Brontë Wittpenn is an Emmy award-winning photographer, videographer, editor and producer currently at the San Francisco Chronicle.
Having been raised in Montana, she has remained committed to photographing rural America and the depth of the people who call it home. Her vision focuses on using her craft to inform viewers intellectually and move them emotionally through deeply reported, character-driven stories about individual lives, circumstances and struggles.
Her work reflects the places she’s lived including Flint, Michigan, Florida and Texas. She currently lives in Oakland, California and has worked on staff for the Chronicle for three years.
Wittpenn is a recipient of the 2019 Pulitzer Center Global Reporting Grant where she traveled to Iraq. She is also a 2019 graduate of the Eddie Adams Workshop, the VII Academy and has been a guest speaker at the University of California San Francisco, University of Texas, Austin Community College and has been an instructor at Montana Photo Workshop in Missoula, Montana.
She is a also certified drone pilot and has had her work featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, Tampa Bay Times, Flint Journal, Bloomberg News, Austin American-Statesman, San Francisco Chronicle and more.
Recognition
2023
California Journalism Awards, First Place, Video Journalism - Other
California Journalism Awards, First Place, Labor Reporting
California Journalism Awards, Second Place, Feature Story
California Journalism Awards, Second Place, Profile Story
California Journalism Awards, Third Place, Video Journalism - News
News and Documentary Emmy Awards, Nominee, News Feature - Serious Feature (Single Report)
News and Documentary Emmy Awards, Nominee, Historical/Cultural - News or Short Form Content
Pictures of the Year International, Award of Excellence, Documentary Daily Life
Pictures of the Year International, Award of Excellence, Documentary Daily Life
2022
Scripps Howard Award, Winner, Visuals Team Portfolio - Excellence in Visual Human-Interest Storytelling
News and Documentary Emmy Awards, Winner, Health and Medical - News or Short Form Content
2021
News and Documentary Emmy Awards, Winner, Serious Feature (Single Report)
National Press Photographers Association, Second Place, Best of Photojournalism, Team Video
National Press Photographers Association, Third Place, Best of Photojournalism, News and Issue - Online Video Individual
Headliners Foundation, Winner, Star Investigative Report of the Year
Edward R. Murrow Award, Honoree, Digital News Organization - Small Market - Continuing Coverage
2020
National Press Photographers Association, Winner, Best of Photojournalism, Multimedia Journalist of the Year
News and Documentary Emmy Awards, Nominee, Military - News
2019
News and Documentary Emmy Awards, Nominee, Feature News Report - Light Feature/Series
News and Documentary Emmy Awards, Nominee, Historical/Cultural - News Single Story/Feature/Series
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Photo by: Riley Reed