She covers everything from hurricanes to NBA Championships, but her true passion is documenting intimate, under-reported stories. She is a three-time NPPA regional Photographer of the Year. In February, Ms. Krantz was awarded third place Newspaper Photographer of the Year by Pictures of the Year International. Her story chronicling a year at Sam Houston High School was awarded second place Issue Reporting Picture Story and named a finalist for the Community Awareness Award in POYi, as well as a runner-up for the Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism, and a finalist for the ASNE Community Photojournalism Award. The project was part of a portfolio that earned Ms. Krantz the 2010 Scripps Howard Foundation National Journalism Award for Photojournalism.