Category: Print Newspaper Visual Editing

First Place

Jeffrey Furticella / New York Times
“Baby Antonio: 5 Pounds, 12 Ounces: Homeless from Birth”

Second Place

Nick Kirkpatrick, Chloe Coleman and MaryAnne Golon / Washington Post
“The new Arctic frontier”

Third Place

Morrigan McCarthy / New York Times
“Despair, Love and Loss: A Journey Inside West Virginia’s Opioid Crisis”

Award of Excellence

Jeffrey Furticella / New York Times
“Steeped in the Brine of Nostalgia”

Award of Excellence

Deb Pastner and Greg Mees / Minneapolis Star-Tribune
“Denied Justice”

Award of Excellence

Bill Greene, Craig F. Walker and Omar Vega / Boston Sunday Globe
“Raising Connor”

Award of Excellence

John Keating and Thomas A. Ferrara / Newsday
“A Real Splash — A glimpse into the world of Long Island’s Mermaid Culture”

First Place

“Baby Antonio: 5 Pounds, 12 Ounces: Homeless from Birth”

He arrived at 12:29 a.m. on a warm Thursday in August. He was purple and perfectly formed, weighing all of 5 pounds and 12 ounces. He stretched his tiny arms and legs into the air as hospital staff hovered over him to count 10 toes and 10 fingers. His skin turned from purple to a light brown, and he cried, knowing nothing about his world.

There is a picture of homelessness etched in public perception: a solitary, disheveled man, begging on a crowded sidewalk, holding a cardboard sign. But the largest single population in New York City’s shelter system is children under the age of 6.