Best of Photojournalism 2007: TV News Photography: Winners
TV News Feature Finalists
(In Alphabetical Order)
- “A Living Out of Dying”
- Thomas McDonald/KDVR Denver
- “Camp K”
- Matt Knisely/KMSP Minneapolis
- “Come As You Are In Your Family Car”
- Steve Rhodes/WTHR Indianapolis
- “Farmer Frank”
- Jonathan Malat/KARE Minneapolis
- “Life’s a Journey”
- Brad Argo
- “Miami vs. Miami”
- Doug Burgess/WFAA Dallas
- “Milly”
- Andy Shilts/KMSP Minneapolis
- “That Brief Moment Between Here and There”
- Doug Burgess/WFAA Dallas
- “The Pond Patrol”
- Anne Herbst/KUSA Denver
- “Vanishing Radio”
- Tom Sharkey/WWSB Sarasota
Winners
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- 1st
- “Farmer Frank” Jonathan Malat/KARE Minneapolis
- 2nd
- “Milly” Andy Shilts/KMSP Minneapolis
- 3rd
- “Camp K” Matt Knisely/KMSP Minneapolis
- HM
- “Come As You Are In Your Family Car” Steve Rhodes/WTHR Indianapolis
- HM
- “The Pond Patrol” Anne Herbst/KUSA Denver
Judges' comments
- Joel Eagle
Dozens of submissions with a handful of true high quality features. The two top stand outs were both character studies, touching stories with great shooting made the decision easy.
The photographer of honorable mention “Pond Patrol” really thought outside the box, super cool story!!!
- Jay Korff
Visual story-telling at it’s finest. Each piece reminds us why telling the personal stories of real people still matters.
- Regina McCombs
Some fun stories here. Frank was a terrific story with lots of small bits and parts that came together for a wonderful whole. We saw a lot of opening montages, which very quickly got old, especially on the stories where it had little to do with the main story thread. We didn’t love it on “Milly”, but felt that it was integrated into the story well enough to make it work, and the rest of the package was terrific work.
- Mark Morache
We had surprisingly small number of finalists in this category. Maybe it’s an indication of the direction that local news is taking overall. Most of the winners were flawed stories, but won because of the obvious talent of the photographer, and the effectiveness of conveying the story. I’m sure I’ve said this before, but before you tell me what the story is, why waste a lot of time telling me what the story is not? You can use details to set a nice frame for the story, but if the viewer can see the corner coming, why, why, why put it there. We also saw a lot of natural sound stories, most of which would have been so much better with just a little bit of track. The winner, “Farmer Frank” stood out as much for what was there, and also for what wasn’t. I imagine many editors might have taken the act of starting up the tractor, and turned it into a 5 or 6 shot quick cut sequence worthy of NASCAR. Every bit of sound was crisp and deliberate. Every edit was purposeful. Every moment was wonderful.
- Erica Simpson
First second and third place were all great stories. “Farmer Frank” in first place had solid shooting that exhibited patience. “Milly” in second place was well sequenced and I felt like I knew the character at the end. My personal favorite was Camp K which I felt it was beautifully shot.
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