AJC Photos of the year — Alyssa Pointer
Award-winning visual journalist Alyssa Pointer joined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2017. She graduated from Western Kentucky University and has worked as a visual storyteller in Wisconsin, Illinois and Kentucky. No matter her surroundings, she strives to create impactful images of the people and places within a community. She loves challenging her visual perspective with daily assignments
and finds the most joy in working on long-term projects. Pointer is on the board of the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar, America’s longest continuously operating photojournalism conference. One of her photos is part of the exhibit: “In Conversation: Visual Meditations on Black Masculinity” at The African American Museum in Philadelphia, and another of her photos is featured in Time Magazine’s Top 100 Photos of 2019.
About the Author
Sandra Brown, senior editor for visuals, has been with the AJC for 15 years, five of which on the visuals team. Photographers and videographers are crucial to journalism and convey what is happening in the community. In an increasingly visual world, the professionalism, skill and integrity of visual journalists are more important than ever.
