Newsroom Staff: Martin Smith-Rodden

Picture editor

Office phone: 757-446-2559

Email: martin.smith-rodden@pilotonline.com

Martin has been a photographer for daily newspapers since 1981, in markets such as Washington, D.C., (The Journal Newspapers, 1981 through 1983), San Antonio, Texas, (The San Antonio Light, 1983 – 1986), and in Hampton Roads (1986 through present). His work has taken him to earthquake scenes in Mexico City, coverage of hurricanes (too many to count), military actions in Bosnia, Haiti and most currently, The Persian Gulf, Kuwait and Iraq. He has been the Daily Sections Photo Editor at The Pilot since 2005 and a team leader in the Photography Department since 2006. He has been named the National Press Photographers Association Photo Editor of the Year for 2011.

Martin is married to veteran journalist and marketing executive Pam Smith-Rodden. They have two children, Wilson and Kate. They enjoy a life on the waterfront, in a old house in the West Park View neighborhood of Portsmouth, overlooking beautiful Scotts Creek.

Martin received a degree in social sciences (sociology concentration) from Virginia Wesleyan College, and a Master of Science in Cognitive Psychology from Old Dominion University. Currently, he is a doctoral candidate in the Applied Experimental Psychology program at Old Dominion University. His academic interests are in social cognition, media psychology and decision making, where he looks to apply his research and practices in the workplace setting.