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Bonded Labor:
Debt traps entire families in bondage for generations in
India. Brick kiln owners get workers by lending poor families
money for medical care or a funeral. Then they charge exorbitant
interest rates so the debts never get paid, and the parents
pass them on to their children. Photo by Jodi Cobb, BJ ’68,
First Place, Magazine Division/General News Reporting
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Alumni
Are ‘Pictures of the Year’ Winners
By David Rees
Winners of the 61st Annual Pictures
of the Year International (POYi) Competition, one of the world’s
largest and most prestigious photojournalism contests, were announced
in March by the Missouri School
of Journalism.
Judges viewed nearly 26,000 photographs and
2,500 newspaper and magazine pages, submitted by more than 1,300
newspaper and magazine photographers and editors from 338 publications
in more than 25 countries. Awards were given in 46 distinct
categories by a panel of 14 of the world’s leading photographers
and editors, who made the winning selections during 19 days
of judging from Feb. 15 through March 2 on the MU campus.
Carolyn
Cole of The Los Angeles Times was named Newspaper
Photographer of the Year (NPOY), the competition’s top
award in the newspaper division. Cole’s competition portfolio
included a body of work from the Iraqi war and aftermath. The
judges were impressed with the strong personal connection and
bringing humanity to times of violence and upheaval. Jacob
Ehrbahn, a staff photographer with the Danish newspaper Politiken,
received second place NPOY. His portfolio contained a story
about homeless children in Mongolia who live in heating tunnels
under the streets and another strong story about Afghanistan
after the war. Mark Zaleski, photographer at the Press-Enterprise (Riverside,
Calif.) received third place NPOY. His portfolio contained stories
about an obese boy, another about the California wildfires and
an essay on a morgue. Bryan Patrick, staff photographer with The Sacramento Bee,
won an Award of Excellence for his portfolio.
James Nachtwey of VII / TIME magazine
was named Magazine Photographer of the Year (MPOY) for an unprecedented
eighth time. His winning portfolio included stories about the
Iraq war, with pictures that represented both the Iraq and the
U.S. troops’ point of views. Christopher Morris, also with
VII / TIME, received second place MPOY. His work also
included moving photography from the Iraqi war. Roger LeMoyne
of Redux/Getty, received third place MPOY, and his portfolio contained
stories about life in Israel and the Palestinian territories,
as well as images from Iraq.
Jeremy: I don’t want people to look
at me differently, said Jeremy Burr, 12, of Ferguson. “I
just want people to treat me the same,” said Burr,
who was severely burned in a house fire in 1995, suffering
burns all over his body. Photo by Laura Skrivan, BJ ’95,
Award of Excellence, Newspaper Division/Portrait
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Danny Wilcox Frazier, a freelance photographer,
received the Community Awareness Award for his essay, “Through
a Lens Darkly: Photographs from Rural Iowa.” His photographs
formed a tone poem explaining the transition of once-prosperous
Iowa farms, which are changing due to economic difficulties and
immigrants seeking a new identity. Nancy Pastor won a Judges Special
Recognition for her work with the Maryland tobacco farmers and
the issues of smoking and attendant diseases caused by smoking.
She is a staff photographer with the Washington Times.
David Lurie with London’s IPG photo
agency won the World Understanding Award for the story “Capetown
Fringe: Manenberg Avenue Is Where It’s Happening,”
an inside-out look at a hellish life of drugs and violence that
remains after the various changes in the social structure of South
Africa.
Best Photography book went to VII’s
book, War, with Judges Special Recognition to
David Alan Harvey’s Divided Soul, and Ed Kashi’s
Aging in America: The Years Ahead.
The Los Angeles Times won the Angus
McDougall Overall Excellence in Editing Award, in recognition
of the newspaper’s consistently high level of work in picture
editing and presentation. TIME magazine and The New
York Times Magazine tied for first place in the Best Use
of Photographs by a Magazine category. The Jasper Herald
won first place in the Best Use of Photographs by a Newspaper
under 100,000 circulation and The Los Angeles Times in
the same category over 100,000.
Members of the public are invited to choose
their single Best Picture of the Year Award. Nominees will be
posted on the MSNBC.com
where online voters can register and cast their ballots.
These and other winners will be honored during
the annual POYi awards ceremonies and education programs, April
16 and 17, at the Missouri School of Journalism. The program will
be open to the public. Get event information.
