Best of Photojournalism 2006: TV News Editing: Winners
General News Simple Effects (Photographers) Finalists
(In Alphabetical Order)
- Ben de la Cruz, washingtonpost.com, Washington DC
- “Missing Connections in New Orleans”
- Travis Fox, washingtonpost.com, Washington DC
- “The Funeral of Pope John Paul II”
- Lance Ing, WTTG-TV, Washington, DC
- “Scouring the Streets”
- Greg Johnson, WFAA-TV, Dallas, TX
- “Connect Electrodes”
- Pierre Kattar, washingtonpost.com,Washington DC
- “Antiwar Protest”
- Jonathan Malat, KARE-TV, Minneapolis, MN
- “The Mail Must Go Through”
- William Middeke, WHO-TV, Des Moines, IA
- “A Wal-Mart Christmas”
- Scott Ripley, WFXT-TV, Boston, MA
- “A Successful Weekend”
Winners
- 1st Jonathan Malat, KARE-TV, Minneapolis, MN, “The Mail Must Go Through”
- 2nd Pierre Kattar, washingtonpost.com, Washington DC, “Antiwar Protest”
- 3rd Ben de la Cruz, washingtonpost.com, Washington DC, “Missing Connections in New Orleans”
Judges' comments
“The stories in this category were generally better than those in the ‘General News for Editors’ category, Ron Kabele said. “But that doesn’t surprise me. As a staff editor, I rarely got the chance to edit the ‘good’ stories. The photographers would keep those to edit for themselves. But at the same time, I would always try to take advantage of the opportunity when I was assigned to a good story shot by a good photographer.”
“But I personally didn’t really start being comfortable with my editing until I starting shooting my own stories. When I began producing and writing, my photojournalism skills finally started to improve to the point where I finally began winning a few contests.
“In other words, push yourself as a producer. Start thinking like a producer. If you consider yourself “just” an editor, you run the risk of getting caught in a vicious cycle of self, doubt and hopelessness, with burn, out sure to follow.
“Once I saw the names of the entrants, I found it interesting that two of the three top places came from non, traditional news organizations (washingtonpost.com). Perhaps this is an indicator that local TV News may be on the verge of a radical change.
“The clear winner in this category, though, was ‘The Mail Must Go Through.’ As soon as we saw it, we just kind of nodded to each other and knew this entry was best. Everything about this person’s editing was first, rate, especially the visual story structure. If you don’t know what I mean, take a look at this entry on the web here, and break the story down to its basic components.
Sandy Spencer said, “‘The Mail Must Go Though’ is the winner of the 2005 General News – Photographer. Whether rain or sleet or hail or snow, the mail must go through. This was a great visual presentation of a day in the life of a mail carrier in Minneapolis weather. I enjoyed the way the editor took liberties to have the story wrap around two topics to bring the view full circle back to the essential mail delivery theme.
“‘Anti War Protest’ placed Second place in this category. This package gave me the feeling of being ‘up close and personal’ to the action. I felt as though I was part of the story through the use of natural sound and editing.”
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