Scott Strazzante
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Scott Strazzante (born March 11, 1964) is an American photojournalist at the San Francisco Chronicle. As a member of the Chicago Tribune staff, he co-won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting for a series about faulty government regulation of dangerously defective toys, cribs and car seats. [1]
Education[edit]
He grew up in Chicago and graduated from Ripon College, where he majored in business management and art (1982–86).
Career[edit]
He has been published in National Geographic Magazine, Mother Jones Magazine,[2] Sports Illustrated, and other publications. Strazzante's Common Ground project has been published in National Geographic and made into a video by MediaStorm.[3]
He is a former Illinois Press Photographer Association president (2001–2010)[4] and National Press Photographers Association Region 5 Director and Associate Director (1999–2005).
Strazzante is a prolific street photographer using his iPhone with Hipstamatic app.[5]
Awards[edit]
He is an eleven-time Illinois Photographer of the Year.[6] He was awarded National Newspaper Photographer of the Year in 2000[7] and National Newspaper Photographer of the Year runner-up in 2007.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ "The Pulitzer Prizes | Citation". Pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2012-10-17.
- ^ "Promised Land". Mother Jones. Retrieved 2012-10-17.
- ^ "Common Ground". MediaStorm.
- ^ "Illinois Press Photographers Association". Ippaonline.com. Retrieved 2012-10-17.
- ^ "Hipstamatic gives news shooter fresh eye for Chicago streets - Cult of Mac". 8 May 2014.
- ^ [1] archived
- ^ "58th Pictures of the Year". Poyi.org. Retrieved 2012-10-17.
- ^ "Newspaper Photographer of the Year". Poyi.org. Retrieved 2012-10-17.
External links[edit]
- Chicago Tribune Shooting from the Hip blog
- aphotoaday Interview
- Chicago Tribune- "New York Remembers 9/11"
- Scott Strazzante, photoshelter.com
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