IMPORTANT UPDATE
Please note: “Checks/proof of school” should be mailed to the WHNPA — DO NOT USE FED EX . If you did send via FedEx, have the package re-routed back to you and re-send via USPS. As long as you have uploaded your photos by March 17th you will not be penalized for being late with your entry.
Rules have been posted for the 2010 Student Photography Contest. Deadline for submissions is March 17th. Visit us at http://www.whnpa.org/studentcontest to download the PDF rules and guidelines document, and to learn more about the contest, student memberships in the WHNPA (not required to enter), awards for the winning portfolio, and more.
The 2010 WHNPA New Media contest has been posted,
Photo/Brian Hopkins, Walt Crawford at the 2008 WHNPA gala
We heard the sad news of Walt Crawford’s passing from Pege’ Gilgannon:
Walt Crawford passed away Sunday nite…..he had just won a 1st place in lighting…we had told his wife that he won and she passed it on to him telling him he had to get better so he could pick up his award……boy he really deserved his award for all the years he spent making beautiful pictures …he was a terrific friend and this is a big loss……
WJLA has posted this news on their web site: http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0210/706853.html
Our thoughts and prayers are with his family.
Funeral Arrangements:
The viewing is at Adams and Green Funeral Home, Saturday Feb 20th, 1 to 3pm and 5 to 7 pm. The service starts at 7 pm
721 Elden Street
Herndon, VA 20170-4636
(703) 437-1764
Photo Judging of the Northern Short Course Photojournalism Competition
www.northernshortcourse.com
Saturday February 20, 930 am-6:00 pm
American University
Mary Graydon Center
Third Floor Wechsler Theater
Please come to observe the judging of nearly 1000 entries in 19 categories including, still images, photo stories and multimedia. This competition is for members of the National Press Photographers Association northeast region. They represent the area’s prominent professionals who work for newspapers, magazines and other news organizations. The three judges include America University professor Bill Gentile, former Time Magazine Photo Editor and currently AARP Photo Editor MaryAnne Golon, and former White House Photo Editor and US News Photo Editor Carol McKay.
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The 2010 Northern Short Course in Photojournalism will take
place March 11-13 in New Brunswick, NJ. Much more
information, including tuition grants for photographers, is
on the NSC web site: http://www.northernshortcourse.com
WHNPA 2010 ‘ Eyes of History’ contest winners!
Congratulations to all of our winners and thanks to everyone who participated to make this years contest a success!
Contest results are on the WHNPA web site. The Stills results are posted with text and images. The New Media and Television contest results are posted here on the blog in text format. (scroll down) In the next several days we will add the videos from the television winners into the contest section of the site.
Please log on to see the some amazing work from this years winners.
Meanwhile…here are a few highlights from this weekend’s judging:
History was made in the Television contest division, as CNN”s Bethany Swain was named WHNPA Video Photographer of the Year. Bethany is the first woman in WHNPA history to earn this award!
Video Editor of the Year: Chris Shlemon of ITN was named Video Editor of the Year. This is the third time Chris has won the top honor.
In the Stills division:
Political Photo of the Year winner is: Alex Wong of Getty Images
Photographer of the Year is: Chip Somodevilla of Getty Images
It was wonderful to see so many of you at the judging over the weekend.
READ MORE (bios, quotes, etc)
See our Facebook album for additional behind-the-scenes photos of the judging.
Chip Somodevilla of Getty Images is the 2010 White House News Photographers Association Photographer of the Year in the still photography division.
POLITICAL NEWS PHOTO OF THE YEAR
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testifies before the Joint Economic Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Nov. 19, 2009.
Judges will select one single image as Political News Photo of the Year from the top winners in each individual political category (Presidential, On Capitol Hill, Insiders Washington, and individual pictures in Picture Story/Politics and Political Portfolio).
Best Use of Photography and Audio (natural sound)
First Place
“America’s Battalion” in Afghanistan
http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2009/07/americas_batallion.html
Produced and photographed by David Gilkey
Audio editing by Laura Krantz, Jim Wildman
Senior Supervising Producer: Keith Jenkins
Second Place
For Army Medevacs, Hearts and Minds are No Cliché
http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2009/12/for_army_medevacs_hearts_and_m.html
Produced and photographed by David Gilkey
Audio editing by Laura Krantz, Chris Berry
Senior Supervising Producer: Keith Jenkins
Third Place
Fight Night
http://www.militarytimes.com/multimedia/#/Fight+Night/51753241001
The 68th Annual Brigade Boxing Championships at the Naval Academy.
