The recipient of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography. Rainey is the recipient of several journalism awards including the 2000 RFK Journalism Award for Domestic Photojournalism, The 2001 Best of Show and Gold Medal in the International Society of News Design, the 2000 Best of Show in the Print Division of the National Headliner’s Awards and the runner up for the Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism. Rainey is a 2-time winner of the NJ Press Photographer of the Year award and 4-time winner of the New Jersey Understanding Award for Photojournalism. He is Past President and Life Member of the NJPPA. Rainey was
part of the team awarded the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting for the resignation of NJ Gov. Jim McGreevey and in 2005, Rainey was awarded the Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Newspapers with colleague Robin Gaby-Fisher. Rainey has been a news photographer for 20 years and been with The Star-Ledger since 1995. Rainey holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Rutgers University and is an adjunct professor of Photojournalism at Rutgers University and Kean University. He is married and has three children.
