Winners of the Sixty-Seventh Annual

Pictures of the Year International Competition

Judged February 14 through March 5, 2010

Pictures of the Year International is a program of the

Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute

at the Missouri School of Journalism.

Questions? Corrections? Please email info@poyi.org

THE JUDGES

General Division and Newspaper Picture Stories

Kathy Anderson - Freelance photojournalist

Scott Mc Kiernan - ZUMA Press & DOUBLEtruck Magazine

Scott Strazzante - Staff Photographer, Chicago Tribune

Pedro Ugarte - Agence France-Press

General Division and Freelance / Agency Stories

Pablo Corral Vega - Freelance photojournalist

Donna DeCesare - University of Texas

Lynn Johnson - Freelance photojournalist

Søren Pagter - Danish School of Media and Journalism

Editing and Multimedia Divisions

Pamela Chen - Open Society Institute

Heidi deLaubenfels - Seattle Times

Sonya Doctorian - Freelance, online video journalist

Jim LoScalzo - U.S. News and World Report

THE MODERATORS

Rick Shaw - Director, Pictures of the Year International

Loup Langton - University of Miami

PREMIERE AWARDS

PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR - NEWSPAPER

First Place, Paul Hansen, Dagens Nyheter

Second Place, Mads Nissen, Berlingske

Third Place, Craig F. Walker, The Denver Post

PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR - FREELANCE / AGENCY

First Place, Tomas van Houtryve, Panos Pictures

Second Place, Paula Bronstein, Getty Images

Third Place, Marcus Bleasdale, VII Photo

WORLD UNDERSTANDING AWARD

Winner: Thomas Lekfeldt, Freelance — "A star in the sky"

Judges' Special Recognition: Adam Nadel, Freelance — "Malaria: blood, sweat, and tears"

GLOBAL VISION AWARD

Winner: Brian L. Frank, Redux — "The Death of the Colorado"

Judges' Special Recognition: Ed Ou, Getty Images — "UNDER A NUCLEAR CLOUD"

COMMUNITY AWARENESS AWARD

Winner: Stephanie Sinclair, VII — "Polygamy in America"

Judges' Special Recognition: Barbara Davidson, Los Angeles Times — "Frozen Land - Forgotten People"

ONE WEEK'S WORK AWARD

Winner: Preston Gannaway, The Virginian-Pilot

Judges' Special Recognition: Finbarr O'Reilly, Reuters

BEST USE BOOKS

Winner: RAPE OF A NATION
Photographer: Name
Publisher: Name

Judges Special Recognition: LOVE ME
Photographer: Name
Publisher: Name

ANGUS MCDOUGALL OVERALL EXCELLENCE IN EDITING

Publication

DOCUMENTARY PROJECT OF THE YEAR

First Place, Name (Profession), Name (Profession), Name (Profession)
Affiliation, "Title"

Second Place, Names
Affiliation, "Title"

Third Place, Names
Affiliation, "Title"

GENERAL DIVISION

SCIENCE/NATURAL HISTORY

First Place, Carolyn Drake, Freelance — "Untitled"

Second Place, Matt Eich, Freelance — "Trouble the Water"

Third Place, Steven Achiam, Freelance — "The GPS Warriors"

Award of Excellence, Eric Lefranc, Freelance — "Distressed Polar Bears"

Award of Excellence, Eric Lefranc, Freelance — "Brown Bear Fishing"

Award of Excellence, Leo Maguire, The Sunday Times Magazine — "Forced Monotony"

SCIENCE/NATURAL HISTORY PICTURE STORY

First Place, Carolyn Drake, Freelance — "Paradise Rivers"

Second Place, Joel Sartore, National Geographic Magazine Magazine — "Last Ones: America's Endangered Species"

Third Place, Joe McNally, Freelance — "Untitled"

Award of Excellence, Randall Benton, The Sacramento Bee — "Bonaire Reef"

Award of Excellence, Randy Olson, Freelance — "Kamchatka Salmon"

