Ernie Crisp Television News Photographers of the Year
The late Ernie Crisp, for whom the award Television News Photographer of the Year is named, himself won the title in 1966 while he was chief photographer of WFBM-TV, Indianapolis.
Crisp, 49, was killed in 1977 when the 1941 Waco biplane he was piloting crashed near Rochester, N.Y. At the time, Crisp was a marketing education specialist for Eastman Kodak's Motion Picture and Audio-Visual Markets Division.
Vice-president and president of the NPPA from 1968-70, Crisp also served as a president of the Indiana News Photographers Association and coordinator of the NPPA/Oklahoma NewsVideo Workshop.
He began his television news career in 1954 at KWTV, Oklahoma City, his hometown, and joined the Indianapolis station in 1959. In 1966 he was promoted to manager of WFBM's production center and joined Kodak in 1970 as a cinematography teacher.
The recipients of the highest honor in television news photography were called Newsfilm Cameramen of the Year when the awards program was first established in conjunction with the Pictures of the Year.
1954-1960 | 1961-1970 | 1971-1980 | 1981-1990 | 1991-2000
- 2010
- Darren Durlach, WBFF/Baltimore
- 2009
- Darren Durlach, WBFF/Baltimore
- 2008
- Scott Jensen, KTUU/Anchorage
- 2007
- Andy Shilts, KMSP-TV/Minneapolis
- 2006
- Stan Heist, WBFF-TV/Baltimore
- 2005
- Corky Scholl, KUSA/Denver
- 2004
- Ted Nelson, WTVF/Nashville
- 2003
- Scott Jensen, KARE/Minneapolis
- 2002
- Jonathan Malat, KARE/Minneapolis
- 2001
- Gary Knox, KARE/Minneapolis
- 2000
- Doug Legore, WHTM/Harrisburg
- 1999
- Jason Rhodes, KMBC/Kansas City
- 1998
- Jonathan Malat, KARE/Minneapolis
- 1997
- Eric Kehe, KUSA/Denver
- 1996
- Eric Blumer, KCNC/Denver
- 1995
- Lisa Berglund, KARE-TV/Minneapolis
- 1994
- John DeTarsio, KNSD-TV/San Diego
- 1993
- Mark Anderson, KARE-TV/Minneapolis
- 1992
- Scott A. Rensberger, WKRN/Nashville
- 1991
- John C.P. Goheen, KMGH/Denver
- 1990
- John C.P. Goheen, KMGH/Denver
- 1989
- John C.P. Goheen, KOMO/Seattle
- 1988
- Dave Delozier, KUSA-TV/Denver
- 1987
- Chris Wheeler, KARE-TV/Minneapolis
- 1986
- Arthur Donahue, WFSB-TV/Hartford
- 1985
- Jim Douglas, WUSA-TV/Minneapolis
- 1984
- Mitch Wilson, KXAS-TV/Fort Worth
- 1983
- Ken Swartz, KRON-TV/San Francisco
- 1982
- Darrell Barton, KTVY-TV/Oklahoma City
- 1981
- Robert Tews, KBTV-TV/Denver
- 1980
- Robert Brandon, KPRC-TV/Houston
- 1979
- Ken Swartz, KPRC-TV/Houston
- 1978
- Larry Hatteberg, KAKE-TV/Wichita
- 1977
- Sam Allen, KBTV-TV/Denver
- 1976
- Robert Brandon, KPRC-TV/Houston
- 1975
- Larry Hatteberg, KAKE-TV/Wichita
- 1974
- Darrell Barton, WKY-TV/Oklahoma City
- 1973
- Chris Callery, NBC/London
- 1972
- Richard Norling, NBC-TV/Washington
- 1971
- Ed Winkle, Freelance/Burbank
- 1970
- Robin Still, WCBS-TV/New York
- 1969
- Steve Stanford, ABC/Miami
- 1968
- Julian Townsend, (freelance, New York)
- 1967
- Steve Stanford, ABC/Miami
- 1966
- Ernie Crisp, WFBM/Indianapolis
- 1965
- No award
- 1964
- Houston Hall, WRCV/Philadelphia
- 1963
- Houston Hall, WRCV/Philadelphia
- 1962
- No award
- 1961
- Joseph Vadala, NBC/New York
- 1960
- Bill Burch, NBC/Chicago
- 1959
- Tom Priestley, NBC/New York
- 1958
- Wendell Hoffman, Omaha
- 1957
- Gordon Yoder, Telenews/Dallas
- 1956
- No award
- 1955
- Maurice Levy, NBC/Dallas
- 1954
- Murray Alvey, Pathe
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