Judging in NPPA’s Best of Photojournalism picture editing categories at the Ohio University School of Visual Communication (VisCOm) has been completed and the winners have been announced.
The Plain Dealer had two wins in the Newspaper Special Section or Reprint category. The paper placed 2nd and won an honorable mention.
The second place win was for Beyond rape: A survivors journey, a story which also won the James R. Gordon Ohio Understanding Award in this years ONPA annual contest. The project’s editing team was comprised of photographer, Lisa DeJong; director of photography, Bill Gugliotta; designer, Emmet Smith; assistant managing editor/visuals, David Kordalski; deputy director of photography, Jeff Greene and design and gaphics editor, Michael Tribble.
Their honorable mention win was for a special section on the election of President Barack Obama, The photo editing team was comprised of Gugliotta, Kordalski, Tribble, Smith and assistant managing editor, Daryl Kannberg.
Brad Loper of The Dallas Morning News was named the NPPA’s Best Of Photojournalism 2009 Newspaper Picture Editor of the Year (Individual). The team award went to Justin Rumbach and John Rumbach of The Herald in Jasper, IN.
The Herald also won the Best Use of Photography category for newspapers with less than 75,000 circulation, and The New York Times won Best Use of Photography for the category of newspapers with more than 75,000 circulation.