Winners of the Sixty-Sixth Annual
Pictures of the Year International Competition
Judged February 16 through March 6, 2009
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
Paula Bronstein - Photojournalist, Getty Images
Brian Masck - Photojournalist-In-Residence, Western Kentucky Univ.
Richard Murphy - Photo Editor, Anchorage Daily News
Brian Plonka - Freelance photojournalist
General Division and Magazine Picture Stories
Melissa Farlow - Freelance photojournalist
David Griffin - Director of Photography, National Geographic
Roger Lemoyne - Freelance photojournalist
Robert Pledge - Director, Contact Press Images
Editing and Multimedia Divisions
Richard Ellis - Freelance photojournalist
Mike Phillips - former Editor, E.W. Scripps newspapers
Jodie Steck - former Deputy Director of Photography, White House
THE MODERATORS
Rick Shaw - Director, Pictures of the Year International
Loup Langton - University of Miami
Larry Dailey - University of Nevada, Reno
PREMIERE AWARDS
NEWSPAPER PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
First Place, Emilio Morenatti, Associated Press
Second Place, David Guttenfelder, Associated Press
Third Place, Andrea Bruce, The Washington Post
Award of Excellence, Michael Robinson Chavez, Los Angeles Times
Award of Excellence, Nicole Fruge, San Antonio Express-News
Award of Excellence, Rick Loomis, Los Angeles Times
MAGAZINE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
First Place, Uriel Sinai, Getty Images
Second Place, Anthony Suau, Freelance / TIME Magazine
Third Place, David Burnett, Contact Press Images
WORLD UNDERSTANDING AWARD
Winner: Jakob Carlsen, Freelance — "UNTOUCHABLES OF ASIA"
Judges' Special Recognition: Dirk-Jan Visser, Le Monde2 / Vrij Nederland / IODonna — "Refugees Zimbabwe"
Judges' Special Recognition: Eugene Richards, Freelance / The New York Times Magazine — "A Procession of Them"
GLOBAL VISION AWARD
Winner: Balazs Gardi, VII Network — "THIRST"
Judges' Special Recognition: Chua Chin Hon, The Straits Times — "TIME AND TIDE: FIVE YEARS BEHIND THE THREE GORGES DAM"
COMMUNITY AWARENESS AWARD
Winner: Matt Eich, Aurora Select/ The Alexia Foundation— "CARRY ME OHIO"
ONE WEEK'S WORK AWARD
Winner: Susana Vera, Reuters
BEST USE BOOKS
Winner: WONDERLAND: A FAIRY TALE OF THE SOVIET MONOLITH
Photographer: Jason Eskenazi
Publisher: Gorgio Baravalle, de.MO Books
Judges Special Recognition: BAGHDAD CALLING
Photographer: Geert van Kesteren
Publisher: Episode Publishers
Judges Special Recognition: BAZAN CUBA
Photographer: Ernesto Bazan
Publisher: BazanPhotos Publishing
ANGUS MCDOUGALL OVERALL EXCELLENCE IN EDITING
National Geographic Magazine
DOCUMENTARY PROJECT OF THE YEAR
First Place, Josh Meltzer (Photographer), Beth Macy (Reporter), Seth Gitner (Producer)
The Roanoke Times & Roanoke.com, "Age of Uncertainty"
Second Place, Sean Connelley, Stephanie Ferrell, Alan Hagman, Thomas Lauder, Michael McGehee, Katy Newton, Ben Welsh, Don Bartletti, Mary Cooney
Los Angles Times, "Mexico Under Seige"
Third Place, Ed Kashi, Julie Winokur, Hans Weise, Gail Fisher
National Geographic, "Fast Lane to the Future"
GENERAL DIVISION
SCIENCE/NATURAL HISTORY
First Place, Ronald W. Erdrich, The Abilene Reporter-News — “Migrant Butterfly”
