Ohio University's Rachel Mummey Wins College Photographer Of The Year

 

COLUMBIA, MO (November 15, 2010) – NPPA member Rachel Mummey, of Ohio Univeristy, has been picked as the 65th College Photographer of the Year during judging at the University of Missouri School of Journalism over the weekend.

She was awarded gold in the portfolio category as well as in the multimedia, individual still image, audio story or essay category, and she also won gold and silver in the documentary category and silver in pictorial.

The runner-up College Photographer of the Year is Ty Cacek of Western Kentucky University.

Judges reviewed 14,140 still images and 230 multimedia projects from 670 student photographers who represented 150 colleges in 12 countries.

This year's judges were Liz Baylen, a staff photographer for the Los Angeles Times; Patty Reksten, the former photography director for The Oregonian; Eric Seals, a staff photographer for the Detroit Free Press; Joe Weiss, a freelance interactive producer and software developer; and Melissa Wiley, the deputy editor for electronic publishing at National Geographic.

The winning photographs in all categories are online at www.cpoy.org.

 

 

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