Best of Photojournalism 2009: Video News Editing: Winners

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Clips from the Video News Photography and Editing winners in the Best of Photojournalism 2009 are now viewable at Poynter Online.

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News Feature Web Editing Finalists

(In Alphabetical Order)

“An American Spirit”: Kat Keene Hougue
“Christ Child House”: Brian Kaufman, Detroit Free Press
“The Healing Fields: Hidden Hurt”: Alexandra Garcia, washingtonpost.com
“Incinerator Debate”: Brian Kaufman, Detroit Free Press
“On the Margins in Mauritania”: Travis Fox, washingtonpost.com
“Remembering Chandra”: Pierre Kattar, washingtonpost.com
“Washington Sketch: The Eastern Media Elite”: Michael Akira Hakuta, washingtonpost.com

News Feature Web Editing Winners

1st: “The Healing Fields: Hidden Hurt”; Alexandra Garcia, washingtonpost.com
2nd: “Christ Child House”; Brian Kaufman, Detroit Free Press
3rd: “On the Margins in Mauritania”; Travis Fox, washingtonpost.com
HM: “Incinerator Debate”; Brian Kaufman, Detroit Free Press

Judges’ Comments

Brad Ingram

This was the very last category that we judged this year. It was a long one and a tough one too make a final choice upon. We settled on awarding The “Healing Fields” as the first place winner. Tightly edited along with a gripping story to boot.

“Christ Child Home” was a great investment into a story. It showed in the edit and would have been the winner had our winner not entered this year. “On the Margins in Mauritania” was a tough story to watch. The editing was superior with in this story, one that should be watched by all. “Incinerator Debate” was a good entry beginning to the end. Strong in the edit, it fell too Honorable Mention due to three other stories.

Terry Lovell

“The Healing Fields”... really well done story. good organization and usage of the material. well paced clean edit. really memorable.

“Christ Child House”... very well done. good use of the stills. nice photo montages. good emotion. let it breathe.

“On the Margins”... good story. good sound choices. clean. well paced and edited. nice intercutting between father and family.

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