SPORTS ACTION

First Place, Andrew Shurtleff, The Daily Progress — "SOCCER CRASH"

Second Place, Willie J. Allen Jr, St. Petersburg Times — "OTIS GRIFFIN AND JEFF LACY BOXING"

Third Place, Julia Robinson, Freelance — "BEERS AND BULLS"

Award of Excellence, Paul Beaty, Associated Press — "UNTITLED"

Award of Excellence, Donald Miralle, Jr., Freelance — "THE IRONMAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS"

Award of Excellence, Patrick Smith, Provo Daily Herald — "THAT'S HOW IT'S DONE"

Award of Excellence, Damian Strohmeyer, Freelance — "FLIPPING THE BIRD"

SPORTS FEATURE

First Place, Joshua A. Bickel, Columbia Missourian — "RIDING THE WAVE"

Second Place, Marcus Yam, Freelance — "CRUISING"

Third Place, Palani Mohan, Freelance — "WRESTLING"

Award of Excellence, William DeShazer, Concord Monitor — "COMMIT"

Award of Excellence, Kyle Green, The Roanoke Times — "UNTITLED"

Award of Excellence, Mark Holtzman, Freelance — "BOMBS AWAY"

Award of Excellence, Lucas Jackson, Reuters — "YANKEES PASSION"

SPORTS PICTURE STORY, SEQUENCE OR SERIES

First Place, Elizabeth Kreutz, Freelance — "untitled"

Second Place, Magnus Wennman, Aftonbladet — "Mean Machines"

Third Place, Tomasz Gudzowaty, Yours Gallery/Agentur Focus — "Urban Golf in India"

Award of Excellence, Craig Golding, Getty Images — "The Sydney 2009 World Masters Games"

SPORTS PORTFOLIO

First Place, Smiley N. Pool, Houston Chronicle

Second Place, Parker Eshelman, Columbia Daily Tribune

Third Place, Quinn Rooney, Getty Images

Award of Excellence, Robert Gauthier, Los Angeles Times

Award of Excellence, Robert Beck, Sports Illustrated

Award of Excellence, Bruce Ely, The Oregonian

GENERAL NEWS REPORTING

First Place, Shannon Stapleton, Reuters — "Unemployment Line"

Second Place, Kevin Frayer, Associated Press — "Living in Rubble"

Third Place, Rina Castelnuovo, New York Times — "untitled"

Award of Excellence, Don Bartletti, Los Angeles Times — "Drug War Victim"

Award of Excellence, Barbara Davidson, Los Angeles Times — "Coming of Age"

Award of Excellence, RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post — "untitled"

Award of Excellence, Erin Grace Trieb, Freelance — "8TH FORWARD SURGICAL TEAM"

Award of Excellence, Angelos Tzortzinis, Gruppe28, Vimagazino — "ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IN THE AEGEAN SEA "

Award of Excellence, Dusan Vranic, Associated Press — "Group Prayer"

SPOT NEWS

First Place, Ricardo Moreas, Reuters — "BRAZIL-VIOLENCE"

Second Place, Manpreet Romana, Agence France-Presse — "Deadly IED"

Third Place, Adam Ferguson, The New York Times — "Kabul Bombing"

Award of Excellence, Guillermo Arias, Associated Press — "Hanging"

Award of Excellence, Alejandro Bringas, Reuters — "MEXICO"

Award of Excellence, Steven Day, Associated Press — "Miracle on the Hudson"

Award of Excellence, Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin — "PENDLETON FIRE - California Wildfires 2009"

Award of Excellence, Munir Uz Zaman, Agence France-Presse — "Rescue"

Award of Excellence, Mark Weber, The Commercial Appeal — "untitled"

CIVIL DEFIANCE

First Place, Vahid Salemi, Associated Press — "Deadly Rally"

Second Place, Olivier Laban-Mattei, Agence France-Presse — "Struggle in Iran"