Second Place, Mattias Klum, National Geographic Magazine — “Virgin Rainforest in Borneo Cleared for Oil Palm Plantation”
Third Place, Brian Skerry, National Geographic Magazine — “Secret Worlds”
Award of Excellence, Paul Nicklen, National Geographic Magazine — “Svalbard Norway- The High Arctic at Risk”
Award of Excellence, Brent Lewin, Freelance — “Urban Jungle”
Award of Excellence, Brian Skerry, National Geographic Magazine — “First Encounter”
Award of Excellence, Brian Skerry, National Geographic Magazine — “Eye of the Whale”
SCIENCE/NATURAL HISTORY PICTURE STORY
First Place, Michael Melford, Freelance — “Kronotsky Zapovednik”
Second Place, Rafal Milach, Altemus / Anzenberger — “Ukraine by the Black Sea”
Third Place, Jim Richardson, National Geographic Magazine — “Light Pollution”
Award of Excellence, Jozsef L. Szentpeteri, National Geographic Magazine — “Bee Eaters”
Award of Excellence, George Steinmetz, National Geographic Magazine — “Altiplano”
SPORTS ACTION
First Place, Tomasz Gudzowaty, Yours Gallery— “MONGOLIAN HORSE RACES”
Second Place, Kyle Green,The Roanoke Times— “DOWN BUT NOT OUT”
Third Place, Jamie Francis, The Oregonian — “UNTITLED”
Award of Excellence, Aniko Kovacs, Sport Plusz — “EYE, BALL”
Award of Excellence, Daniel Ochoa De Olza, Associated Press — “HIGHBOARD DIVE”
SPORTS FEATURE
First Place, Henrik Brunnsgard, Freelance— “IL PALIO”
Second Place, Brian Frank, Freelance — “UNTITLED”
Third Place, Nick King, Columbia Daily Tribune — “TROPHY”
Award of Excellence, Heinz Kleutmeier, Sports Illustrated — “NOW WE KNOW”
Award of Excellence, Espen Rasmussen , Panos Pictures / VG — “THE CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION”
Award of Excellence, Louis DeLuca, Dallas Morning News — “PRAYING FOR SAFETY”
Award of Excellence, Anette Nantell, Dagens Nyheter — “UNTITLED”
SPORTS PICTURE STORY, SEQUENCE OR SERIES
First Place, Benjamin Lowy, VII Network — “FIGHT THIS!!”
Second Place, Kevin German, Luceo Images — “OUTSIDE THE RINGS”
Third Place, Jay L. Clendenin, Los Angeles Times — “UNTITLED”
Award of Excellence, Oded Baililty, Associated Press — “PING PONG NATION”
Award of Excellence, Bill Frakes, Sports Illustrated — “KINGS OF ARTHUR”
Award of Excellence, Vincent Laforet, Newsweek — “BEIJING OLYMPIC GAMES”
Award of Excellence, Emilio Morenatti, Associated Press — “KUSHTI”
OLYMPICS ACTION
First Place, Heinz Kluetmeier (with Jeff Kavanaugh), Sports Illustrated — “0.01”
Second Place, Joel Marklund, Bildbyran — “TAKEN DOWN”
Third Place, Jed Jacobsohn, Getty Images — “BOLT OF GOLD”
Award of Excellence, Matt Detrich, The Indianapolis Star — “UNTITLED”
Award of Excellence, Julian Finney, Getty Images — “FENCING”
Award of Excellence, Mark Reis, The Gazette — “CEJUDO OVERWHELMED”
Award of Excellence, David Eulitt, Kansas City Star — “UNTITLED”
Award of Excellence, Julian Finney, Getty Images — “WEIGHTLIFTING”
OLYMPICS FEATURE
First Place, Rod Mar, The Seattle Times — “THE GOLDEN AGES”
Second Place, Robert Gauthier, Los Angeles Times — “WAVE OF EMOTION”
Third Place, Al Bello, Getty Images — “UNEXPECTED VICTORY”
Award of Excellence, Cameron Spencer, Getty Images — “OLYMPIC JUBILATION”
Award of Excellence, Michael Macor, San Francisco Chronicle — “BEIJING GAMES”
