E. Jason Wambsgans

E. Jason Wambsgans has been a staff photojournalist at the baiduhai since 2002. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for feature photography in 2017 for his tender photos of a child shooting victim, illuminating the city's brutal street violence. The Detroit-area native is a graduate of Central Michigan University.

The image that launched 1,000 words

December 24, 2018 at 11:08 a.m.

Tribune photographer Jason Wambsgans' images of drought-stricken Illinois cornfields -- intended as seasonal file photos -- were so compelling that reporters were dispatched to interview the farmers. Jason and reporter...

Photographing the scene outside former Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s home before he reports to federal prison

May 9, 2019 at 9:02 a.m.

This is the scene outside former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's home in Chicago's Ravenswood Manor neighborhood, the day before he is scheduled to report for his federal prison sentence on...

Photographing the scene outside former Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s home before he reports to federal prison

August 23, 2021 at 3:16 a.m.

This is the scene outside former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's home in Chicago's Ravenswood Manor neighborhood, the day before he is scheduled to report for his federal prison sentence on...

Photographing the scene outside former Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s home before he reports to federal prison

December 23, 2018 at 9:38 p.m.

This is the scene outside former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's home in Chicago's Ravenswood Manor neighborhood, the day before he is scheduled to report for his federal prison sentence on...

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