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WHITE HOUSE NEWS PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION BESTOWS “THE EYES OF HISTORY” AWARDS ON NPR JOURNALISTS
February 25, 2009; Washington, D.C. – NPR News has earned 18 honors in the 2009 White House News Photographers Association’s The Eyes of History awards. The annual awards, announced earlier this week, recognize outstanding achievements in photojournalism.
NPR journalists were recognized in 12 separate categories, more than any other broadcast news media, with three first place awards in the following categories: New Media’s “Best Use of Photography and Audio with Narration,” Still Photography’s “Best Picture in Story/Politics,” and Video Editing’s “Sports.”
The awards will be presented at a White House News Photographers Association gala in Washington, D.C., on May 30, 2009, where the award-winning photographs and videos will be displayed.
The Eyes of History awards honoring the best in photojournalism were established as an annual contest in 1941 by the White House News Photographers Association, founded 20 years earlier. The awards provide a historical look back on the year, with photos portraying compelling, interesting and memorable coverage of events in Washington and around the world.
Awards won by NPR are outlined below. To view NPR’s winning entries visit: http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2009/02/whnpa_contest_winners.html
A complete list of NPR’s 2009 “Eyes of History” awards follows:
MULTIMEDIA
Best Use of Photography and Audio (narration)
1st Place
Crafting China’s Future Champions
Produced by: Andrea Rane, Jessica Wanke and Coburn Dukehart/NPR; Audio Produced by Jack Zahora/NPR; Reported by Louisa Lim/NPR; Photographs by Ariana Lindquist for NPR.
3rd Place
From The Iraq War, A Troubled Romance In America
Produced by Andrea Rane/NPR; Reported by Ivan Watson/NPR; Photographs by Paxton Winters for NPR
Award of Excellence
A Walk Through Beijing’s Vanishing Hutongs
Produced by Coburn Dukehart/NPR, Edited by Meghan Collins Sullivan/NPR; Reported, photographed and narrated by Frank Langfitt/NPR
STILL PHOTOGRAPHY
Best Picture Story – Politics
1st Place
A Civil Rights Activist Votes in Birmingham
David Gilkey/NPR
Pictoral
Award of Excellence
Gaza
David Gilkey/NPR
VIDEO
News Special Reports
3rd Place
Afghan Dispatches
David Gilkey/NPR
Feature
Award of Excellence
Dreaming Green in Ukraine
David Gilkey/NPR
Video Documentary
2nd Place
Project Song: Nellie McKay
John Poole and David Gilkey/NPR
Sports Video
3rd Place
A Good Throw
John Poole/NPR
Political Video
2nd Place
New Hampshire Campaign Goes Door To Door
David Gilkey/NPR
Lighting
3rd Place
Lighting Composite
David Gilkey/NPR
Audio
1st Place
A Good Throw
John Poole/NPR
3rd Place
Voices from the Front
David Gilkey/NPR
Editing Short Form
Award of Excellence
Burned in the War
John Poole/NPR
Editing Long Form
1st Place
Project Song: Nellie McKay
John Poole/NPR
Editing – Sports
1st Place
A Good Throw
John Poole/NPR
3rd Place
Afghan Olympian
David Gilkey/NPR
Audio Editing
Award of Excellence
Project Song: Nellie McKay
John Poole/NPR
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I am happy to see NPR expanding from audio into web / multimedia reporting. I look forward to more.
And, congratulations to NPR for showing that quality journalism is possible without a printed product.
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