Utah News Photographers Association

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• POY – Jason Olson, Honorable Mention

  Judges – Pete Cross, Becky Lebowitz, Loren Hosack/Editors, Palm Beach Post This was a tough category for a number of reasons. While there were several good portfolios, none of them stood out as the clear winner — that said, 2 out of 3 judges did agree independently on first place portfolio. Also, much of the [...]

• Pictorial – Tom Smart, First Place

  Judge – Robert Clark 1st……21 Tom Smart 2nd…..10 Trent Nelson 3rd…..44 Francisco Kjolseth HM……13 Brian Nicholson ( it should have been in feature) Thanks Brian, let me know if you need anything. The pictures were fine, not to much that was unexpected, but a solid group of picture that are nice to look at. The [...]

• POY – Leah Hogsten, Third Place

  Judges – Pete Cross, Becky Lebowitz, Loren Hosack/Editors, Palm Beach Post This was a tough category for a number of reasons. While there were several good portfolios, none of them stood out as the clear winner — that said, 2 out of 3 judges did agree independently on first place portfolio. Also, much of the [...]

• Sports Action, Mitch Mascaro, First Place

  Judge – Rod Mar/Seattle Times 1st Place #14 — Mitch Mascaro – Logan High’s Mandy Hampton, right, and Rachael Allred get tangled up while going for a pop fly near first during their game with Roy yesterday. Hampton made the catch for an out on the play 2nd Place #36 — Laura Seitz – Timpview’s [...]

• Worst Photo – Robert Johnson, First Place

  Judge – Thomas Ovalle/Fresno Bee First Place – Robert Johnson – I hate to frown on Operation Smile but what were they thinking when they let Annie Evans make a paper pair of lips that she is going to use to teach Romanian kids how to brush their teeth with? Worse, the photographer played along [...]

• Photo Essay – Living With Autism, Leah Hogsten, First Place

  Judge – Mike Stocker/Sun Sentinel

• Photo Essay – Kidnap, Trent Nelson, Honorable Mention

  Judge – Mike Stocker/Sun Sentinel

• Spot News – Robert Johnson, First Place

  1 Robert Johnson 2 Brian Nicholson 3 Jeffrey D. Allred 4 Trent Nelson

• Olympics Sports Feature – Chuck Wing, First Place

  Judges – MSNBC editors Meredith Birkett, Jim Seida, and Andrew Locke 1st Place — #34 – Chuck WIng – Layers of picture are nice. You can see the entire race in an instant. 2nd Place — #15 – Johanna Kirk – Great moment of “Oh well, we did our best, but what can you do?” [...]

• POY – Brian Nicholson, Second Place

  Judges – Pete Cross, Becky Lebowitz, Loren Hosack/Editors, Palm Beach Post This was a tough category for a number of reasons. While there were several good portfolios, none of them stood out as the clear winner — that said, 2 out of 3 judges did agree independently on first place portfolio. Also, much of the [...]