Third Place, Ben Curtis, Associated Press — "Rally in Azadi Square"

Award of Excellence, Olivier Laban-Mattei, Agence France-Presse— "Struggle in Iran"

Award of Excellence, Behrouz Mehri, Agence France-Presse— "untitled"

Award of Excellence, Majid Saeedi, Getty Images — "Unrest Continues After Iranian Presidential Elections"

U.S. ECONOMY AND THE HUMAN TOLL PICTURE STORY

First Place, John Moore, Getty Images — "Evicted In America"

Second Place, Greg Kahn, Naples Daily News — "It's not a house, it's a home: Florida's Foreclosure Crisis"

Third Place, Matt Black, Freelance — "Rural California's New Hard Times"

Award of Excellence, Renée C. Byer, The Sacramento Bee — "California Economy Crisis"

Award of Excellence, Ruth Fremson, The New York Times — "untitled"

FEATURE

First Place, Josh Meltzer, Freelance — "Crossing"

Second Place, Emilio Morenatti, Associated Press — "Displaced"

Third Place, Andy Spyra, Freelance — "Kashmir"

Award of Excellence, Preston Gannaway, The Virginian-Pilot — "Untitled"

Award of Excellence, David Guttenfelder, Associated Press — "Pink Boxers"

Award of Excellence, Kevin Tachman, Freelance — "House of Xtravaganza Vogue Ball"

Award of Excellence, Alexandre Meneghini, Associated Press — "Standing in Rubble"

FEATURE PICTURE STORY

First Place, Sonya N. Hebert, The Dallas Morning News — "Choosing Thomas: A Family's Journey with Infant Death"

Second Place, Carol Guzy, The Washington Post — "NO GREATER LOVE"

Third Place, Rodrigo Abd, Associated Press — "A Lucrative Business"

Award of Excellence, Karla Gachet, Freelance — "The Mennonites of the Bolivian Jungle"

Award of Excellence, Niklas Larsson, Freelance — "untitled"

PORTRAIT

First Place, Colby E. Ware, Freelance — "Shaneera's Spirit"

Second Place, Tiana Markova-Gold, Freelance — "Princess Victoria Oluseyi. Lagos, Nigeria 2009"

Third Place, Astrid Riecken, Freelance — "untitled"

Award of Excellence, Hyunsoo Leo Kim, The Virginian Pilot — "untitled"

Award of Excellence, Ikuru Kuwajima, Freelance — "Cossack Cadet"

PORTRAIT SERIES

First Place, Adam Nadel, Freelance — "untitled"

Second Place, Niklas Björling, Freelance — "Transportable"

Third Place, Patrick Witty, The New York Times — "PRESIDENTS"

BEST PHOTO COLUMN

First Place, Corey Perrine, The (Nashua) Telegraph — "Senior Class"

Second Place, Preston Gannaway, The Virginian-Pilot — "Common Ground - Greetings from Ocean View"

Third Place, James Estrin, Josh Haner, Patrick Witty, The New York Times — "LENS - BEHIND THE SCENES"

Award of Excellence, Mike Kepka, San Francisco Chronicle — "The City Exposed"

Award of Excellence, Zachary Siebert, Kyle Spradley, Columbia Missourian — "Boone Life"

NEWSPAPER PICTURE STORY DIVISION

NEWS PICTURE STORY - NEWSPAPER

First Place, Arpad Kurucz, Nepszabadsag — "Military Camp"

Second Place, Christian Als, Berlingske Tidende — "Gaza Devastation"

Third Place, Victor J Blue, The Stockton Record — "The COIN War"

ISSUE REPORTING PICTURE STORY - NEWSPAPER

First Place, Barbara Davidson, Los Angeles Times — "Frozen Land - Forgotten People"

Second Place, RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post — "RURAL CHILDHOOD POVERTY"

Third Place, Mads Nissen, Berlingske — "Fever, Gold Fever"

