Erika Schultz shares stories through photography, documentary video and social media. She believes photojournalism has the power to put the viewer in someone else’s shoes, bridge differences and spur social change.

She loves the American West, well told tales, Spanglish and to travel.

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

In 2017, NPPA Pictures of the Year awarded Schultz an award of excellence for Newspaper Photographer of the Year and an honorable mention for Cliff Edom’s “New America Award." Best of Photojournalism awarded Schultz 2nd place for Individual Multimedia Portfolio.

Schultz also works as a part-time visual journalism professor at the University of Washington, serves on the Western Washington Board of the Society of Professional Journalists and is the co-founder of NW Photojournalism.