Scott Strazzante
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. Education. He grew up in Chicago and graduated from Ripon College, where he majored in business management and art (1982–86). Career. He has been published in National Geographic Magazine, Mother Jones Magazine, Sports Illustrated, and other publications. Strazzante's Common Ground project has been published in National Geographic and made  into a video by MediaStorm. He is a former Illinois Press Photographer Association President (2001–2010) 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. Awards. He is an eleven-time Illinois Photographer of the Year. He was awarded National Newspaper Photographer of the Year in 2000 and National Newspaper Photographer of the Year runner-up in 2007.