BOP Television Judging Underway
ST. PETERSBURG, FL (February 23, 2009) – Judging in the National Press Photographers Associations annual Best Of Photojournalism competition’s Television categories is now underway at The Poynter Institute for Media Studies.
On Sunday the judges picked winners in the categories of Team, Documentary, Sports Features, and Deadline.
Winning videos will be posted on Poynter’s Web site daily as the judging continues throughout this week.
And there will be a live, daily online chat with the judges at 12:00 noon EST, hosted by Poynter’s Al Tompkins. Viewers will be able to ask the judges questions, and to hear what they love and dislike about the entries they’ve seen that day.
The online chat and the winning videos by category are online here.
In the Team Entry category, first place was Rob Collet and Chencho Flores of KTUL-TV in Tulsa for “A day in the Life of Animal Control.” Second place was Eric Geddy and Brad Swagger of KMSP-TV in Minneapolis for “A Link to the Lost. And third place was Darren Durlach and Stan Heist of WBFF-TV in Baltimore for “Ball of Fury.” Honorable mention was awarded to Anne Herbst and Dave Delozier of KUSA-TV in Denver for “Emma’s Class.”
In the Sports Features category, first place was William Middeke of KARE-TV in Minneapolis for “Not Your Kids League.” Second place was Jim Douglas of KARE-TV for “Courage to Sail On.” Third place was Anne Herbst of KUSA-TV in Denver for “Defined by Seconds.” And honorable mentions were given to Scott Jensen of KTUU-TV in Anchorage for “Back Where She Belongs … In The Mountains,” and Michael DelGiudice of WNBC-TV in New York for “A Bump in the Road.”
In the Deadline category, first place was Ernesto Torres of KHOU-TV in Houston for “Live or Die.” Second place was John Doung of WNDU-TV in South Bend, IN, for If Only for an Hour.” Third place was Michael DelGiudice of WNBC-TV in New York for “You Call This A Stadium.” And an honorable mention was awarded to Everett McEwan of KWGN-TV in Denver for “Homeowners Worst Nightmare.”
In the Documentary category the judges did not award a first place or second place winner. Third place went to Dave Wertheimer and Shawn Montano of KWGN-TV in Denver for “Journey of Hope,” and an honorable mention was given to Jay Jennings, Clay Johnson, and Laura Riddle of WRAL-TV in Raleigh for “The Other North Carolina.”
Best Of Photojournalism judges for the Television categories this year include returning BOP TV contest chair Merry Murray, a photojournalist for KSNW-TV in Wichita, KS; Ram Guzman of KTVT-TV in Dallas/Fort Worth, TX, the BOP contest chair for the TV Editing categories; Terry Bulger of WSMV-TV in Nashville, TN; Brad Ingram of WGHP-TV in High Point, NC; Scott Jensen of KTUU-TV in Anchorage, AK; Jon Knorr of KOMO-TV in Seattle, WA; Terry Lovell, a freelance television editor in Raleigh, NC; Shane McEachern, of WTXF-TV in Philadelphia, PA; and Tom Sharkey, of WWSB-TV in Sarasota, FL.
Their full bios and headshots are online at the bottom of the page here.
The Best Of Photojournalism is sponsored by Canon, The Poynter Institute for Media Studies, and the National Press Photographers Association.
The judges live daily Blog, including updated winners, is online here.
The winning videos are online here.