Award of Excellence, Morgan Treacy, INPHO Sports Photography — “LANE LAMENT”
Award of Excellence, Ezra Shaw, Getty Images — “PERFECT ENDING”
Award of Excellence, Omar Torres, Agence France Presse — “OLYMPIC FENCING”
Award of Excellence, Mark Terrill, Associated Press — “FROG STYLE”
Award of Excellence, Rod Mar, The Seattle Times — “ROSE WATER”
Award of Excellence, Ryan Pierse, Getty Images — “THE GOLDEN KISS”
Award of Excellence, Kevin German, Luceo Images — “UNTITLED”
SPORTS PORTFOLIO
First Place, Robert Gauthier, Los Angeles Times
Second Place, Al Bello, Getty Images
Third Place, Jamie Squire, Getty Images
Award of Excellence, Heinz Kluetmeier, Sports Illustrated
FEATURE PICTURE
First Place, Nikki Kahn, The Washington Post — “UNTITLED”
Second Place, Benjamin Norman, Freelance — “UNTITLED”
Third Place, Aaron Huey, Atlas Press — “UNTITLED”
Award of Excellence, Sigit Pamungkas, Reuters — “RAMADAN”
Award of Excellence, Carol Guzy, The Washington Post — “FAITH, THE DOG”
PORTRAIT
First Place, Amanda Lucier, The Herald (Jasper, Ind.) — “Lost”
Second Place, Katie Falkenberg, The Washington Times — “Sugarcane Worker”
Third Place, Robert Henriksson, Uppsala Nya Tidning — “Matilda”
Award of Excellence, Ikuru Kuwajima, Freelance — “Untitled”
Award of Excellence, Mikhail Galustov, Laif for Russian Reporter — “Untitled”
Award of Excellence, Robert Henriksson, Svenska Dagbladet— “Coverdale”
PORTRAIT SERIES
First Place, Jodi Bieber, Freelance — “Real Beauty”
Second Place, Hector Emanuel, Washington Post Magazine — “Republic of Lakotah”
Third Place, Dan Winters, New York Magazine — “The New York Actor”
Award of Excellence, Emilio Morenatti, Associated Press — “Domestic Violence in Pakistan”
Award of Excellence, Pieter ten Hoopen, VU — “Touche-Moi”
BEST PHOTO COLUMN
First Place, Andrea Bruce, The Washington Post — “Unseen Iraq”
Second Place, Yoon S. Byun, The Boston Globe — “On My Mind”
Third Place, Mike Kepka, San Francisco Chronicle — “The City Exposed”
Award of Excellence, Vicki Cronis-Nohe, The Virginian-Pilot — “Common Ground”
CAMPAIGN 2008
First Place, Callie Shell, Aurora for TIME — “Nap”
Second Place, Rick Loomis, Los Angeles Times — “Prelude to a Dream”
Third Place, Callie Shell, Aurora for TIME — “Winner”
Award of Excellence, Callie Shell, Aurora for TIME — “Pull-Up”
Award of Excellence, Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images — “Untitled”
CAMPAIGN 2008 PICTURE STORY
First Place, Callie Shell, Aurora for TIME — “Barack Obama”
Second Place, Katie Falkenberg, The Washington Times — “The Party's Over”
Third Place, Magnus Wennman, Aftonbladet — “Obamaland”
Award of Excellence, Khue Bui, Newsweek — “McCain on the Trail”
Award of Excellence, Charles Ommanney, Getty Images for Newsweek — “Obama's Journey”
PRESIDENTIAL GENERAL ELECTION
First Place, Katie Falkenberg, The Washington Times — “THE END DRAWS NEAR”
Second Place, Nikki Kahn, The Washington Post — “UNTITLED”
Third Place, Jay Janner, Austin American-Statesman — “LISTENING TO OBAMA ON ELECTION NIGHT”
Award of Excellence, David Burnett, Contact Press Images — “UNTITLED”
Award of Excellence, Michael Francis McElroy, Zuma Press — “OBAMA - MIAMI”
GENERAL NEWS REPORTING
First Place, Rina Castelnuovo, The New York Times — “THIRST”
