Matthew Rafferty of WJW-TV in Cleveland won two third place awards for his work in NPPA’s Best of Photojournalism 2009: Video News Editing contest. Rafferty won for work in the News Feature (Editors) category and in the Editors Effects category. Co-worker David Bradford was a finalist in Photo Essay (Photographers) category.
Darren Durlach of WBFF-TV in Baltimore, MD, is the new Ernie Crisp Television News Photographer of the Year, and Greg T. Johnson of WFAA-TV in Dallas, TX, is the new Video Editor of the Year.