BIO
Tanner Mondok is the Photo Editor at The Herald in Sharon, PA.
He graduated from Youngstown State University in 2019 and was the chief photographer at YSU’s student newspaper, The Jambar.
After graduating from YSU with a degree in journalism, Mondok spent a few months freelancing before landing full-time at The Herald in October 2019.
At The Herald he has covered news and sports, assists with the website, manages the paper’s Instagram accounts and helped launch the award-winning New Generation podcast family.
RECOGNITION
The Herald
- First - Feature Photo - Keystone Media Awards (2025)
- First - Sports Action Photo - Keystone Media Awards (2025)
- Honorable Mention - News Event Photo - Keystone Media Awards (2025)
- First - Podcast - Keystone Media Awards (2025)
- Golden Quill finalist - Sports photo - The Press Club of Western Pennsylvania (2025)
- First - News Event Photo - Keystone Media Awards (2024)
- First - Podcast - Keystone Media Awards (2024)
- First place digital storytelling for the New Generation Podcast in Best of CNHI contest (2023)
- Golden Quill finalist - Spot News Photo - The Press Club of Western Pennsylvania (2023)
- Honorable Mention - Feature Photo - Keystone Media Awards (2023)
- Second - News Event Photo - Keystone Media Awards (2023)
- First - Podcast - Keystone Media Awards (2022)
- Photographer of the year finalist in Best of CNHI contest (2020)
Chagrin Valley Times (freelance work)
- Part of first place award for Chagrin Valley Times best special publication from Ohio SPJ Awards (2020)
Youngstown State University
- Lawrence R. & Garnet P. Anderson Memorial Scholarship in Journalism (2018)
The Jambar (YSU student newspaper)
- First - News Photography - Society for Collegiate Journalists (2019)
- Second - Photojournalism - Ohio News Media Association (2019)
- Top student newspaper from the Ohio News Media Association (2019)
- Second - News Stories - Society for Collegiate Journalists (2019)
- Third - News Photography - Society for Collegiate Journalists (2019)
- Part of first place staff for Newspaper Overall Excellence from the Society for Collegiate Journalists (2019)
- First - Photo Essay - Society for Collegiate Journalists (2020)