Second Place, Lucas Oleniuk, Toronto Star — “UNTITLED”
Third Place, Alex Wong, Getty Images — “HOUSE HOLDS HEARING ON LEHMAN BROTHERS COLLAPSE”
Award of Excellence, Oded Baililty, Associated Press — “HUNGRY”
Award of Excellence, Chris Schneider, Rocky Mountain News — “CALL OF SACRIFICE”
Award of Excellence, Eric Kayne, Houston Chronicle — “UNTITLED”
Award of Excellence, Michael Holahan, The Agusta Chronicle — “A SOLDIER'S PRAYER”
Award of Excellence, Rebecca S. Gratz, The Omaha World-Herald — “STANDING STRONG”
Award of Excellence, Jay Janner, Austin American-Statesman — “FLDS GIRL WAITS TO BE RELEASED”
Award of Excellence, Deanne Fitzmaurice, Freelance / TIME Magazine— “FRANK AND JOE”
SPOT NEWS
First Place, Patrick Farrell, Miami Herald — “ANGEL”
Second Place, Gleb Garanich, Reuters — “GEORGIA”
Third Place, Tariq Mahmood, Agence France-Presse — “EXECUTION”
Award of Excellence, Walter Astrada, Agence France-Presse— “MONDAY SCREAMS”
Award of Excellence, Liu Jin, Agence France-Presse— “QUAKE GRIEF”
Award of Excellence, Fadi Adwan, Associated Press — “BLOODBATH”
Award of Excellence, Luiz Vasconcelos, A CRÍTICA/ ZUMA Press — “AMAZONAS PROTEST”
Award of Excellence, Liu Jin, Agence France-Presse— “QUAKE GRIEF”
Award of Excellence, Roberto Schmidt, Agence France-Presse — “LOOTER CAUGHT”
Award of Excellence, Emilio Morenatti, Associated Press — “STRUGGLE FOR FOOD”
Award of Excellence, Tariq Mahmood, Agence France-Presse— “PUBLIC EXECUTION”
Award of Excellence, Mohammed Abed (Al-Baba), Agence France-Presse— “HAMAS”
NEWSPAPER DIVISION
GENERAL NEWS PICTURE STORY
First Place, Patrick Farrell, Miami Herald — “DEADLY SEASON”
Second Place, Lars Lindqvist, Dagens Nyheter — “WAR IN GEORGIA”
Third Place, Mohammed Abed, Agence France-Presse — “PALESTINIANS UNDER FIRE”
Award of Excellence, James Oatway, Sunday Times (South Africa) — “XENOPHOBIC ATTACKS IN SOUTH AFRICA”
Award of Excellence, Tariq Mahmood, Agence France-Presse — “PUBLIC EXECUTION”
ISSUE REPORTING PICTURE STORY
First Place, Andrea Bruce, The Washington Post — “DARK ADDICTION”
Second Place, Katie Falkenberg, The Washington Times — “THIRD WORLD ORGANIZATION, FIRST WORLD NEED: AMERICA'S HEALTH CARE”
Third Place, Spencer Platt, Getty Images — “UNTITLED”
Award of Excellence, Jan Dago, Jyllands-Posten — “MENTAL HEALTH IN SIERRA LEONE”
Award of Excellence, Johan Bävman, Sydsvenskan — “ALBINO”
Award of Excellence, Warrick Page, Freelance — “EDHI ORPHANS: PAKISTAN'S ABANDONED HOPE”
FEATURE PICTURE STORY
First Place, Lisa DeJong, The Plain Dealer — “SURVIVOR'S JOURNEY”
Second Place, Melissa Lyttle, St. Petersburg Times — “UNTITLED”
Third Place, Nicole Fruge, San Antonio Express-News — “CARRYING ON”
Award of Excellence, Andreas Bardell, Aftonbladet — “HALINA”
Award of Excellence, Michael Robinson Chavez, Los Angeles Times — “DHARAVI: MUMBAI'S HIDDEN HEART”
MAGAZINE DIVISION
GENERAL NEWS PICTURE STORY
First Place, Marcus Bleasdale, VII / Human Rights Watch / Newsweek — “We Made a Promise - Never Again”
Second Place, Uriel Sinai, Getty Images — “Post-Election Violence in Kenya”
Third Place, Shaul Schwarz, Getty Images for Newsweek — “Violence on the Border”
Award of Excellence, Stephanie Sinclair, VII Network — “The Young Women of the Polygamist F.L.D.S.”