Award of Excellence, Antoine de Ras, The Star — "The Sniffer Boys"

Award of Excellence, Katie Falkenberg, The Washington Times — "THE HUMAN TOLL: MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL MINING IN APPALACHIA"

FEATURE EVENT PICTURE STORY - NEWSPAPER

First Place, Jahi Chikwendiu, The Washington Post — "Pride of the Fatherland"

Second Place, Magnus Wennman, Aftonbladet — "untitled"

Third Place, Todd Heisler, The New York Times — "Mission Hill Mourns"

FREELANCE/AGENCY PICTURE STORY DIVISION

NEWS PICTURE STORY - FREELANCE/AGENCY

First Place, Adam Ferguson, VII Mentor Program — "Afghan Elections"

Second Place, Rodrigo Abd, Associated Press — "Deadly Country"

Third Place, Khalil Hamra, Associated Press — "War in Gaza"

Award of Excellence, Massimo Berruti, Agence VU — "Peshawar's Funerals"

Award of Excellence, Adam Ferguson, Time Magazine — "Afghanistan: The Tangi Valley"

ISSUE REPORTING PICTURE STORY - FREELANCE/AGENCY

First Place, Zed Nelson, Freelance — "Love Me"

Second Place, Rachel Mummey, Freelance — "For Better or Worse"

Third Place, Tomas van Houtryve, Freelance — "MOLDOVA - THE OUTSIDERS"

Award of Excellence, William Daniels, Panos — "Faded Tulips"

Award of Excellence, Shaul Schwarz, Getty Images — "Mexico: The War Next Door"

Award of Excellence, Susana Vera, Freelance — "THE HEART OF THE WORLD"

FEATURE EVENT PICTURE STORY - FREELANCE/AGENCY

First Place, Charles Ommanney, Getty Images — "untitled"

Second Place, Karla Gachet, Freelance — "The Devil Dance of Oruro"

Third Place, Daniel Ochoa de Olza, Associated Press — "Bullfighting in Spain"

MULTIMEDIA DIVISION

NEWS STORY MULTIMEDIA

First Place, David Stephenson; Amy Wilson (Reporter), Freelance — "Cutting Through the Competition"

Second Place, David Gilkey, Laura Krantz, Jim Wildman and Carlos Boettcher, National Public Radio — "America's Battalion in Afghanistan"

Third Place, Andrew DeVigal, Tyler Hicks, C.J. Chivers, Nancy Donaldson, Jesse DeWitt, Patrick Witty, The New York Times — "An Ambush and a Comrade Lost"

Award of Excellence, David Gilkey, Laura Krantz and Chris Berry, National Public Radio — "Lucky Dustoff"

ISSUE REPORTING STORY - MULTIMEDIA

First Place, Liz O. Baylen, Los Angeles Times — "A Boy's Struggles"

Second Place, Robert Cohen, St. Louis Post-Dispatch — "Motel Manor: Suburban homelessness in St. Charles County"

Third Place, Liz O. Baylen, Los Angeles Times — "His Body A Prison"

Award of Excellence, Laura Ruel, Chris Carmichael, Monica Ulmanu, UNC Chapel Hill — "Mining the Mountains"

FEATURE STORY - MULTIMEDIA

First Place, Sonya Hebert, Ahna Hubnik, Brad Loper, David Guzman, The Dallas Morning News — "Choosing Thomas"

Second Place, Chang W. Lee, The New York Times — "Second Chance: The Artist"

Third Place, Liz O. Baylen, Los Angeles Times — "Waiting for death"

Award of Excellence, Liz O. Baylen, Los Angeles Times — "The Insights of Angels"

Award of Excellence, Chang W. Lee, The New York Times — "Second Chance: Sex Change"

EDITING DIVISION

NEWS STORY - NEWSPAPER EDITING

First Place, Brad Loper, The Dallas Morning News — "Remaking America"

Second Place, Colin Crawford, Los Angeles Times — "Southern California Wildfires"

