Monthly News Clip Contest

Monthly News Clip Contest

Sep 2009: Region 4
1st Place Feature/Single Picture: “Pinball Wizard”
Nathan Morgan/The Midland Daily News

Quint player, Tyler Fox, a senior at Midland High, practices the song Pinball Wizard with his fellow band members Wednesday evening in a parking lot adjacent to the school. The song, which is from the musical rock opera Tommy, will serve as the opener for this year's Broadway-themed field show. The group's first performance will be on September 11 in Midland, during the halftime show of the Midland High and Bay City Western game.

Judges’ comments for the category

We felt this was a good strong category, and it was hard to pick winners since there were several very strong, storytelling images. Pinball Wizard is just one of those strong single feature shots where it all comes together--the light, the angle, colors, composition. Freedom Walk 2 was also very strong with classic flag colors, strong compositional elements, and a nice moment all working together. Last, and not least, was Keeping an Eye Out, which does a great job at telling a story visually. All the elements work together to support this moment, this little story in ordinary life. Very good work in this category.

Drake Hokanson, Winona State University Kate Carlson, Winona360 Jake Rajewsky, Winona Daily News, Winona360

View results from region: 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10

R4 regional point tally

(year to date; the top 10 places are shown, plus ties)

540
Marshall Gorby/Springfield News-Sun
418
Matt Detrich/The Indianapolis Star
408
Ryan Garza/The Flint Journal
278
Barbara Perenic/Springfield News-Sun
276
John Tully/Midland Daily News
242
Nathaniel Morgan/The Midland Daily News
202
Bill Lackey/Springfield News-Sun
192
Darren Breen/The Muskegon Chronicle
190
Cory Morse/The Muskegon Chronicle
180
Kelly Mackey/The State Journal
Sarah Wright/Chillicothe Gazette