BOP 2006 > Photo Editing Winners > Newspaper Natural Disaster Front Page
- Honorable Mention
- Orlando Sentinel
- Photo Editing Team:
- Hilda Perez, Picture Editor
- Ken Lyons, DOP
- Lee Fiedler, Picture Editor
- Tom Burton, Picture Editor
- Judges' Comments
This category’s entries did not rise to the proportions of the catastrophes they covered. Where were the newspapers that put both the geographic and personal loss together on a single page? Also lacking was thoughtful photographic display of the ensuing chaos from our government’s ineffective and tardy response to the catastrophe. The scene was ripe with compelling pictures that we saw few papers display. The New York Times page one image brought the loss, the chaos and the haphazard return to normalcy together with their lead picture. The Palm Beach Post aerial of the flooding displayed the scale of the destruction and our third place choice was the most poignant of the pages focusing on the personal loss from Katrina. Also, where were the pictures from the Pakistan earthquake? The loss of life was biblical. Do we choose not to care if a story is miles from our border?
On of the most important aspects of the disaster was the breakdown in law and order and this was the page that most graphically illustrated this phenomenon.
The Sentinel used 6 columns one of the most compelling images of the disaster of a woman grieving over the death of her husband – and a death that could have been prevented. The Sentinel also did well by using multiple pictures to tell the multiple aspect of the story. The Sentinel’s anarchy page did much the same, showed the the plight of the people, and for me, it was the people that were the story.
This page was most effective at telling the story of frustration and peoples waning patience.
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