texas Television, developing skills in shooting, editing, interviewing, graphics creation, and television production.

After graduating in Spring 2017, John Rose began his professional career at Southern Oregon’s ABC affiliate, KDRV NewsWatch 12. Moving hundreds of miles away from home to a completely unfamiliar region, he spent his first year in broadcast journalism documenting the people and stories of the Rogue Valley while navigating the challenges of life in a new environment.

In 2018, John Rose returned to his hometown of San Antonio, Texas, joining NBC affiliate News4 San Antonio WOAI. There, his storytelling toolkit expanded significantly as he learned to operate larger news cameras, weather vehicles, and advanced editing systems while balancing the fast-paced demands of daily news production.

During his years in South Central Texas, John Rose documented pivotal moments including the COVID-19 pandemic, the George Floyd protests, and the Texas Freeze of 2021. While many of these stories revealed the failures of strained systems and institutions, they also revealed something else: the resilience, compassion, and perseverance of everyday people and communities. It was during this chapter of his life he choose to start wearing rose-tinted glasses — a constant reminder to fight for better, even during uncertainty and hardship.

In Fall 2021, John Rose’s career led him north to Colorado’s Front Range, where he joined Denver’s ABC affiliate, KMGH Denver7. There, his visual storytelling abilities continued to evolve while covering nationally recognized stories including the Marshall Fire, the Club Q shooting, the Avalanche and Nugget’s Championship runs, and the growing migrant crisis during Colorado winters. Thoughout his local, state, and nationwide coverage, his focus consistently remained on the people centered of each moment. By 2025, his talents, accolades, and reputation grew beyond the newsroom, becoming a respected face & voice within Denver. But as his time in television increased, so did his awareness of the growing limitations with traditional network storytelling.

Knowing what is happening in your community is important. Understanding how these stories, issues, and systems intersect and influence one another, even more so. In that pursuit of depth and growth within hiself & his stories, John Rose invested his knowledge and resources into rennovate a bus, and launched his independent media project Rose Tinted Vision.

Today, RTV operates as a community-focused video production company. Dedicated to helping nonprofits, advocacy groups, and progress-minded organizations communicate their mission through thoughtful, emotionally driven storytelling, and cinematic visual content.