| Category |
Winners |
| Science and Natural History — Singles |
| First Place | Alain Schroeder / Freelance |
| Second Place | Maciej Dakowicz / Freelance |
| Third Place | Carl de Souza / Agence France-Presse |
| Award of Excellence | Nacho Doce / Reuters |
| Award of Excellence | Lotta Härdelin / Dagens Nyheter |
| Award of Excellence | Sirachai Arunrugstichai / Freelance |
| Award of Excellence | Aitor Garmendia / Freelance |
| Award of Excellence | Kate Brooks / Freelance |
| Science and Natural History – Picture Story |
| First Place | Aitor Garmendia / Freelance |
| Second Place | Brent Stirtonz / Getty Images Reportage |
| Third Place | Jasper Doest / National Geographic Magazine |
| Award of Excellence | Katie Orlinsky / Freelance |
| Award of Excellence | Ronan Donovan / Freelance |
| Award of Excellence | Thomas Peschak / Freelance |
| Award of Excellence | Gabriella Demczuk / Freelance |
| Award of Excellence | Pierpaolo Mittica / Freelance |
| Award of Excellence | Ami Vitale / Freelance |
| General News |
| First Place | Shawn Yuan / Freelance |
| Second Place | Ibraheem Mustafa / Reuters |
| Third Place | Paul Hansen / Dagens Nyheter |
| Award of Excellence | Nicolas Asfouri / Agence France-Presse |
| Award of Excellence | Brendan Smialowski / Agence France-Presse |
| Award of Excellence | Michael Robinson Chavez / The Washington Post |
| Award of Excellence | Ramon Espinosa / Associated Press |
| Impact 2019–Immigration Status |
| First Place | Manu Brabo / Associated Press |
| Second Place | Andre Liohn / Wall Street Journal |
| Third Place | Abraham Pineda-Jacome / Zuma Press |
| Award of Excellence | Jacob Garcia / Reuters |
| Award of Excellence | Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times |
| Spot News |
| First Place | Ramon Espinosa / Associated Press |
| Second Place | Tariq Zaidi / Freelance |
| Third Place | Dieu Nalio Chery / Associated Press |
| Award of Excellence | Niclas Hammarström / Freelance |
| Award of Excellence | Wissam Al-Okili / Reuters |
| Award of Excellence | Anas Alkharboutli / Deutsche Presse Agentur |
| Daily Life |
| First Place | Mads Nissen / Politiken |
| Second Place | Jerome Delay / Associated Press |
| Third Place | Matthew Abbott / Freelance |
| Award of Excellence | Tariq Zaidi / Freelance |
| Award of Excellence | Anas Alkharboutli / Deutsche Presse Agentur |
| Award of Excellence | Ian Willms / Panos |
| Award of Excellence | Yasuyoshi Chiba / Agence France-Presse |
| Award of Excellence | Jessica Rinaldi / Boston Globe |
| Portrait |
| First Place | Mary Gelman / Freelance |
| Second Place | Paul Hansen / Dagens Nyheter |
| Third Place | Tsang Kwok Chung / South China Morning Post |
| Award of Excellence | Tariq Zaidi / Freelance |
| Award of Excellence | John Wessels / Freelance |
| Award of Excellence | Adrian Catu / Freelance |
| Award of Excellence | Elif Öztürk / Anadolu Agency |
| Portrait Series |
| First Place | Tariq Zaidi / Freelance |
| Second Place | Wei Tan / Freelance |
| Third Place | Adam Ferguson / Freelance |
| Award of Excellence | Maye-E Wong / Associated Press |
| Award of Excellence | Valery Melnikov / Sputnik |
| Award of Excellence | Ditte Valente / Freelance |
| Award of Excellence | Josh Estey / Freelance |
| Award of Excellence | Rodrigo Abd / Associated Press |
| National/International News Picture Story |
| First Place | Michael Robinson Chavez / The Washington Post |
| Second Place | Eddy Van Wessel / Freelance |
| Third Place | Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post |
| Award of Excellence | Ramon Espinosa / Associated Press |
| Award of Excellence | Lam Yik Fei / for The New York Times |
| Award of Excellence | Bulent Kilic / Agence France-Presse |
| Award of Excellence | RESCINDED |
| Issue Reporting Picture Story |