Award of Excellence, Yuri Kozyrev, NOOR for TIME and Russian Reporter — “Georgia-Russia Conflict”
Award of Excellence, David Butow, Redux — “Untitled, China Earthquake”
ISSUE REPORTING PICTURE STORY
First Place, Mark Thiessen, National Geographic Magazine — “Under Fire”
Second Place, Anthony Suau, TIME — “U.S. Economy in Crisis”
Third Place, Justin Maxon, Aurora Select / The Associated Press — “Untitled”
Award of Excellence, Daniel Beltra, Reportage by Getty Images for Greenpeace — “New Landscape of the Amazon”
Award of Excellence, Fabio Cuttica, Contrasto — “The Nasa's Long March”
Award of Excellence, Paolo Pellegrin, Magnum for Newsweek — “Wall Street”
FEATURE PICTURE STORY
First Place, Sean Hemmerle, Contact / TIME — “Rust Belt”
Second Place, Simona Ghizzoni, Contrasto — “Fantasmi / Cambodian Victims”
Third Place, Magnus Wennman, Aftonbladet — “Dogstyle”
Award of Excellence, Carl Kiilsgaard, Western Kentucky University — “Untitled”
Award of Excellence, Benjamin Lowy, VII Network — “Iraq | Perspectives”
Award of Excellence, David Magnusson, Kontinent — “Maras”
NEWSPAPER EDITING DIVISION
FEATURE STORY - NEWSPAPER EDTING
First, Karen Focht (Photography), Kim Coleman (Design), John Sale (Picture Editing)
The Commercial Appeal — "Shaping the Greenway"
Second, Justin Rumbach (Photo Editor), John Rumbach (Editor / Designer), Amanda Lucier (Photographer), Lane Christiansen (Photographer),
The Herald (Jasper, Ind.), — "The Fair Way"
Third, The New York Times — "No Shirt, No Shoes, No Worries"
Award of Excellence, The New York Times — "Driving Back into History"
Award of Excellence, San Francisco Chronicle — "Countdown to Bootcamp"
Award of Excellence, Justin Rumbach (Photo Editor/Photographer), John Rumbach (Editor/Designer)
The Herald (Jasper, Ind.), —
"Losing to Win"
NEWS STORY - NEWSPAPER EDITING
First, San Francisco Chronicle — "Obama"
Second, Steve Stroud, Los Angeles Times — "China Faces Herculean Task"
Third, Dallas Morning News — "After the Storm"
Award of Excellence, Janet Reeves (Photo Editor), Dean Krakel (Photo Editor), Preston Gannaway (Photographer)
Rocky Mountain News — "A Dozen Lose Their Dads"
ISSUE REPORTING STORY - NEWSPAPER EDITING
First, Ken Lyons, Tim Rasmussen, Hyoung Chang
The Denver Post — "Last Stop Motel"
Second, Seattle Post Intelligencer — "Growing up in a Killing Culture"
Third, Justin Rumbach (Photo Editor), John Rumbach (Editor/Designer), Lane Christiansen (Photographer)
The Herald (Jasper, Ind.) — "Bridging Cultures"
Award of Excellence, Janet Reeves (Photo Editor), Judy DeHaas (Photographer)
Rocky Mountain News — "A Really, Really Bad Situation"
Award of Excellence, San Jose Mercury News — "Legally, I Thee Wed"
SERIES OR SPECIAL SECTION - NEWSPAPER EDITING
First, Justin Rumbach (Photo Editor), John Rumbach (Editor/Designer), Amanda Lucier (Photographer)
The Herald (Jasper, Ind.) — "Bringing the Election Home"
Second, Robinson Chavez, Larry Ho, Genaro Molina, Karen Tapia-Anderson, Robert Gauthier, Spencer Weiner, Anne Cusack, Mel Melcon, Francine Orr, Carlos Chavez, Gina Ferazzi, Gary Friedman
Los Angeles Times — "Street Scenes"
