Best of Television Photojournalism 2004
Editing Rules & Categories
The editors' contest is incorporated into the annual competition and will be judged by a panel of award-winning editors.
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Under Deadline-Spot News: An unplanned news event edited in an hour or less.
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Under Deadline-General News: General news coverage of a story, edited in an hour or less. File tape may be included, but not exceeding more than 15% of the length of the piece.
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.
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General News-Cuts Only: 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. Maximum length: 10 minutes and broadcast within 12 hours.
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General News-Effects: Everything goes. Judging based primarily on editor's use of effects to enhance a piece. Maximum length 10 minutes.
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News Feature: A feature story requiring narration, airing on a newscast or special. Effects are allowed but not necessary. Maximum length: 10 minutes.
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Editor's Feature: Any type of story, natural sound piece, photo essay, 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. Effects are allowed but not necessary. Maximum length 10 minutes.
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Sports Editing: Any sports story, feature, or event coverage that may include preparation of, analysis of, or audience reaction to, a sport or coverage of sports event, sports-related news or features. Maximum length: 10 minutes.
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Year-ender: Any story edited with the idea of highlighting events or news stories covered during the past year. Effects are allowed but not necessary. Photographers who enter this category are allowed to have photographed up to but not exceeding 10% of the entry. Maximum length: 15 minutes.
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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.
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Editor of the Year: The person recognized as Editor of the Year must show a high level of skill and professionalism. To enter this competition, submit one videotape 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 seven following categories: General News-Cuts only, General News-Effects, News Feature, Year Ender, Editor's 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.