email: pointer.alyssa@gmail.com     

cell: (678) 465-8089

Alyssa Pointer is a native Georgian that resides and works in Atlanta, Georgia. She studied photojournalism and African American studies at Western Kentucky University. She is a skilled documentarian with 5 years of combined experience working as a staff newspaper photojournalist at the Chicago Tribune and the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

She is available to travel. 

View her commercial portfolio here.              

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Education 

2016 B.A. Photojournalism - Western Kentucky University


Group Exhibition

2019 MFON: Women Photographers of the African Diaspora - In Conversation: Visual Meditation on Black Masculinity Philadelphia, PA


Professional Affiliations
National Press Photographers Association - Member

The Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar - Board Member

The National Association of Black Journalists Visual Task Force - Board Member

Diversify Photo - Member

The Authority Collective - Member


Awards and Recognition

2017 Hearst Journalism Awards - First Place Multimedia I/Narrative Storytelling – Features Competition

2017 The Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar - First Place - Short Term Documentary Project

2019 Time Magazine - Top 100 Photos of the Year 

2020 Time Magazine - Top 100 Photos of the Year 

2020 Cox Enterprises - Gov. Cox Award

2021 Time Magazine - Top 100 Photos of the Year 

2021 National Press Photographers Association Best of Photojournalism - Honorable Mention

2021 The Atlanta Press Club Award of Excellence 


Select Press 

2020 - Roughed Up, Zip-Tied, and Under Arrest: Female photographers on documenting the George Floyd protests.

Black Shutter Podcast - Episode 48

Gaining Ground: The New Georgia Podcast - Episode 2


Workshops

Participant - Eddie Adams Workshop 2021

Participant - New York Times Student Journalism Institute 2016

Participant - The Mountain Workshops

Participant - The Kalish Workshops 2022

Instructor - University of Georgia Woodall Weekend Workshop  2021

Instructor - Picture Kentucky Photojournalism and Multimedia Workshop 2022

Partial Client List

- The New York Times

- Reuters

-Bloomberg

- The Wall Street Journal

- ProPublica 

- Amazon

- AARP

- Apple Inc.

- No Kid Hungry

- Trust for Public Land

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