| First Place | Manu Brabo / Associated Press |
| Second Place | Lorenzo Tugnoli / The Washington Post |
| Third Place | Tariq Zaidi / Freelance |
| Award of Excellence | Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images |
| Award of Excellence | Nariman El-Mofty / Associated Press |
| Award of Excellence | Kirsten Luce / Freelance |
| Award of Excellence | Rodrigo Abd / Associated Press |
| Daily Life Picture Story |
| First Place | Rodrigo Abd / Associated Press |
| Second Place | Axelle de Russé / Freelance |
| Third Place | Christian Bobst / Freelance |
| Award of Excellence | Aristide Economopoulos / NJ Advance Media |
| Award of Excellence | Carlos Folgoso / Freelance |
| Award of Excellence | Mads Nissen / Planting Seeds in Peaceful Soil |
| Award of Excellence | Eduardo Soteras / Agence France-Presse |
| Local News Picture Story |
| First Place | RESCINDED |
| Second Place | Andras D. Hajdu / Freelance |
| Third Place | Laetitia Vancon / The New York Times |
| Award of Excellence | Jake May / The Flint Journal, Mlive.com |
| Award of Excellence | Jake May / The Flint Journal, Mlive.com |
| Sports Action |
| First Place | Brendan Moran / Sportsfile |
| Second Place | John McDonnell / The Washington Post |
| Third Place | Scott Serio / Freelance |
| Award of Excellence | Jeff Pachoud / Agence France-Presse |
| Sports Life |
| First Place | David J. Phillip / Associated Press |
| Second Place | Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times |
| Third Place | Elsa Garrison / Getty Images |
| Award of Excellence | Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times |
| Award of Excellence | Adam Glanzman / Freelance |
| Award of Excellence | Daniel Vasta / The Herald |
| Award of Excellence | Oli Scarff / Agence France-Presse |
| Recreational Sports |
| First Place | Billy Weeks / Freelance |
| Second Place | Jeenah Moon / Freelance |
| Third Place | Damir Sagolj / Freelance |
| Award of Excellence | Michael Seamans / Morning Sentinel |
| Award of Excellence | Chase Stevens / Las Vegas Review-Journal |
| Sports Picture Story |
| First Place | Lynsey Addario / for The New York Times |
| Second Place | Midhat Poturovic / Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |
| Third Place | Adam Dean / For the New York Tiimes |
| Award of Excellence | Cory Morse / MLive Grand Rapids Press |
| Award of Excellence | Lauren Decicca / Freelance |
| Award of Excellence | Hilary Swift / For the New York Times |
| Award of Excellence | Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters |
| Sports Portrait |
| First Place | Tom Pennington / Getty Images |
| Second Place | Anna Boyiazis / ESPN |
| Third Place | Leah Hennel / Freelance |
| Award of Excellence | Andres Kudacki / Freelance |
| Award of Excellence | Gabriella Angotti-Jones / Freelance |
| Award of Excellence | Adam Glanzman / Freelance |
| Award of Excellence | Taylor Baucom / The Player’s Tribune |
| Award of Excellence | Tom Pennington / Getty Images |
| Award of Excellence | Alon Skuy / Times Media Group |
| Documentary News Reporting |
| First Place | Magnus Wennman and Erik Wiman / Aftonbladet |
| Second Place | Ilvy Njiokiktjien / Freelance |
| Third Place | Leonora LaPeter Anton and John Pendygraft / Tampa Bay Times |
| Award of Excellence | Evan Hill, Christiaan Triebert, Malachy Browne, Dmitriy Khavin, Drew Jordan and Whitney Hurst / The New York Times |
| Award of Excellence | Neil Collier, Yousur Al-Hlou and Jacob LaMendola / The New York Times |
| Award of Excellence | Barbara Marcolini, Ainara Tiefenthäler and Yuling Chow / The New York Times |
| Award of Excellence | Natasha Blatsiou and Nikos Pilos / iMEdD |
| Award of Excellence | Paul Mozur, Jonah M. Kessel and Melissa Chan / The New York Times |
