Rules for the 2008 Still and Online Photojournalism contests are now available to download. There are several changes in both categories and the number of entries eligible for this years contest.
The number of entries in the still contest has been lowered to 15 from 20. This puts the same limit on individual categories as has always been in place for portfolio entries. In the Online Photojournalism contest the entry limit for video and multimedia categories has been increased from 2 to 3 per publication or station.
A change is being made in the categories which will merge the feature category once again. This eliminates a change made several years ago which split the category into assigned and enterprise features. Over the years judges have commented that they really didn’t think the split was necessary. Many photographers were also entering photos in the wrong category.
As is customary in presidential election years a Campaign category has been added to the still contest for 2008. All photos of political candidates for local, state or national office and/or issues including the casting and/or counting of ballots are entered in this category.