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