Matt Growcoot

Senior News Editor

Matt Growcoot spent ten years as a news photographer in the UK, carrying out assignments for the Guardian, the Daily Mail, the Telegraph, and many others. Aside from shooting breaking news and Premier League soccer, he began to write as well, getting bylines as well as photo credits. Matt has since produced photography-focused books for Penguin Random House and dabbled with video too, with his story-led camera work seen on the BBC, ABC, and NHK.

Articles by Matt Growcoot

A bear and a duck, both dressed in worn clothing, sit across from each other at a table in a dim, industrial dining room, eating a meal with scraps of food on their plates.

AI Film is Pulled From Theaters Following Backlash

After winning the inaugural Frame Forward AI Animated Film Festival, Igor Alferov expected his short, Thanksgiving Day, to be the first AI-generated film to run nationwide as part of his prize -- but that's now how it turned out.

A motion-blurred image of a wolf running across colorful horizontal lines, resembling a finish line photo from a race, with the Omega logo at the bottom.

Dog Triggers Photo Finish at Winter Olympics

Omega is responsible for the official timing of the Winter Olympics, including monitoring the finish line when athletes cross it within fractions of a second of one another. Today at the Games, however, it was a dog named Nazgul who triggered the cameras.

A young girl hugs a golden retriever while two adults smile in the background, all appearing happy and playful on what seems to be a porch or outdoor area.

Wyze Mocks Ring as Super Bowl Ad Fallout Continues

Amazon's Super Bowl LX ad for Ring doorbell cameras did not go well. It used the most expensive advertising slot in the world to promote "Search Party," a feature ostensibly to find missing dogs. But that's not how it was perceived by viewers.

A black-and-white photo shows an enthusiastic audience of young women on the left and three men in suits, likely musicians, standing and speaking into a microphone on stage on the right.

Fabulous Library of Congress Photos Show The Beatles Arriving for First US Concert in 1964

62 years ago this week, Beatlemania was gripping the United States. The band from Liverpool was topping the Billboard Hot 100 and fresh off playing their first TV appearance on the Ed Sullivan show, which was watched by a staggering 73 million people -- 34 percent of the population -- the Beatles arrived in Washington, D.C. for their first concert on February 11, 1964.