Jim Lo Scalzo, a Washington, D.C. native, joined the U.S.News & World Report photography staff in 1994. Since then he has had assignments in more than 40 countries and won 18 awards in the Pictures of the Year and White House News Photographers' Association photo competitions. Lo Scalzo has a B.A. in creative writing from Loyola College in Baltimore and an M.A. in photojournalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Jeffrey MacMillan, a California native, joined U.S.News & World Report as a staff photographer in 1991. MacMillan has received many awards including the 1999 Communication Arts Photography Annual award. He studied photography at the Art Center of Design in Pasadena, Calif. MacMillan lives in suburban Washington, D.C., with his wife and three sons.