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Rick Saccone, the Republican candidate for Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district, speaks to supporters and volunteers during a campaign stop at the Blaine Hill volunteer fire department on Monday, March 12, 2018 in Elizabeth Township, Pa. Saccone was joined by Donald Trump Jr. who joined with his father, President Trump, and his sister, Ivanka, to help campaign for Saccone. Saccone is running against Democratic candidate Conor Lamb in a special election to replace Tim Murphy, the Republican congressman who retired in scandal last October.
Rick Saccone speaks to supporters at the VFW Post 4793 during a campaign rally on March 5, 2018 in Waynesburg, Pa.
A sign for Republican nominee for congress Rick Saccone sits outside of the VFW Post 4793 prior to a campaign rally supporting the coal community on March 5, 2018 in Waynesburg, Pa.
Rick Saccone talks with supporters at the VFW Post 4793 after a campaign rally on March 5, 2018 in Waynesburg, Pa.
Conor Lamb, Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District, listens as former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a rally for him at the Carpenters Training Center on Tuesday, March 6, 2018 in Collier Township, Pa.
Conor Lamb, Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District, speaks at a rally with union members as former Vice President Joe Biden sits at his side at the Carpenters Training Center on Tuesday, March 6, 2018 in Collier Township, Pa.
Olivia Somdecerff, a volunteer with the Conor Lamb campaign, stands backstage as she watches results in Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district special election at Conor Lamb's campaign headquarters at Hilton Garden hotel on Tuesday, March 13, 2018 in Southpointe, Pa.
Donald Trump Jr. gets his photo taken with a group of supporters at a campaign rally for Rick Saccone, the Republican candidate for Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district, at the Blaine Hill volunteer fire department on Monday, March 12, 2018 in Elizabeth Township, Pa. Saccone was joined by Donald Trump Jr. who joined with his father, President Trump, and his sister, Ivanka, to help campaign for Saccone.
Johnny Bento, a longtime supporter of unions in Pittsburgh, listens to former Vice President Joe Biden speak at a rally for Conor Lamb, Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District, at the Carpenters Training Center on Tuesday, March 6, 2018 in Collier Township, Pa.
Rick Saccone wears a miner's helmet he was gifted as he talks with supporters at the VFW Post 4793 after a campaign rally on March 5, 2018 in Waynesburg, Pa.
Donald Trump Jr. gets a photo taken after speaking at a campaign rally for Rick Saccone, the Republican candidate for Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district, at the Blaine Hill volunteer fire department on Monday, March 12, 2018 in Elizabeth Township, Pa. Saccone was joined by Donald Trump Jr. who joined with his father, President Trump, and his sister, Ivanka, to help campaign for Saccone.
Douglas Ray, 55, of Homewood, Pa., stands near a flag in the back of a rally for Conor Lamb, Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District, at the Carpenters Training Center on Tuesday, March 6, 2018 in Collier Township, Pa.
Conor Lamb, the Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district, walks into his polling location at First Church of Christ social hall on Tuesday, March 13, 2018 in Mt. Lebanon, Pa.
Rick Saccone, Republican candidate for Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district, holds his cell phone up with a video call from his son, as he is surrounded by media after voting at Mount Vernon Presbyterian Church on Tuesday, March 13, 2018 in McKeesport, Pa.
Supporters of Conor Lamb react as results show him pulling ahead in Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district special election at Conor Lamb's campaign headquarters at Hilton Garden hotel on Tuesday, March 13, 2018 in Southpointe, Pa.
Conor Lamb, Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district, takes the stage to deliver his acceptance speech at his campaign headquarters at Hilton Garden hotel early Wednesday, March 14, 2018 in Southpointe, Pa.
Conor Lamb, Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district, takes the stage to deliver his acceptance speech at his campaign headquarters at Hilton Garden hotel early Wednesday, March 14, 2018 in Southpointe, Pa.
Conor Lamb's speech rests on the podium after he gave his acceptance speech at his campaign headquarters at Hilton Garden hotel early Wednesday, March 14, 2018 in Southpointe, Pa.
Justin Merriman, a freelance photojournalist based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has traveled the world to cover politics, wars, natural disasters, civil unrest as well as covering assignment throughout the United States. His work has appeared in leading national publications and he has received multiple top journalism awards.
After covering the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks – including the crash of United Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania – Merriman committed to chronicling the U.S. military and its war on terror. He has followed this story across the United States and into the conflict zones of Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iraq. He also has covered life in Fidel Castro’s Cuba in 2002, India’s efforts to eradicate polio from its population, the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Cuba in 2012, the 2013 conclave and election of Pope Francis in Rome, the second anniversary of Egypt’s revolution and subsequent unrest, Russia’s invasion of Crimea and the international political crisis that unfolded in Ukraine in 2014, a look inside of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in 2015 and its uncertain future, and most recently, traveled the entire U.S. border with Mexico documenting issues on immigration.
Merriman’s work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, the Atlantic, Time, USA Today, Sports Illustrated and other publications across the globe.
He has been recognized with numerous regional, national and international awards from organizations including Pictures of the Year International, Society of Professional Journalists, the National Press Photographers Association, the Society for News Design, the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar, the Northern Short Course, the Southern Short Course, the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, the Military Reporters and Editors Association, and the Western Pennsylvania Press Club. He was awarded Photographer of the Year by the News Photographer Association of Greater Pittsburgh four times and most recently was honored with the Keystone Press Award’s 2016 Distinguished Visual Award from the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association.
Born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, Merriman graduated from the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg in 2000 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Writing. In 2009, the university awarded him its prestigious Alumnus of Distinction award.
Currently Merriman lives in Oakmont with his fiancé, Stephanie Strasburg, a photojournalist with PublicSource.