Photos and production by Chris Maddaloni, Army Times
Award of Excellence
Step Afrika
http://www.amandalucidon.com/StepAfrika/
Photography, Audio and Production by Amanda Lucidon
Best Use of Photography and Audio (with narration)
First Place
No Man’s Land
http://www.npr.org/news/specials/2009/israelbarrier/part1.html
Produced and photographed by David Gilkey
Reported and narrated by Eric Westervelt
Senior Supervising Producer: Keith Jenkins
Second Place
Horse Race Evokes Genghis Khan
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112514153 (second video on page)
Produced by Coburn Dukehart
Photography by Ariana Lindquist
Reported by Louisa Lim
Senior Supervising Producer: Keith Jenkins
Third Place
From the South Lawn, A Sweet Smell of Honey
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/11/04/us/politics/20091104_BEES_SS1/index.html
Produced by Elisabeth Goodridge
Photography by Doug Mills
Edited by David Scull
Award of Excellence
Unsettled in Tene
http://www.npr.org/news/specials/2009/israelbarrier/part2.html (bottom of the page)
Produced and photographed by David Gilkey
Reported and narrated by Eric Westervelt
Senior Supervising Producer: Keith Jenkins
Best Multimedia Package – Simple
First Place
Scene In
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/artsandliving/scene-in/index.html?order=chronological
Interactive by Alexandra Garcia, Kat Downs, Noel Smart
Second Place
The Battle of Wanat
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/world/battle-of-wanat/
To recreate the Battle of Wanat in eastern Afghanistan, The Washington Post created an interactive timeline of images, edited soldier videos and audio, helicopter gun footage and official military documents. The innovative approach attempted to reveal how military leaders failed to see warning signs that led to the deaths of nine U.S. soldiers and another 27 wounded.
By: Ben de la Cruz, Kat Downs, Liz Heron, Greg Jaffe, Laris Karklis, Jason Ukman, Pierre Kattar and Francine Uenuma
Third Place
Dog Days in DC
http://jimloscalzo.com/#/multimedia/dog%20days%20in%20dc/1
“Dog Days in DC” is a portrait of the nations capitol during the throws of summer: the heat and humidity, the exodus of politicos and influx of tourists, the sound of cicadas and the site of empty streets. Summer is DC’s transformational season, when the city’s hum is noticeably absent.
By: James Lo Scalzo
Best Multimedia Package – In Depth
First Place
Killer Blue: Baptized by Fire
http://hosted.ap.org/specials/interactives/wdc/killer_blue/index.html?SITE=AP
Killer Blue, A unit of the Fort Hood-based 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment’s 3rd Squadron, was one of the last Army units to serve a 15-month combat tour in Iraq, before the Pentagon cut combat tours to 12 months. AP photojournalists lived with the unit for over four months in Mosul, Iraq, and at Fort Hood, Texas, chronicling their combat and their return home, their lives and - in some cases - their deaths.
Credits: Evan Vucci, Maya Alleruzzo, Rick Bowmer, Matt Ford
Submitted by: Greg Henderson
Second Place
Times of Crisis - Submitted by Jim Bourg
Spanning the year after the collapse of Lehman Brothers – the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history – Times of Crisis surveys 365 days of upheaval, which crippled industries and crushed hopes with a force not seen since the Great Depression. This immersive multimedia package, built around an interactive visual timeline, draws upon the full breadth of Reuters news coverage during this period, with additional special multimedia reporting.
Times of Crisis offers a dynamic, layered narrative presenting hundreds of images, countless news stories and hours of video to show how lives around the globe have changed as a divergent world embarks on an era of historic challenge. The project also features a web documentary, compiling testimonies of people affected by the crisis.
Times of Crisis was produced by the same multi-award winning team behind Bearing Witness – reflecting upon over half a decade of war in Iraq – nominated for the 2009 Emmy Award for New Approaches to News & Documentary.
Produced by Reuters in association with Mediastorm, – submitted by Jim Bourg
Project concept and direction by Ayperi Karabuda Ecer and Jassim Ahmad
Third Place
‘Fatal Flights: A Perilous Rush to Profit’ Investigative
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/nation/medical-helicopters/
Medical helicopters have dropped into pitch-black oceans, smacked into mountains and collided in clear desert skies. Yet until a groundbreaking 2009 series by The Washington Post, the industry that promotes itself as life-saving had not been exposed as one of the deadliest in America. Loggers, miners and cops have higher survival rates than do the crews that fly in medevacs, The Post discovered.
