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Best of Television Photojournalism 2005

Editing Rules & Categories

TV Editing Entry Categories

The following categories are limited to two entries per person: Under Deadline/Spot News, Under Deadline/General News, News Feature, Editor's Effects, Editor's Feature, Sports Editing, and Magazine Editing.

Under Deadline-Spot News:

An unplanned news event edited in an hour or less*.

The clock for Under-Deadline editing starts with the first in point and/or keystroke after ingestation (if on a non-linear system), which manipulates any raw material that may end up on the final timeline, sequence, or master tape. The story must air within 24 hours of the event.

Editors only. No video shot by the editor is allowed in this piece.

Under Deadline-General News:

General news coverage of a story, edited in an hour or less*. File tape may be included, but may take up no more than 15% of the total length of the piece.

Editors only. No video shot by the editor is allowed in this piece.

General News/Simple Effects:

Daily news coverage of an event that was shot and edited within 24 hours. This category may include spot news as well as daily news stories. Simple effects (one layered dissolve, freeze frame, slow motion, color effects) are allowed but not necessary. Maximum length 10 minutes and broadcast within 12 hours.

Photographers may enter, but will be judged separately. Please indicate clearly whether any of this entry was photographed by the editor of this piece.

Editors Effects:

Everything goes. Judging based primarily on Editor's use of effects to enhance a piece. This category may include Year Ender. Maximum length,10 minutes.

This is a combined category. Editors and Photographers will be judged against each other.

News Feature:

A feature story requiring narration, airing on a newscast or special. Effects are allowed but not necessary. Maximum length,10 minutes.

Photographers may enter, but will be judged separately. Please indicate clearly whether any of this entry was photographed by the editor of this piece.

Editors Feature:

Any type of story, natural sound piece, photo essay, year ender, show open or close, in which the editor had considerable input into the production of the piece. These pieces demonstrate exceptional use of natural sound, sound bites, sound effects, and/or music. This category may include Year Ender. Effects are allowed but not necessary. Maximum length,10 minutes.

Photographers may enter, but will be judged separately. Please indicate clearly whether any of this entry was photographed by the editor of this piece.

Sports Editing:

Any sports story, feature, or event coverage that may include preparation of analysis of, or audience reaction to, a sport, coverage of a sports event, or sports related news or features. Effects are allowed but not necessary. Maximum length,10 minutes.

This is a combined category. Editors and Photographers will be judged against each other.

Magazine Editing:

A Story of a single topic, which aired on a local or network magazine show. Maximum length, 30 minutes. If entire show lasts more than 30 minutes, segments of that show are allowed, but those entries must not be cut-down within that segment.

Editors only. No video shot by editor is allowed in this piece.

Editor of the year:

The person recognized as Editor of the Year must show a high level of skill and professionalism.

To enter this category, submit one video tape of editing typical of your work. The chairperson will not assemble entries from other categories for this award. However, edited stories entered in other categories may also be a part of the composite entry for this category.

Entries must include Under Deadline as well as four of the six following categories: General News/Simple Effects, Editors Effects, News Feature, Editors feature, Sports or Magazine. Stories submitted must be in that order along with a log of the stories and the categories they fall in.

Enter no more than two stories per category.

Re-Editing not allowed.

Maximum length of entry, 30 minutes.

Editors only. No video shot by the editor is allowed on this tape.