Joe Amon
Visuals EditorJoe Amon is a Visuals Editor with Connecticut Public’s Visuals department. As a photojournalist he has covered breaking news, sports and long form storytelling across the United States.
He received his associates’ degree in 1989 and took his first job as a photojournalist with the Valley Independent in Monessen, Pennsylvania. Since, he has worked at the Free Lance Star, the South Florida Sun Sentinel, and The Denver Post.
Joe was awarded the Robert F. Kennedy Prize for International Photography for his project, “Aids Orphans,” which chronicled the life and ultimately the death of Victoria Lynn Ward, an eighteen year old survivor, inspiration and outcast who died of complications from AIDS. Joe was a key contributor of the 2013 The Denver Post staff Pulitzer in Breaking News Reporting for team coverage of the Aurora theater shooting.
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A strong defensive showing helped UConn mark another home win, beating Xavier 78-41 on Sunday at the XL Center in Hartford. -
Uconn women's basketball returns with a 63-55 win over the Bluejays. -
At this year's annual Christmas celebration at the Ebony Horsewomen Equestrian and Therapeutic Center in Hartford, kids visited with Santa, who swapped his reindeer for horses. -
At the Basketball Hall of Fame Women’s Showcase on Sunday, Louisville handed UConn its third loss of the season. -
Paige Bueckers scored a career-high 34 points in the first test of the season at Hartford's XL Center. -
Over 150 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were distributed to kids as local families stood in line at the Elm City Montessori School on Saturday. -
Nearly 150 unionized health care workers at Sunrise Northeast group homes went out on strike Tuesday morning. -
View the ongoing rebuilding and daily life photographed during the filming of Connecticut Public’s documentary Cutline - Los de María: Four Years After the Hurricane. -
Foodshare has been distributing food at Rentschler Field in East Hartford since the pandemic began. This site, which has served more than 227,000… -
George McCleary is a horticulturist and a vegetable farmer. Around this time of year, he’s also a Santa. He’s been putting on the red coat for about four…