| Award of Excellence | Almudena Toral / Univision |
| Award of Excellence | Brent McDonald, Paula Moura, Ben Laffin and Emily Rhyne / The New York Times |
| Documentary Daily Life |
| First Place | Cora Engelbrecht, Yousur Al-Hlou and Ben Laffin / The New York Times |
| Second Place | Larry Buchanan, Aaron Byrd, Alicia DeSantis and Emily Rhyne / The New York Times |
| Third Place | Joe Coscarelli, Alexandra Eaton, Will Lloyd, Eden Weingart, Antonio de Luca and Alicia DeSantis / The New York Times |
| Award of Excellence | Kassie Bracken, Matt Richtel and Ora DeKornfeld / The New York Times |
| Award of Excellence | Sean Gallagher, Charlie Phillips, Claudine Spera and Jacqueline Edenbrow / The Guardian |
| Award of Excellence | Jessica Koscielniak and Duy Linh Tu / McClatchy & Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
| Award of Excellence | Bill Laitner and Eric Seals / Detroit Free Press |
| Award of Excellence | Katie Falkenberg / Freelance |
| Documentary Journalism |
| Winner | Ben Garvin and Lindsey Seavert / KARE11/Tegna |
| Finalist | Ed Ou, Kitra Cahana and Jonathan Ade / NBC Left Field |
| Finalist | Noelle Crombie, Kale Williams, Beth Nakamura and Dave Killen / The Oregonian/OregonLive |
| Finalist | Johnny Harris, Valerie Lapinski and Tom Fox / Vox |
| Finalist | Jonah M. Kessel / The New York Times |
| Online Storytelling: News Reporting |
| First Place | Eliza Barclay, Umair Irfan, Tristan McConnell, Victor Moriyama, Ardiles Rante and Sarah Waiswa / Vox |
| Second Place | Rebecca Hersher, Ryan Kellman, Catherine Laidlaw, Patricia Cole, Thomas Wilburn, Daniel Wood, Alyson Hurt, Connie Hanzhang Jin, Constance Miller, Gisele Grayson / NPR |
| Third Place | Emily Kassie, Tom Meagher, Julia Preston, Susan Chira, Bill Keller, Alex Ivany, Katia Vannoy, Margaret Cheatham Williams, Bryan Gentry, Quinn Gunderson, Seffy Hirsch, Jih-e Peng, Kenny Suleimanagich, Wrangel Lubin, Andrew Calderon, Alejandra Rivera Flaviá, Ari Balouzian, Mary Nittolo, Eric Schutzbank, John Holmes, Victor DeRespinis and Jackie Garbuio / The Marshall Project and The Guardian |
| Award of Excellence | Kevin Fagan, Kurtis Alexander, Erin Allday, Nanette Asimov, J.K. Dineen, Dominic Fracassa, Matthias Gafni, Joe Garofoli, Justin Phillips, Sarah Ravani, Tatiana Sanchez, Evan Sernoffsky, Rachel Swan, Otis Taylor, Trisha Thadani, Jill Tucker, Sam Whiting, Demian Bulwa, Geoff Link, Warren Pederson, Emily Fancher, Todd Trumbull, John Blanchard, Daymond Gascon, Nicole Frugé, Guy Wathen, Lacy Atkins, Noah Berger, Paul Chinn, Jessica Christian, Preston Gannaway, Carlos Avila Gonzalez, Liz Hafalia, Yalonda M. James, Stephen Lam, Gabrielle Lurie, Santiago Mejia, Josie Norris, Amy Osborne, Nick Otto, Scott Strazzante, Lea Suzuki, Manjula Varghese, King Kaufman, Libby Coleman, Danielle Mollette-Parks, Brittany Schell, Audrey DeBruine, Erica Yee, Evan Wagstaff, Michael Gray, Tim O'Rourke and Audrey Cooper / San Francisco Chronicle |
| Award of Excellence | Thomas Kaplan, Tamir Kalifa and Eden Weingart / The New York Times |
| Award of Excellence | Chris Serres, Glenn Howatt, Richard Tsong-Taataril / Minneapolis StarTribune |
| Award of Excellence | Victor Moriyama and Matt Sandy / The New York Times |
| Award of Excellence | Alexander Burns, Sydney Ember, Jonah M. Kessel, Haeyoun Park, Jonah M. Kessel, Larry Buchanan, Alastair Coote, Rebecca Lieberman, Umi Syam, Yousur Al-hlou, Tony Cenicola, Michael Cordero, KC McGinnis, Edythe McNamee, Julio Quintana, Emily Rhyne, Abe Sater, Joshua Thomas, Ainara Tiefenthäler, Tony Cenicola, Tanner Curtis, Todd Heisler, Meg Felling, Shane O'Neill, Alexandra Eaton, Dave Horn, Robin Lindsay, Will Lloyd, Ainara Tiefenthäler, Aaron Byrd, Amanda Cordero, Michael Cordero, Dave DeCristo, Alex Garces, Abe Sater and Jessica White / The New York Times |
