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John Konstantaras has worked as a photojournalist in the Chicago area for more than 25 years. Formerly a Chicago Tribune picture editor, he has edited and photographed major Chicago sports, news, features and business events. He has worked on books on the Chicago Bears and the White Sox World Series championship and edited special sections on the Olympics, the Bears and the Cubs. He also has been suburban photo bureau chief, a photo assignment editor and a metro picture editor. John was a member of the Tribune team that won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism for “Gateway to Gridlock,’’ a series on air-traffic congestion. Before joining the Tribune, he was picture editor with Copley Northern Illinois Newspapers where he managed a staff of photographers who won several individual and staff awards. He also was a staff photographer for 13 years at the Daily Herald based in Arlington Heights and the Northwest Herald in Crystal Lake. John was born and raised on the Northwest Side of Chicago and graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.