Gabriella Bruni

First place for "Family Affair", great from beginning to end. The photographer captured some tender and funny moments.

I really loved "Freight Train", another emotional and well-told story about a prisoner/athlete trying to straighten out his life while training for the Olympics.

Andre Jones

Let me say I was pleased at the effort of those that went beyond the actual game and found the story inside the story. "Family Affair" had it all.

I have a saying "Did you take me there" and the photojournalist did. It had emotion and it moved, I felt like I was there. I was hoping to see mom go against the daughter, but it didn't happen oh well, it was what it was nice job. While "Room of Fallen Warrior" did have some consideration for first place we all felt it didn't have the same emotion that was in family affair. The technique used in "Freight Train" was solid. The honorable mention went to "Hockey Heroes." This story was a little hard to follow at times. Some of the sound was inaudible and the characters never really developed, because of those things a few of us didn't get the story till we looked at it a few times. I must give a shout out to "Capoeria" (African Sport). The photography and editing was awesome, but it had no content. If we are going to be photojournalists than photoJOURNALIST is the standard we must live up to.

Rob Macey

"Family Affair" kicked some butt! The photographer maxed out using emotions, personalization, action/reaction, natsound sequences along with one family's unique connection to each other.

Bill Masure

The top story here had it all in my opinion. "All in the Family" is one of the best photo essays I have ever seen. It told the story of a mother and daughter who competed in an arm wrestling competition in New York City. The photojournalist set the scene, developed the characters, built suspense and followed the main characters to the end. All this without a reporter's narration.

Our second choice: "Room for a Fallen Warrior", told the poignant story of a wrestling team and its efforts to memorialize a former athlete after he died training to become a Navy Seal. This emotional story had solid technique and creativity. The relationship between reporter and photojournalist could not have been better.

Robert Nino

The winning entry, "A family affair," hit the spot. A deliberate effort to take us along the levels of competition for the family of arm wrestlers. The battle of David v. Goliath was my favorite moment; I wanted to get out of my chair and help Amanda when she faced the champion. She didn't win the match but it was a win for her spirit.