| Online Storytelling: Daily Life |
| First Place | Sandra E. Garcia, Jeffrey Furticella, Rebecca Lieberman, Mark Abramson, José A. Alvarado Jr., Gabriella Angotti-Jones, Laylah Amatullah Barrayn, Gabriela Bhaskar, Sarah Blesener, Oscar Durand, Kholood Eid, Demetrius Freeman, Todd Heisler, Elizabeth D. Herman, Mary Inhea Kang, Kirsten Luce, Jonah Markowitz, Brittainy Newman, Desiree Rios, Stephen Speranza, Hilary Swift, John Taggart and An Rong Xu / The New York Times |
| Second Place | Tyrone Turner, Alana Wise, Emily Alfin Johson and A.C. Valdez / WAMU |
| Third Place | David Guttenfelder, Sadie Quarrier, CY Park, Hannah Tak,Trish Dorsey, Bethany Powell and Sarah Leen / National Geographic |
| Award of Excellence | Michael Kimmelman, Alicia DeSantis, Mika Gröndahl, Christy Harmon, Sia Michel, Yuliya Parshina-Kottas, Karthik Patanjali, Emily Rhyne, Graham Roberts, Matt Ruby, Josephine Sedgwick, Rumsey Taylor and Jeremy White / The New York Times |
| Award of Excellence | Aaron Reiss, Emily Rhyne, Todd Heisler, Raillan Brooks, Alicia DeSantis, Gabriel Gianordoli, Jolie Ruben and Josephine Sedgwick / The New York Times |
| Award of Excellence | Ammy La Gorce, Sam Cannon, Jeffrey Furticella, Meghan Louttit and Josh Williams / The New York Times |
| Award of Excellence | Jacob Moscovitch, Raillan Brooks, Alicia DeSantis, Gabriel Gianordoli, Jolie Ruben and Josephine Sedgwick / The New York Times |
| Award of Excellence | Elizabeth D. Herman, Celeste Sloman, Beth Flynn, Marisa Schwartz Taylor, Rumsey Taylor and Josh Williams. Special thanks to Justin T. Gellerson, Mike Nelson and Graham Starr / The New York Times |
| Online Storytelling Project of the Year |
| Winner | Noelle Crombie, Kale Williams, Beth Nakamura, Dave Killen, Margaret Haberman, Mark Friesen and Teresa Mahoney / The Oregonian/OregonLive |
| Finalist | Jessica Koscielniak / Fort Worth Star-Telegram and McClatchy Studios |
| Finalist | Craig Whitlock, Julie Vitkovskaya and Nick Kirkpatrick / The Washington Post |
| Finalist | JIlvy Njiokiktjien / Freelance |
| Finalist | Alex Kotlowitz, Maggie Bowman, Stacy Robinson, Carroll Bogert, Gordon Quinn, Betsy Steinberg, Risé Sanders-Weir, Illinois Humanities, Kim Bellware, Brendan Brown, Ingrid Roettgen, Melissa Sterne, Kathleen Chee, Matt Taylor, Seth Bomse, Oral Berat User, Scott Morgan, Edwin Diaz, Brendan Hubbard, Martin Stebbing, Resita Cox, Alexandra Epstein, Mago Torres, Pat Nabong, McKinleigh Lair, Mitch Dietz, Ingrid Roettgen, Edwin Perez Osuna, Sara Kragnessi, Matt Taylor, Drew Weir, Peter Jaszi, Robert Labate, Ruth Baldwin, Jenny Carchman, Tatiana Craine, Alex Tatusian, Katie Park and Gabriel Isman / The Marshall Project |
| Newspaper Picture Editing |
| First Place | Jeffrey Furticella / The New York Times |
| Second Place | Picture editing: Becky Lebowitz Hanger / The New York Times
Reporting: Lynsey Addario and Andrew Keh / The New York Times |
| Third Place | Picture editing: Karly Domb Sadof / The Washington Post
Reporting: Ricky Carioti and Annie Gowen / The Washington Post |
| Award of Excellence | Picture editing: Nick Kirkpatrick / The Washington Post
Design and development: Jake Crump, Armand Emamdjomeh and Matt Callahan
Stories: Craig Whitlock
Editing: David Fallis and Jeff Leen
Graphics: Laris Karklis and Leslie Shapiro
Copy editing: J.J. Evans
Video: Joyce Lee
Senior video production: Tom LeGro
Audio editing: Ted Muldoon
Digital operations: María Sánchez Díez
Audience engagement: Kanyakrit Vongkiatkajorn and Ric Sanchez
Project management: Julie Vitkovskaya. |
| Award of Excellence | Picture editing: Jeffrey Furticella / The New York Times
Reporting: Nikita Stewart and Ryan Christopher Jones / The New York Times |
| Award of Excellence | Picture editing: Bill Greene / The Boston Globe