Third, Dean Krakel (Photo Editor), Judy DeHaas (Photo Editor), Matt McClain (Photographer)
Rocky Mountain News — "Betting on the West"
Award of Excellence, Rob Romig (Director of Graphics), Tom Penix (Asst. Director of Graphics), Carl Davaz (Deputy Managing Editor), Paul Carter (Asst. Director of Graphics), Kevin Clark, Brian Davies, Chris Pietsch, Collin Andrew, Sol Neelman (Photographers)
The Register-Guard — "U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials"
Award of Excellence, Dean Krakel (Photo Editor), Javier Manzano (Photographer)
Rocky Mountain News — "Deadly Denial"
NEWSPAPER EDITING PORTFOLIO
First, Staff, Los Angeles Times
Second, Staff, led by Janet Reeves and Dean Krakel
Rocky Mountain News
Third, Justin Rumbach (Photo Editor/Photographer), John Rumbach (Editor/Designer), Dan Ross (Page Designer), Krista Schinagl, Amanda Lucier,
David Pierini, Lane Christiansen (Photographers)
The Herald (Jasper, Ind.)
Award of Excellence
Eric Strachan (Senior Managing Editor), Erik Kellar (Managing Editor / Visuals), Judy Lutz (Photo Editor), David Albers, Michael Fortier, Greg Kahn, Michelle Le, Manuel Martinez, Ed Matthews, Lexey Swall-bobay (Visual Journalists), Matt Legesse (Presentation Editor), Kate Palazzi (Asst. Presentation Editor)
Naples Daily News
MAGAZINE EDITING DIVISION
FEATURE STORY - MAGAZINE EDITING
First, Kathy Moran, Michael Nichols, David Whitmore
National Geographic Magazine — "Family Ties"
Second, Ken Geiger, Gerd Ludwig, David Whitmore
National Geographic Magazine — "Moscow Never Sleeps"
Third, Sarah Leen, Ivan Kashinsky, John Baxter
National Geographic Magazine — "Cholitas Fight Back"
Award of Excellence, Gail Fisher, Peter Essick, Bill Marr
National Geographic Magazine — "The Intimate Wild"
NEWS STORY - MAGAZINE EDITING
First, TIME Magazine — "Deep Down in Iowa"
Second, Robert Csere (Creative Director), Vladimira Pcolova (Picture Editor), Ken Cedeno / Corbis, Brooks Kraft / Corbis, Tom Fox / Dallas Morning News, Darcy Padilla / Redux
.tyzden — "Obamerika"
Third, Doubletruck — "Polygamist Life: The Secret Culture"
ISSUE REPORTING STORY - MAGAZINE EDITING
First, Susan Welchman, Mattias Klum, Elaine Bradley
National Geographic Magazine — "Borneo's Moment of Truth"
Second, Dennis Dimick, Jim Richardson, Elaine Bradley
National Geographic Magazine— "Our Good Earth"
Third, Bill Douthitt, Peter Essick, Elaine Bradley
National Geographic Magazine— "High-Tech Trash"
Award of Excellence, Todd James, Vincent Laforet, David Whitmore
National Geographic Magazine— "Drying of the West"
Award of Excellence, Kurt Mutchler, Greg Girard, David Whitmore
National Geographic Magazine— "Bitter Waters"
SERIES OR SPECIAL SECTION - MAGAZINE EDITING
First, Bill Douthitt, Elizabeth Krist, Sarah Leen, Bill Marr, Kathy Moran, Kurt Mutchler, Elaine Bradley, David Whitmore
National Geographic Magazine — "China: Inside the Dragon"
Second, Bill Douthitt, John Baxter, National Geographic Magazine — "Space: The Once and Future Frontier"
Third, Gail Fisher, Elaine Bradley, Lisa Lytton, National Geographic Magazine — "Changing Climate"
Award of Excellence, Jim Colton (Photography Editor), Sports Illustrated — "Pictures of the Year"
