Erika Schultz works as a staff photographer for The Seattle Times, where she focuses on documentary photo and video storytelling. Schultz teaches photography and video as part-time faculty at The University of Washington's School of Communication.

In 2019, Schultz worked on stories about asylum and migration as an IWMF Adelante Fellow and Pulitzer Center grantee. Schultz collaborated on multiple stories with the Seattle Times video department that were honored in the 2019 Best of Photojournalism's Online Video, Storytelling and Innovation category. During Spring 2019, the Seattle Asian American Film Festival featured Schultz and Corinne Chin's short film, Mother-daughter powerlifters 'don't care what people have to say'. Schultz's work was inlcuded in the 2019 exhibition Tragedy to Light, 30 Years of The Alexia at Photoville in New York.

In 2017, Pictures of the Year International honored Schultz with an award of excellence for Newspaper Photographer of the Year. Her video work with Corinne Chin won second place for Individual Multimedia Portfolio in NPPA’s 2017 Best of Photojournalism Awards, as well as an honorable mention for Cliff Edom’s “New America Award.”

Schultz’s work has been recognized by the Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism, National Edward R. Murrow Awards, The Alexia Foundation, Society of Professional Journalists, and was a finalist for the 2010 and 2013 ASNE Community Service Photojournalism award. She also was part of The Seattle Times’ 2010 Pulitzer Prize winning team for Breaking News Reporting.

She serves on the Western Washington Board of the Society of Professional Journalists and is the co-founder of NW Photojournalism. She also has exhibited with Artworks Projects and served as an Emerging Lens Mentor.

PRESS:

IWMF - Our list of the 19 Women Changing Journalism in 2019

Poynter - The Seattle Times went beyond the border to bring home immigration stories.

Nieman Reports - Investigating the Housing Crisis

Portraits of Homelesness- Seattle Channel

Portraits of Homelessness - Q13 Fox

Swim Ballet - NPPA Magazine

30 Days - Q13 Fox

Jack's Journey - The Image, Deconstructed