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Dayna Smith (born 1962) is an American photojournalist. She worked at the Washington Post for 21 years before going freelance. In 1999 she won World Press Photo of the Year.

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Life and work

Smith was born in Minot, North Dakota in 1962. [1] She began her career at the Palm Beach Post in Florida and at the Washington Times . [1] In 1985 she joined the staff of the Washington Post, where she worked for 21 years as a photographer, assignment editor and picture editor. [1] In 2007 she went freelance. [1]

Smith spent two weeks in Kosovo in October and November 1998 covering the Kosovo War for the Washington Post. [2] A photograph from that time "of a grieving young woman whose husband had been killed the day before" [3] won the 1999 World Press Photo of the Year. [4] [5] Smith is one of only four women to have won the award since it was first given in 1955. [6]

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