Matt Rainey

Matt Rainey is an American photographer. He received the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography. Rainey was also part of the group that received the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news and reporting. In addition, he has received more than 200 awards during his career.

Personal life

Rainey was born on April 14, 1966 in Denville, New Jersey. He currently resides in Annandale, New Jersey. He married Michelle Seagall Rainey in 2003.

Education

Rainey attended West Morris Central High School in Chester, New Jersey and graduated in 1984. He then attended the School of Visual Arts in New York as a film major for a year before changing his major to photography, attending Rutgers University in New Jersey and graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in photography in 1988.

Career

Rainey has worked as a photographer for many entities including The Daily Record, The News Tribune, The Star-Ledger, Rodale, Inc. and Weidenheimer Creative. He also works with several other companies as a freelance photographer.

Awards

Rainey was awarded the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography while covering the dormitory fire at Seton Hall University for The Star-Ledger.[1] The photo series, “After the Fire” covered the experience and recovery of two Seton Hall University students.[2]

He received his second Pulitzer in 2005 for Breaking News Reporting as part of the group covering New Jersey governor Jim McGreeney’s resignation[3]

Rainey is also the recipient of the 2001 Robert F. Kennedy Award for Domestic Photojournalism and the 2005 Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Newspapers,[4] administered by the Neiman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University.

He is the recipient of the Sigma Delta Chi Gold Medal administered by the Society of Professional Journalists.

Rainey has been named the runner up for the Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism, the DART Award.[5] He holds Best in Show honors in both, The National Headliners Competition[6] and the Society for News Design.

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References

  1. "The 2001 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Feature Photography". The Pulitzer Prizes. The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
  2. "The 2001 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Feature Photography". The Pulitzer Prizes. The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
  3. "The 2005 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Breaking News Reporting". The Pulitzer Prizes. The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
  4. "The Star-Ledger Series on School for Troubled Teens Wins Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Newspapers". Nieman Foundation at Harvard. Nieman Foundation. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
  5. Rainey, Matt; Fisher, Robin Gaby. "After the Fire". Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma. Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
  6. "2001 -- Print/Photo". National Headliner Awards. National Headliner Awards. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
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