Olga Shalygin
oshalygin@cal.berkeley.edu
(510) 548.7648

Professional Experience:

• Founder, Red Door Video Productions, April '98-present
• Photo Editor, Associated Press San Francisco bureau, Aug. 95 - April 98
• Photo Editor/ Photographer, A.P. Moscow bureau, Oct. 93 - Aug. 95
• Staff Photographer, A.P. San Francisco base, Aug. 90 - Oct. 93
• Freelance photographer in San Francisco Bay Area, Jan. 88 - Aug. 90
• Staff Photographer, Daily News of Los Angeles, 1986-1988
• Staff Photographer ,Orange County Register, 84 - 86
• Registered Nurse, Critical Care Services - 1976 1984 (license still active)

Awards and Recognition:

• 1998 Soros Foundation Grant for video documentary The Collapse of the Soviet Union and its Effect on Women
• Pulitzer Prize 92 -- A.P. Moscow team coverage of the 91 Moscow coup and dissolution of the Soviet Union
• Pulitzer Prize runner-up 96 --A.P. team entry for photo coverage of the War in Chechnya.
• National Headliner Award, Second Place, 94 -- Spot News Photography
• Overseas Press Club of America Best Photographic Reporting award 93 for Coverage of the Russian Uprising.
• 51st Annual Pictures of the Year Competition, Award of Excellence 93 for Russia: Taking a Hard Line
• 53rd Annual Pictures of the Year Competition, 3rd Place Global News award 95 for Chechnya Children at Play.
• Participant Photographer: Day in the Life of California, Jews In America, & Christmas in America photo books.