ATHENS, OH (April 6, 2007) – Judges in the NPPA’s Best Of Photojournalism 2007 Picture Editing competition today released the last category of winners, the Magazine Picture Editor of the Year.
Ken Geiger of National Geographic magazine is the first place winner and the Magazine Picture Editor of the Year. Second place is MaryAnne Golon of Time magazine, and third place is Kurt Mutchler of National Geographic magazine. Honorable mentions were awarded to Kirk McKoy of the Los Angeles Times, and Robert Csere from Tyzden.
NPPA’s Best Of Photojournalism 2007 competition was sponsored again this year by Canon and Avid.
Ohio University has posted a video from the Best Of Photojournalism picture editing judging online. It was produced by Chad Stevens and can be seen here.
Earlier this week judges named Gail Fisher winner of the Newspaper Picture Editor of the Year/Individual category for work done when she was with the Los Angeles Times (she's since moved to National Geographic). Second place was Michael Hamtil of The Dallas Morning News, and third place was Brad Loper of The Dallas Morning News.
In other results, in the Newspaper Picture Editor of the Year/Team category, first place was the South Florida Sun-Sentinel and team members Tim Rasmussen, Rolando Otero, Taimy Alvarez, George Wilson, Sarah Orr, Meghan Lyden, and Mary Vignoloes. Second place was The Virginian-Pilot and team members David Hollingsworth, Norm Shafer, Martin Smith-Rodden, and Alex Burrows. And third place was the San Francisco Chronicle and team members Randy Greenwell, Mark Damon, Russell Yip, Dan Jung, Rick Romagosa, Jim Merithew, and Kathleen Hennssey. Honorable mentions were awarded to The Oregonian and team members Patty Reksten and Michael Davis, and to The Hartford Courant and team members Thomas McGuire, Sherry Peters, Elizabeth Bristow, Allison Corbett, David Grewe, Stephanie Heisler, and John Scanlan.
In the Best Use Of Photography for Newspapers with more than 75,000 circulation, first place was the Los Angeles Times, and second place was The New York Times.
In the Best Use Of Photography for Newspapers with less than 75,000 circulation, first place is The Concord Monitor. Second place is The Albuquerque Tribune, and third place is The Naples Daily News.
In the Best Use Of Photography for Magazines, first place is ZUMAPress for Doubletruck magazine. Second place is National Geographic, and third place is Sports Illustrated.
Complete results in all the Picture Editing categories are in a story here and many of the pages are displayed here.