‘Trooper 2’s Last Flight’ video producer: Akira Hakuta
Reporting: Gil Gaul, Mary Pat Flaherty, Jenna Johnson
Supervising Video Editor: Ben de la Cruz
Graphics: Kat Downs, Jacqueline Kazil, Lauren Keane, Sarah Fitzpatrick, Kate Napier, Laris Karklis,
Investigations Editor: Jeff Leen
Investigative Projects Web Editor: Lauren Keane
Voiceover: Francine Uenuma
Award of Excellence
Traveling Down the Amazon Road
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112489035
Photographer: John Poole
Reporter: Lourdes Garcia-Navarro
Multimedia Producers: Keith Jenkins, Katie Hayes; Designer: Nelson Hsu, Alyson Hurt; Editor: Chuck Holmes
Radio Editor: Didrik Schanche
Best Multimedia Innovation
First Place
Scene In - Alexandra Garcia
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/artsandliving/scene-in/index.html?order=chronological
Interactive by: Alexandra Garcia, Kat Downs, Noel Smart.
Videos by Alexandra Garcia.
Commenting feature by Jesse Foltz, Steven King, Lee Trout.
Second Place
Kurlwich on Science
Krulwich on Science
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5500502
Examples from this series:
A Locksmith’s Tale and Other Health Care Stories - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121158190
Supervising Producers for NPR: Robert Krulwich and Vikki Valentine
Ants that Count - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120587095
Robert Krulwich, Jason Orfanon, Vikki Valentine, Allison Richards
The Crow Paradox - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106826971
Robert Krulwich, Jason Orfanon, Alison Richards, Vikki Valentine
Flu Attack! How a Virus Invades Your Body - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114075029
Robert Krulwich, Jason Orfanon, David Bolinsky, Alison Richards, Vikki Valentine
Third Place
Fight Night
http://www.militarytimes.com/multimedia/#/Fight+Night/51753241001
The 68th Annual Brigade Boxing Championships at the Naval Academy.
Photos and production by Chris Maddaloni, Army Times
Award of Excellence
Ghosts in the Hollow
http://jimloscalzo.com/#/multimedia/ghosts%20in%20the%20hollow/1
Hidden in the hollows of Appalachia are the relics of its signature industry—a collection of coal camps, long abandoned and in various states of decay. In some cases the remains are barely noticeable: a concrete foundation, a larry car, a coal tipple. In other cases entire towns lay abandoned.
By: Jim Lo Scalzo
WHITE HOUSE NEWS PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION PHOTOGRAPHY TV CONTEST 2010
VIDEO PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR: Bethany Swain CNN
P-1 SPOT NEWS
1. John Frame – WTTG – Political Pileup
2. Bethany Swain – CNN – Playing with Fire
3. Brian Hopkins – WJLA – Baby Thru a Window
P-2 GENERAL NEWS
1. Jason Smith – WTTG – AIG Reactions
2. Bethany Swain – CNN – Fire on the Mountain
3. Brian Hopkins – WJLA - Mural
P-3 DAY FEATURE
1. Bethany Swain – CNN – Men in Trees
2. Doug Wilkes – WTTG – Dead Bee Dog
3. Pierre Kattar – washingtonpost.com – Flight of the Commuter
P-4 NEWS FEATURE
1. Lance Ing – WTTG – Honor Flight
2. Levent “Louie” Eroglu - Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Vegas
3. Pierre Kattar – washingtonpost.com – “Thriller” in Freedom Plaza
P-5 FEATURE
1. Alexandra Garcia – washingtonpost.com – Scene In: U Street
2. Jason Smith – WTTG – Historic Church Organ
3. Dan Sweetapple – Australian Broadcasting Corporation – Windpower
HM Brian Hopkins – WJLA – U.S. Flag Day
HM Whitney Shefte – washingtonpost.com – A Great Grandmother’s Love
P-6 NEWS SPECIAL REPORTS/ FEATURES
1. Bethany Swain – CNN – In Focus Series
2. Garrett Hubbard – usatoday.com – 24 Hours in the ER: Health Care’s Front Lines
3. Alexandra Garcia – washingtonpost.com – Scene In
P-7 MAGAZINE FEATURE
1. Dan Sweetapple - Australian Broadcasting Corporation – American Emergency
2. Dia Baker – ITN – Mr. President Please Help Us
3. Peter Murtaugh – Freelance BBC – California Budget
P-8 DOCUMENTARY
1. Levent “Louie” Eroglu – Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Detroit
2. Peter Murtaugh – Freelance BBC – Ethical Man
3. David Ewing – Bayside Productions – Ted Flicker
