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Photo by Jennifer Tran

Angelina is a photojournalist based in New York City. She is a 2023 graduate of the UNC Hussman School of Journalism.​

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Member of NPPA and NLGJA: National Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists. Select clients: Washington Post, the AP, Getty, Bloomberg, the Economist.

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Angelina is based in New York but always willing and eager to travel.​​​​​

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phone: (919) 808-7001

email: angkatsanis@gmail.com

instagram: @angelinakatsanis

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Experience

POLITICO
Photojournalist | Sept 2024 - Present
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Star Tribune
Photo/Video Intern; Fellow | June 2023 - June 2024

Raleigh News & Observer
Visuals Intern | May 2022 - Sept. 2022
 
Bloomberg
Student Photojournalism Fellow | Aug. 2021 - Dec. 2022

Malheur Enterprise
Newroom Intern | May 2021 - Aug. 2021

Daily Tar Heel
Photo Editor | April 2020 - April 2021
Photo Staffer | August 2019 - April 2023

UNC NPPA
President May 2021 - May 2023
Board Member August 2019 - April 2021
 
University of North Carolina Student Union
Photographer/Videographer | January 2021 - May 2022

Blue Skies Innovation (formerly Reese Innovation Lab)
Photographer/Videographer | Jan. 2020 - May 2020

LIMEAID Publication
Photographer and Graphic Designer | Nov. 2019 - Present

TEDx
TEDxUNC Creative Team | Aug. 2019 - Mar. 2020
TEDxNCSSM Creative Director | Mar. 2018 - Mar. 2019
TEDxNCSSM Creative Team | Aug. 2017 - Mar. 2018

 
 
Education
 
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Aug. 2019 - May 2023
B.A. in Journalism (visual communications track)
B.A. in Studio Arts
Minor in Social and Economic Justice

North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
August 2017 - May 2019

Awards and Accolades

Doug Pensinger Photography Fund 2024 Grantee

Best of Photojournalism: Third place Emerging Photojournalist

Hearst Journalism Awards

  • First Place Multimedia IV 2024

  • Multimedia Story of the Year 2023

  • First Place Multimedia III: Digital News/Enterprise Story 2023 

  • First Place Photojournalism Championship 2022

  • First Place Photojournalism II: Picture Stories/Series 2022

  • Second Place Multimedia Championship 2023

  • Third Place Multimedia IV: Team Reporting 2022

College Photographer of the Year 2023

  • Gold Online Storytelling

  • Finalist Online Storytelling

  • Finalist Individual Story

  • Finalist Group Story

  • Award of Excellence Feature

  • Award of Excellence Documentary Project

Eddie Adams Workshop Class of XXXV

Carolyn and Larry Keith Journalism Award 2023

Online News Society 2022

  • First Place sports: Large News Room (Washington Post)

Jim Batten Community Journalism Award

Rick and Jennifer Bruning Student Journalism Award

NC College Media Association (NCCMA) 2021

  • Second Place, Page Design

ACP Pacemakers 2021

  • Second Place, Sports Action

37th Frame (NPPA)​

  • 2023​

    • Photo story first place, second place

    • General news first place, second place, third place

    • Feature first place

    • Spot news first place, third place

  • 2022

    • Best in show

    • Photo story first place

    • Feature first place, third place

    • Portrait first place

  • 2021

    • ​Feature first place

    • ​Sports feature first place, third place

    • Portrait second place

    • Feature third place

    • News third place

  • 2020

    • Feature first place

    • Sports first place

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