Elaine Cromie is a Michigan-based photo editor and photojournalist who helps shape visual journalism for Chalkbeat and Votebeat non-profit news orgs. Previously, Cromie worked as an independent visual journalist contributing to publications including The New York Times, TIME, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, Rolling Stone Magazine, Detroit Free Press and others. She was a recent Knight-Wallace fellow at the University of Michigan and a former board member of the Authority Collective. Cromie is an active member in the journalism community including groups like Juntos Photo Cooperative, Authority Collective, Women Photograph, NAHJ, AAJA and others. Born and raised in Colorado to a mixed Uchinaanchu and Puerto Rican family Elaine is a graduate from University of Colorado Boulder with a degree in journalism.