Most notably, Russ is a contributor for the New York Times, the Associated Press and post-secondary education clients. His assignments have taken him throughout the United States and to the Azores, Morocco, Turkey, Croatia, Montenegro, Portugal, Grenada, Kuwait, Iraq, Bosnia, Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, Germany, Ireland, Greece, Italy, Spain, New Zealand and Brazil. He was a staff photographer for The University of Virginia, Semester at Sea program Summer 2012 voyage.