Renée C. Byer

Renée C. Byer (born in 1958 in Yonkers, New York) is the senior photojournalist at The Sacramento Bee, where she has worked since 2003.

Byer is a documentary photojournalist. She won a Pulitzer Prize in 2007 for her "A Mother's Journey" feature photo.[1] "A Mother's Journey" was a series of photos, over the course of a year, about a boy at the age of 11 years who was battling neuroblastoma, a type of cancer.

Byer was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2013, "For her heartwarming photographs of a grandfather raising three grandchildren after the violent death of his daughter and the loss of his wife to cancer."[2]

Byer is married to Paul Kitagaki, Jr., the senior photographer at The Sacramento Bee.

Awards

Book Awards

Solo Exhibitions and Presentations

Selected Group Exhibitions

Publications by Byer

Contributor to Publications

TV, Film, and Radio

References

  1. "National Press Photographers Association". nppa.org. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  2. "Pictures of the Year International Winners List". poyi.org. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  3. "Scripps Howard Awards honor nation's best 2014 journalism | The E.W. Scripps Company". www.scripps.com. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
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  5. "Pulitzer Prize Winners 2013". www.pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  6. "Pulitzer Prize Winners 2007". www.pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  7. "Winners List | Sixty-Fourth Pictures of the Year International Competition". www.poyi.org. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  8. "Days Japan International Photojournalism Awards". www.daysjapan.net. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  9. "Meritorious Journalism Casey Medal Winner". www.journalismcenter.org. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  10. author, page. "The United Nations Children Emergency Fund, Photo of the Year". www.unicef.org. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  11. "Pictures of the Year International Winners List". www.poyi.org. Retrieved 2016-03-24.

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