Jessica Rinaldi

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Jessica Rinaldi is a Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist from the Boston Globe. She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Feature Photography for her photographic story of a child living after abuse.[1]

Early career[edit]

Rinaldi graduated from Boston University in 2001 with a B.S. in Journalism. For ten years she was a contract photographer for Reuters, winning multiple awards.[2]

Pulitzer prize[edit]

Rinaldi's Pulitzer-winning submission was a photo-documentary of a seven-year-old named Strider Wolf. At two years old, Wolf was severely beaten by his parents, and underwent surgery for his damaged organs; the scar of which is visible in Rinaldi's work. The photos document Wolf living with his grandparents in rural Maine.[3] When the story initially ran, a GoFundMe campaign was started, raising nearly $20,000 for Wolf and his caretakers.[2] Rinaldi's other submission was a finalist for chronicling the life of a mother addicted to heroin and her young daughters in East Boston.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Barsanti, Sam (April 18, 2016). "2016 Pulitzer Prize winners include Hamilton, things that aren't Hamilton". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on December 27, 2023. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Pulitzer Prize Winner - Jessica Rinaldi". www.pulitzer.org.
  3. ^ "Massachusetts families help battered boy build a life". 19 December 2016.
  4. ^ Estrin, David Gonzalez and James (18 April 2016). "Photography Pulitzer for Coverage of Refugee Crisis".