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”

Award of Excellence

“Steeped in the Brine of Nostalgia”

New Yorkers tend to discover Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, by accident. They set off for Coney Island, but through train mishaps of excitement at the first sight of the sea, they get off at the wrong stop and are confronted with its grumpy next-door neighbor instead. If they do make it to Coney Island, they might stroll down the shore, until the ocean turns to vodka and the newspapers turn Cyrillic.