Award of Excellence, Gail Fisher, Sadie Quarrier, Oliver Uberti, National Geographic Magazine — "Visions of Earth"
MAGAZINE EDITING PORTFOLIO
First Place, Sarah Leen, National Geographic Magazine
Second Place, Gail Fisher, National Geographic Magazine
Third Place, Steve Fine (Director of Photography), Sports Illustrated
Award Of Excellence, Staff, National Geographic Magazine
"BEST USE" EDITING DIVISION
MAGAZINE BEST USE
First Place, National Geographic Magazine
Second Place, Ruth Eichhorn (Director of Photography), Tina Ahrens, Juliane Berensmann-Nagel, Bernd Dinkel, Baerbel Edse, Venita Kaleps, Nadja Masri, Markus Seewald, Elisabeth Trautnitz, Sabine Wuensch (Photo Editors)GEO
Third Place, Steve Fine (Director of Photography), Sports Illustrated
Award Of Excellence, Doubletruck
NEWSPAPER BEST USE
First Place, The New York Times
Second Place, The Toronto Star
Third Place, Staff, Los Angeles Times
ONLINE PUBLICATIONS BEST USE
First Place, National Geographic Magazine
Second Place, The Wall Street Journal
Third Place, Staff, Los Angeles Times
Award Of Excellence, Ohio University / "Soul of Athens"
MULTIMEDIA DIVISION
FEATURE STORY - MULTIMEDIA
First Place, Gianni Cipriano (Photographer, Audio Reporter, Producer), Meredith Birkett (Publication Producer), MSNBC.com —"Crafting Beauty From Death"
Second Place, Michael Robinson-Chavez (Photographer), Bryan Chan (Producer), Los Angeles Times—"Final Journey"
Third Place, Ann Silvio, The Boston Globe —"Andrew's Season"
Award of Excellence, Amanda Lucidon, The Press-Enterprise —"Feeling the Music"
Award of Excellence, Nicholas McClelland, TIME.com —"Portrait of Schizophrenia"
Award of Excellence, Mark T. Osler, Nicole Shea, AARP Bulliten Today —"A World of Words"
NEWS STORY - MULTIMEDIA
First Place, Finbarr O'Reilly, Reuters —"Democratic Republic of Congo"
Second Place, Travis Fox, The Washington Post —"In Beichuan, China, the Agony of Surviving"
Third Place, Benjamin Chesterton, Yasuyoshi Chiba, Dolphine Emali, duckrabbit/Internews —"Praying for the Rain"
Award of Excellence, Irfan Khan (Photographer), Albert Lee (Producer) Los Angeles Times —"The House of Allah: An American Pilgrim's Journey to Mecca"
Award of Excellence, Rick Gershon, Getty Images —"Untitled"
CAMPAIGN STORY - MULTIMEDIA
First Place, TIME —"Barack Obama's Rise to the Nomination"
Second Place, Damon Winter, The New York Times—"Photographers Journal: Following Obama"
Third Place, Damon Winter, The New York Times—"Photographers Journal: Political Landscapes"
ISSUE REPORTING STORY - MULTIMEDIA
First Place, Lucas Oleniuk, The Toronto Star —"Airsick"
Second Place, Mike Kepka, San Francisco Chronicle —"Untitled"
Third Place, John Poole, NPR —"Vet's Recovery Takes Family's Dedication"
Award of Excellence, Nicholas McClelland, TIME.com —"Death and Life in Sierra Leone"
Award of Excellence, Jonathan Torgovnik (Photography & Interviews), Chad A. Stevens (Producer & Studio Video), Brian Storm (Executive Producer), Jules Shell (On-Location Video), Bob Sacha (Studio Video), Pamela Chen & Sherman Jia (Original Music), Tim Klimowicz (Graphics)
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