Michael Henninger

Michael Henninger is a staff photographer for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. He was named the 2011 National Press Photographers Association region 3 Photographer of the Year. His work has been recognized by the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar, the Northern Short Course in Photojournalism, the White House News Photographers Association, and the Society for News Design. He has won several best of show awards from both the Pennsylvania Associated Press Managing Editors Association and the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Time Magazine, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, News Photographer magazine, the Chronicle of Higher Education, MSNBC, The Daily Beast, DoubleTruck Magazine and the Post-Gazette. You can follow him on Twitter @mwhenninger.

Trump and Chelsea Clinton rally in Pittsburgh

Before a crowd of thousands, Republican front-runner Donald Trump made a campaign promise not often heard in these parts anymore: a pledge to bring back Pittsburgh’s steel industry. “Steel, we’re bringing back,” he told an enthusiastic audience gathered at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center on Wednesday evening (many waiting were turned away by the Secret Service, which cut off the crowd at 4,500). “Coal — clean coal, clean coal. We’re bringing it back.” View The Gallery >