Third Place, Martin Smith-Rodden, The Virginian-Pilot — "Eyewitness - War in Afghanistan"

Award of Excellence, Colin Crawford, Los Angeles Times — "King of Pop is dead at 50"

Award of Excellence, Kathleen Hennessy, San Francisco Chronicle — "A new era"

Award of Excellence, Martin Smith-Rodden, The Virginian-Pilot — "Eyewitness - Total Eclipse"

ISSUE REPORTING STORY - NEWSPAPER EDITING

First Place, Colin Crawford, Los Angeles Times — "The rebels on the mountain"

Second Place, Mary Vignoles, Los Angeles Times — "In Arizona, trying to bring a frozen land back to life"

Third Place, Meaghan Looram, The New York Times — "West Bank Settlers Dig in, but Resolve May Have a Limit"

Award of Excellence, Mary Cooney, Los Angeles Times — "When Caregivers Harm"

Award of Excellence, Mary Cooney, Los Angeles Times — "More Afghans turn to drugs"

Award of Excellence, Tim Rasmussen, Ken Lyons, John Sunderland, The Denver Post — "Below the line - Childhood poverty in Colorado"

FEATURE STORY - NEWSPAPER EDITING

First Place, Tim Rasmussen, Ken Lyons, John Sunderland, The Denver Post — "style & substance"

Second Place, Mary Cooney, Los Angeles Times — "The oscars"

Third Place, Brad Loper, Dallas Morning News — "Life at Camp restrepo"

Award of Excellence, Brad Loper, Mona Reeder, Dallas Morning News — "The great State fair of texas"

Award of Excellence, Greg Kahn, Erik Kellar, Kate Palazzi, Naples Daily News — "Recruit Neal"

Award of Excellence, Mary Vignoles, Los Angeles Times — "his last hope: a good death"

SERIES OR SPECIAL SECTION - NEWSPAPER EDITING

First Place, Tim Rasmussen, Ken Lyons, John Sunderland, Judy DeHass, Joe Amon, Craig F. Walker, Andy Cross, Reza Marvashti, RJ Sangosti, Hyoung Chang, Damon Cain, Meghan Lyden, Jeff Neumann, The Denver Post — "American Soldier"

Second Place, Eric Lutzens, The Denver Post — "Post Preps"

Third Place, Patty Yablonski, St. Petersburg Times — "For their own good"

Award of Excellence, Mary Vignoles, Los Angeles Times — "In it together"

PORTFOLIO - NEWSPAPER EDITING

First Place, Colin Crawford, Los Angeles Times

Second Place, Tim Rasmussen, Ken Lyons, John Sunderland, Judy DeHass, Joe Amon, Craig F. Walker, Andy Cross, Reza Marvashti, RJ Sangosti, Hyoung Chang, Damon Cain, Meghan Lyden, Jeff Neumann, Eric Lutzens, Deb Neeley, Galen Nathenson, The Denver Post

Third Place, Boyzell Hosey, Director of Photography, Bruce Moyer, Deputy Director of Photography, Bill Serne, Associate Director of Photography, Patty Yablonski, Joe Walles, Stefanie Boyar, Karen Prylopski, Ted McLaren, Jim Damaske, Brendan Fitterer, photo editors, Chris Zuppa, John Pendygraft, Melissa Lyttle, Kathleen Flynn, photographers, Paul Alexander, Terry Chapman, Suzette Moyer, Holly Braford, Jennifer DeCamp, designer, St. Petersburg Times

NEWS STORY - MAGAZINE EDITING

First Place, Elizabeth Krist, Photo Editor; Chien-Chi Chang, Photographer; David Whitmore, Design Director, National Geographic Magazine — "Escape from North Korea"

Second Place, Ken Geiger, Photo Editor; Randy Olson, Photographer; Elaine Bradley, Design Director, National Geographic Magazine — "The Price of Gold"