Reporting: Erin Clark and Zoe Greenberg / The Boston Globe |
| Award of Excellence | Picture editing: Thomas Borberg / Politiken
Reporting: Ilvy Njiokiktjien / Politiken |
| Magazine Picture Editing |
| First Place | Picture editing: Dudley M. Brooks / The Washington Post Magazine
Photos: Jahi Chikwendiu, Andre Chung, Marvin Joseph, Marvi Lacar, Delphine Diallo, Jana Curcio, Carlos Javier Ortiz, Marc Baptiste and Sheila Pree Bright
Styling: Alexander Garcia
Design: Christian Font and Michael Johnson |
| Second Place | Picture editing: Kathy Moran / National Geographic Magazine
Photos: Kirsten Luce |
| Third Place | Picture editing: Todd James / National Geographic Magazine
Photos: Charlie Hamilton James |
| Award of Excellence | Picture editing: Kathy Moran / National Geographic Magazine
Photos: Brent Stirton |
| Award of Excellence | Picture editing: Kathy Ryan / The New York Times Magazine |
| Award of Excellence | Picture editing: Bill Greene / The Boston Globe
Reporting: Erin Clark and Zoe Greenberg / The Boston Globe |
| Award of Excellence | Picture editing: Todd James / National Geographic Magazine
Photos: Spencer Lowell |
| Visual Editor of the Year |
| Winner | Jeffrey Furticella / The New York Times |
| Finalist | Kathy Moran / National Geographic Magazine |
| Finalist | Deb Pastner / Star Tribune |
| Finalist | Sadie Quarrier / National Geographic Magazine |
| Finalist | Jolie Ruben / The New York Times |
| Finalist | Karly Domb Sadof / The Washington Post |
| Finalist | Todd James / National Geographic Magazine |
| Photographer of the Year, International |
| Winner | Michael Robinson Chavez / The Washington Post |
| Finalist | Ricky Carioti / The Washington Post |
| Finalist | Rodrigo Abd / Associated Press |
| Photographer of the Year, Local |
| Winner | Alon Skuy / Times Media Group |
| Sports Photographer of the Year |
| Winner | Steph Chambers / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |
| Finalist | Donald Miralle / Freelance |
| Finalist | Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times |
| Finalist | Nhat Meyer / San Jose Mercury News |
| Finalist | Adam Pretty / Getty Images |
| Documentary Storyteller of the Year |
| Winner | Emily Rhyne / The New York Times |
| Finalist | Jonah M. Kessel / The New York Times |
| Finalist | Yousur Al-Hlou / The New York Times |
| Environmental Vision Award |
| Winner | Chris Donovan / Freelance |
| Finalist | Pierpaolo Mittica / Freelance |
| Finalist | Katie Orlinsky / Freelance |
| Finalist | Milan Radisics / Freelance |
| Finalist | Luca Locatelli / Freelance |
| Finalist | Roger Turesson / Dagens Nyheter |
| Finalist | Aaron Vincent Elkaim / Freelance |
| Community Awareness Award |
| Winner | Ivan Kashinsky / Freelance |
| Finalist | Ricky Carioti / The Washington Post |
| Finalist | RJ Sangosti / The Denver Post |
| Finalist | Giovanni Capriotti / Freelance |
| Finalist | Cory Morse / MLive Grand Rapids Press |
| Finalist | Hossein Kazemi Hasan Abadi / Freelance |
| World Understanding Award |
| Winner | Tommaso Protti / for Fondation Carmignac |
| Finalist | Mary Calvert / Freelance |
| Finalist | Felipe Dana / Associated Press |
| Finalist | Farshid Tighehsaz / Freelance |
| Finalist | Seamus Murphy / Freelance |
| Photography Book of the Year |
| Winner | Internal Notebook by Miki Hasegawa, published by Ceiba Editions |
| Finalist | Attention Servicemember by Ben Brody, published by Red Hook Editions |
| Finalist | Mechanizm by Mariusz Forecki, published by PIX.HOUSE |
| Finalist | La paloma y la ley by Lisette Poole, published by Red Hook Editions |
| Angus McDougall Excellence in Editing Award |
| Winner | MaryAnne Golon / The Washington Post |
| Finalist | Meaghan Looram / The New York Times |
| Finalist | Staff / National Geographic Magazine |