P-9 SPORTS
1. Chip Baysden – WTTG - Chess
2. Garrett Hubbard – usatoday.com – Veterans Golden Age Games
3. Jim MacDonald – CTV – Alex Ovechkin
P-10 POLITICAL
1. Whitney Shefte – washingtonpost.com – Fish and Politics
2. Jim MacDonald – CTV – Hagerstown Town Hall
3. Bethany Swain – CNN – Relics of a U.S. Icon
P-11 LIGHTING
1. Walter Crawford – WJLA – Lighting Composite
P-12 WHITE HOUSE
1. Whitney Shefte – washingtonpost.com – Attempting a “Salahi”
2. Doug Wilkes – WTTG – Pentagon Memorial
P-13 NETWORK
1. Mark Rabbage – BBC – Marine Training
2. Dai Baker – ITN – Arizona Smugglers
3. Peter Morris – CNN – The Abadir School
P-14 AUDIO (field)
1. Lance Ing – WTTG – Automotive X
2. Alexandra Garcia – washingtonpost.com – Scene In: Duke Ellington
3. Brian Hopkins – WJLA – U.S. Flag
WHITE HOUSE NEWS PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION EDITING TV CONTEST 2010
VIDEO EDITOR OF THE YEAR: Chris Shlemon ITN
E-1 SPOT NEWS
1. Bethany Swain – CNN – Playing with Fire
2. Brian Hopkins – WJLA – Holocaust Museum Shooting
3. Martin Doane – WJLA – Apple Store
E-2 GENERAL NEWS
1. Bethany Swain – CNN – Fire on the Mountain
2. Lance Ing - WTTG – Extraordinary Disservice
3. Bill McKenna – BBC – Economic Woes
HM Martin Doane – WJLA – Donations
HM Kimberlee Shaffir – CBS News – Obama Beijing
E-3 DAY FEATURE
1. Bethany Swain – CNN – Men in Trees
2. Dan Sweetapple - Australian Broadcasting Corporation – Fort Campbell
3. Whitney Shefte – washingtonpost.com – Returning Rails
HM Jonathan Austin – CTV – DC Sniper
HM Lance Ing – WTTG – Passion for Pinball
E-4 NEWS FEATURE
1. Chris Shlemon – ITN – The Legend of Goldman Sachs
2. Bill McKenna – BBC – Jerry and Stonewall Inn
3. Joni Mazer Field – Freelance BBC – Bend, Oregon Economy
HM Clyde Arrington – ABC News – U.S. Marshals
HM Pierre Kattar – washingtonpost.com – A Middle Class Family Dilemma
E-5 EDITING SHORT FORM
1. Ed Eaves – NBC News – Airline Baggage
2. Alexandra Garcia – washingtonpost.com – Scene In: Duke Ellington
3. Bill McKenna – BBC – First Artist on Another Planet
HM Brian Hopkins – WJLA – U.S. Flag Day
HM Jason Smith – WTTG – Historic Church Organ
E-6 EDITING LONG FORM
1. Chris Shlemon – ITN – Carbon Capture
2. Charles MacDonald – National Geographic Channel – Drain the Ocean
3. Bill McKenna – BBC – Lehman Collapse
HM Ed Eaves – NBC News – Bobby Parker: The Man Who Rocked the Blues
E-7 MAGAZINE FEATURE
1. Chris Shlemon – ITN – Operation Panther’s Claw
2. Bill McKenna – BBC – Dark Days at Abu Ghraib
3. Peter Murtaugh – Freelance BBC – Obama’s America
E-8 DOCUMENTARY
1. Charles MacDonald – National Geographic Channel – Hooked Monster Fish
2. David Ewing – Bayside Productions – Ted Flicker
E-9 SPORTS
1. Chip Baysden – WTTG - Chess
2. Whitney Shefte – washingtonpost.com – Racing Against the Odds
3. Lance Ing – WTTG – A Good Buzz
E-10 PRESIDENTIAL / POLITICAL
1. Bill McKenna – BBC – Obama and the Pentagon
2. Whitney Shefte – washingtonpost.com – Fish and Politics
E-11 AUDIO (production)
1. Charles MacDonald – National Geographic Channel – America Before Columbus
2. Alexandra Garcia – washingtonpost.com – Scene In: Duke Ellington
3. Ed Eaves – NBC News – Blue Angels
HM Lance Ing – WTTG – Automotive X
HM John Poole – NPR – Project Song: Chris Walla & J. Robbins Create Mercury
E-12 PROMOTIONAL
1. Charles MacDonald – National Geographic Channel – Inside State
PORTFOLIO 1st -Katie Falkenberg, 2nd-Chip Somodevilla; 3rd-David Gilkey
Portfolio should show the breadth and versatility of an entrant’s work, and should demonstrate skill in a variety of categories including politics. Judges to select the best “body of work.” Portfolio must contain a minimum of 22 pictures and a maximum of 35 pictures.
Political Portfolio winners in stills are: 1st - Chip Somodevilla, 2nd - Melina Mara, 3rd- Jason Reed
A portfolio of political pictures comprised solely from the four political categories: Presidential, Insiders Washington, On Capitol Hill and Picture Story/Politics. Portfolio must include one Picture Story/Politics and at least one other political category. The maximum total number of pictures in this portfolio is 20.