Third Place, Leslie dela Vega, Associate Picture Editor; Dietmar Liz-Lepiorz, Deputy Picture Editor; Callie Shell, Photographer, Time Magazine — "100 Days"

Award of Excellence, Dietmar Liz-Lepiorz, Deputy Picture Editor, Time Magazine — "The Meaning of Michelle"

ISSUE REPORTING STORY - MAGAZINE EDITING

First Place, Robert Csere, Vladimira Pcolova, .tyzden — "GlobÁlne OtÁzniky"

Second Place, Susan Welchman, Photo Editor; Pascal Maitre, Photographer; David Whitmore, Design Editor, National Geographic Magazine — "Shattered Somalia"

Third Place, Scott Mc Kiernan, Gretchen Murray, Kelly Mc Kiernan, Ruaridh Stewart, DOUBLEtruck Magazine — "Florida Boys School"

Award of Excellence, Gail Fisher, Photo Editor; Randy Olson, Photographer; David Whitmore, Designer, National Geographic Magazine — "Where the Salmon Rule"

Award of Excellence, Christian Holst ,Photo Editor; Ole Hoff-Lund, Editor and Press Officer, Amnesty Denmark; Dorte Kayser, Graphic Designer, Getty Images — "Kun Hver Femte FÅr HjÆlp"

Award of Excellence, Kathy Moran, Photo Editor; Joel Sartore, Photographer; XXXXXX, Design Director, National Geographic Magazine — "the vanishing"

FEATURE STORY - MAGAZINE EDITING

First Place, Todd James, Photo Editor; MISSING CREDIT INFORMATION, National Geographic Magazine — "Modern Darwins"

Second Place, Gail Fisher, Photo Editor; Ed Kashi, Photographer; David Whitmore, Design Director, National Geographic Magazine — "the forgotten faithful - arab christians"

Third Place, Kathy Moran, Photo Editor; Michael "nick" Nichols, Photographer; David Whitmore, Design Director; Ken Geiger, Tree Composite, National Geographic Magazine — "Redwoods - The super trees"

Award of Excellence, Kathy Moran, Photo Editor; Paul Nicklen, Photographer; Elaine Bradley, Design Director, National Geographic Magazine — "Resurrection Island"

Award of Excellence, Bruce Moyer, Deputy Director of Photography; Suzette Moyer, Art Director; Bob Croslin, Photographer, St. Petersburg Times — "Bold Spirits"

SERIES OR SPECIAL SECTION - MAGAZINE EDITING

First Place, Gail Fisher, Photo Editor; Oliver Uberti, Designer; Sherry Brukbacher, Research/Coordinator, National Geographic Magazine — "photo journal"

Second Place, Carol Nakagawa, Tom Reese, John Lok, Alan Berner, Aldo Chan, Ken Lambert, Steve Ringman, Benjamin Benschneider, The Seattle Times — "architecture 2009"

Third Place, Bill Douthitt, National Geographic Magazine — "the holy land"

PORTFOLIO - MAGAZINE EDITING

First Place, Gail Fisher, National Geographic Magazine

Second Place, Elizabeth Krist, National Geographic Magazine

Third Place, Marvin Orellana, Kathy Ryan, Kira Pollack, Joanna Milter, Clinton Cargill, Luise Stauss, David Carthas, The New York Times Magazine

Award of Excellence, Robert Csere, Vladimira Pcolova, Andrej Ban, .tyzden

Award of Excellence, Todd James, National Geographic Magazine

BEST USE - ONLINE PUBLICATIONS

First Place, National Geographic Magazine

Second Place, The New York Times

Third Place, The Washington Post

Award of Excellence, MediaStorm

BEST USE - NEWSPAPERS

First Place, The New York Times

Second Place, Los Angeles Times

Third Place, The Denver Post

Award of Excellence, St. Petersburg Times

BEST USE - MAGAZINES

First Place, GEO kompakt

Second Place, GEO

Third Place, National Geographic Magazine

Award of Excellence, Sports Illustrated

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