Clifton C. Edom Award
This award, established in 1991, recognizes an individual in the tradition of Cliff Edom to inspire and motivate members of the photojournalism community to reach new heights.
Cliff Edom taught at the University of Missouri for 29 years where he founded the University of Missouri Photojournalism Workshop and the Pictures of the Year competition.
Edom was co-author of Picture Editing, the first book about picture handling for newspaper photographers and editors. He also wrote three other books. In addition, Edom is credited with coining the word "photojournalism." Clif Edom died in 1991.
Note: the NPPA’s Clifton C. Edom Award is not related to Cliff Edom’s ‘New America Award’ from the Best of Photojournalism contest, except insofar as both awards were named in honor of Cliff Edom’s life and work.
- 2011
- Tenney Mason
- 2010
- J. Bruce Baumann
- 2009
- Gunther Cartwright
- 2008
- Bob Lynn
- 2007
- Brian Weister
- 2006
- David Grunfeld
- 2005
- Kim Komenich
- 2004
- Thomas Richards
- 2003
- Randy Cox
- 2002
- Dirck S. Halstead
- 2001
- Jane Boulen
- 2000
- Bob Brandon
- 1999
- John Premack
- 1998
- David Yarnold
- 1997
- John Durniak
- 1996
- Rich Clarkson
- 1995
- Sam Abell
- 1994
- Cornelius Keyes
- 1993
- Tom Kennedy
- 1992
- Howard Chapnick
- 1991
- Larry Nighswander
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