Renée C. Byer is a Senior Photojournalist with The Sacramento Bee, USA and the recipient of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for her project "A Mother's Journey," an intimate portrayal of a single mother's emotional and financial struggles as her son battled neuroblastoma, a rare form of childhood cancer.

The story was also awarded the World Understanding Award and second place multimedia feature picture story at Pictures of the Year International 2007, the Sigma Delta Chi Award for feature photography, and the Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism, second prize in the Days Japan International Photojournalism Awards and an honorable mention in the UNICEF Photo of the Year Award. Also a picture editor and designer Byer is represented by ZUMA press photo agency.

Byer's photos have been published in Newsweek Asia, Paris Match, Marie Claire, El Mundo, Days Japan, Rangefinder, Photo District News, Business Week, People, View magazine in Germany, BH Magazino in Greece, and most recently in the book “America at Home,” among others. She has lectured at numerous professional gatherings including the Northern Short Course, Pictures of the Year International, the National Press Photographer’s Flying Short Course and multi media immersion programs, The Foundry Photojournalism workshop in Mexico City, Collaboration Summit in KL, Malaysia and the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar. Her work has been exhibited in Madrid, Spain, the Photographic Center in Palm Beach, FL, the Exposure Gallery in San Francisco, in Yokohama, Japan, in LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph in Charlottesville, VA, and as a projection show in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Her numerous awards include honors from NPPA, POYi, AP, SND, Best of the West, Best of Gannett and regional contests in photography, picture editing and design.”