Lisa Krantz

Lisa Krantz is a fellow with the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard studying the relationships between photojournalists and the people they photograph during times of sustained trauma. In her other life, she is a staff photographer at the San Antonio Express-News in San Antonio, Texas. In 2018, Lisa was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Feature Photography for the story of Rowan Windham, a 10-year-old who inspired others with his positive outlook on life despite battling a rare, incurable disorder. She was also a finalist in 2015 as part of a team entry on the Central American immigration crisis. Her work has been recognized by Pictures of the Year International (POYi) including the Community Awareness Award, second place Newspaper Photographer of the Year in 2019 and third place Newspaper Photographer of the Year in 2010 & 2015. She has twice received both the ASNE Photojournalism Award and the Scripps Howard Award for Photojournalism. World Press Photo, NPPA's Best of Photojournalism, PDN Photo Annual, SPJ's Sigma Delta Chi and the National Headliner Awards have also recognized her work. Krantz has a psychology degree from Florida State University and a MA in photography from Syracuse University. Previously she worked at the Naples (FL) Daily News.