Greg Lovett
The Palm Beach Post
Faculty
Born and raised in Van Buren, Ark., Greg Lovett grew up working in the family restaurant. He became interested in photography in high school where he worked for the yearbook and newspaper. He received his bachelor’s degree in photojournalism from Western Kentucky University. As a student, Lovett was a recipient of the Joseph Ehrenreich Scholarship in 1985 and won the William Randolph Hearst Photojournalism Championship in 1987.
Greg interned at the Tennessean, The Providence Journal, The Courier-Journal and The Miami Herald. He joined the Miami News as a staff photographer in 1987.
In 1989, he joined the Palm Beach Post and the same year became Cox Photographer of the Year – an award he landed again in 2001, 2004 and 2005. His achievements include Southern Short Course Photographer of the Year in 1991, National Press Photographer’s Press Association’s Region 6 Photographer of the Year in 1993, and Region POY runner-up in 1991, 1994 and 2000.
He is a two time finalist for The Pulitzer Prize. Breaking news photography for staff coverage of the Florida hurricanes, 2005, and breaking news photography for staff coverage of Hurricane Andrew, 1993.
Greg has been a picture editor at the newspaper since 2006, and was recently appointed Assistant Multi-Media Editor.
Lovett is married to Sonja Isger and has a nine-year-old son Riley.