J-School Alumni Take Home POYi Awards
The following School of Journalism alumni
and students were winners in the 61st Annual Pictures of the Year
International awards:
- Jodi Cobb, BJ ’68,
National Geographic Magazine – First Place for
“Bonded Labor” and an Award of Excellence for “Caged
Women of India,” Magazine Division/General News Reporting
- Randy Cox, BJ ’75,
The Oregonian – Second Place, Editing Division/Newspaper
Series and First Place Editing Division/Newspaper Special Section
- Manny Crisostomo, BJ ’82,
Sacramento Bee – First Place for “Protest
Gone Ugly,” Newspaper Division/Spot News
- David Alan Harvey, MA’68,
Phaidon Press – Judges’ Special Recognition for
“Divided Soul”
- Torsten Kjellstrand,
MA ’94, The Spokesman-Review – Third Place,
Editing Division/Newspaper Multiple Page News Story
- Tim LaBarge, MA ’02,
Freelance – Award of Excellence for “A Chance for
Life,” Magazine Division/Feature Picture Story
- Becky Lebowitz, MA ’00,
The Palm Beach Post – Award of Excellence, Editing
Division/Newspaper Picture Editing Portfolio: Circulation Over
100,000
- Scott Lewis, MA ’95,
The News & Observer – Award of Excellence,
Editing Division/Newspaper Series
- John J. Lopinot, BJ ’73,
The Palm Beach Post – Award of Excellence, Editing
Division/Newspaper Picture Editing Portfolio: Circulation Over
100,000
- Ron Mann, BA ’58,
San Francisco Chronicle – Second Place, Editing
Division/Newspaper Single Page Feature Story and Award of Excellence,
Editing Division/Newspaper Special Section
- Melina Mara, MU student,
Freelance – Award of Excellence for “Changing the
Face of Power: Women in the U.S. Senate-Clinton Peering,”
Magazine Division/Portrait
- Thomas F. McGuire, BJ
’80, The Hartford Courant – First Place,
Editing Division/Newspaper Single Page News Story
- Paula Nelson, BJ ’83,
The Boston Globe –Second Place, Editing Division/Newspaper
Special Section
- Randy Olson, MA ’97,
National Geographic Magazine – Second Place,
Editing Division/Magazine Multiple Page News Story
- Rhonda Prast, MA ’81,
Star Tribune – Third Place, Editing Division/Newspaper
Series
- Patty Reksten, BJ ’78,
The Oregonian – First Place, Editing Division/Newspaper
Special Section
- Jim Lo Scalzo, MA ’94,
U.S. News & World Report – Award of Excellence,
Magazine Division/News Picture Story
- John Scanlan, attended
MU 1974-77, The Hartford Courant – Award of Excellence,
Editing Division/Newspaper Special Section
- Eric Seals, BJ ’93,
Detroit Free Press – Award of Excellence for
“Looting Victim in Baghdad,” General Division/Conflict
- Bill Sikes, MA ’81,
The Hartford Courant – First Place, Editing Division/Newspaper
Single Page News Story and Third Place, Editing Division/Newspaper
Picture Editing Portfolio: Circulation over 100,000
- Laurie Skrivan, BJ ’95,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch – Award of Excellence
for “Where Scars Don’t Matter,” Newspaper
Division/Feature Picture Story and Award of Excellence for “Jeremy,”
Newspaper Division/Portrait
- Jeffrey W. Thompson, MU
Student, The Des Moines Register – Award of Excellence
for “Border to Border: RAGBRAI XXXI,” General Division/Sports
Story
- John Trotter, BJ ’99,
Freelance – First Place for “No Agua, No Vida: The
Slow Death of the Colorado River Delta,” Magazine Division/Issues
Reporting Picture Story
- Davis Turner, MA
’93, The Free Lance-Star – First Place,
Editing Division/Newspaper Multiple Page Feature Story and Third
Place, Editing Division/Newspaper Picture Editing Portfolio:
Circulation Under 100,000
Several J-School alumni also participated
as judges:
- Kathy Andrisevic,
Editor, Pacific Northwest Magazine
- Fred Barnes, BJ
’75, Director of Graphics, The Sporting News
- Jan Colbert,
BS HE ’74, MS ’81, Professor, Missouri School of
Journalism
- Mike Davis, MA ’87,
Picture Editor, The White House
- David Alan Harvey,
MA ’68, Magnum Photos
- Rhonda Prast, MA ’81, Assistant
Design Director, Minneapolis Star Tribune
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