Best of Photojournalism 2007: TV News Photography: Winners
TV Sports Feature Finalists
(In Alphabetical Order)
- “A More Special Player”
- Doug Burgess/WFAA Dallas
- “Age to Spare”
- Steve Rhodes/WTHR Indianapolis
- “Baseball Begging”
- Thomas McDonald/KDVR Denver
- “Batman of Easton”
- Stan Heist/WBFF Baltimore
- “Dirt Track Charley”
- Scott Jensen/KTUU Anchorage
- “Dream Park”
- Corky Scholl/KUSA Denver
- “Jumprope and Pie”
- Andy Shilts/KMSP Minneapolis
- “Keeping Up With Kos”
- John Hendon/WYFF Greenville
- “One of the Guys”
- Drew Cook/Louisville
- “Souvenirs!”
- Dan Bolsem/KCCI Des Moines
- “Unbreakable Kos”
- Andy Benton/WCNC Charlotte
Winners
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- 1st
- “Keeping Up With Kos”
- John Hendon/WYFF Greenville
- 2nd
- “A More Special Player”
- Doug Burgess/WFAA Dallas
- 3rd
- “Dirt Track Charley”
- Scott Jensen/KTUU Anchorage
- HM
- “Dream Park”
- Corky Scholl/KUSA Denver
- HM
- “Age to Spare”
- Steve Rhodes/WTHR Indianapolis
Judges' comments
- Joel Eagle
Large group with a few bright spots. I loved the shooting of “Dream Park” … excellent work. The first three places were voted in as a result of their story telling. I was still leading a “Dream Park” charge; by virtue of the category it could have been higher in the standings.
- Jay Korff
The inspiring stories of children dominated this category. “Keeping Up With Kos”, a narrative resonating with hope and determination, was the clear and away favorite. “Dream Park” was a visual delight but disappointed in terms of story-telling.
- Regina McCombs
This category saw a lot of failed attempts to use the storytelling techniques of holding a surprise or revealing something new later in the package. It can work well, but it’s also torturous if you can see the surprise coming from a mile away. Our winning stories had great photography, great characters and naturally unfolding stories.
- Mark Morache
There was a long heated debate about Dream Park. It had the most beautiful pictures and was creatively edited, but didn’t tell a story. This year we went with story. Watching the other stories, we saw a lot of “almosts”. I’d like to suggest that people limit the number of times they use short, fast editing pops to try to artificially pump up the pace of their stories. If there’s a natural sequence that lends itself to it, great. Otherwise, it’s just so much zip, zap, zop.
- Erica Simpson
“Keeping up with Kos” Exhibited some good shooting and solid story telling. My personal favorite in this category was the honorable mention “Dream Park”. Because of the lack of a storyline it fell short of placing, but I was inspired by the beautiful photography and great editing.
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