Fifth Annual Photos of the Year

By: E&P is pleased to announce 17 winners, topped by Benjamin Krain of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, in its fifth annual newspaper Photos of the Year competition. Krain takes home a $1,000 grand prize, sponsored by Nikon. We also selected 12 honorable mentions, listed below with the other honorees.

You can access picture galleries featuring all of those honored by clicking here.

Winning photographs also appear in the October issue of Editor & Publisher magazine, which features a photo of Krain on the cover. The images will also be showcased at the E&P booth at the Oct. 21-23 PhotoPlus Expo at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. That event is partly sponsored by our sister publication, Photo District News.

This year?s contest drew hundreds of entries from U.S. dailies, weeklies, and photo services, as well as foreign outlets. They were judged in four categories and in four circulation sizes, making for 16 winners plus the grand prize award. Judges included E&P?s editor, art/design director, and photo editor.

The categories are: News (spot/general), Feature, Sports, and Multiple Images/Photo Essay (up to 10 images).

The circulation levels are: Less than 25,000 weekday circulation, 25,000-99,999, 100,000-249,999, and more than 250,000.

Our grand-prize winning photographer, Benjamin Krain of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, went to Afghanistan late last year with reporter Bob Wigginton. Many days brought danger from armed men riding the countryside, opium growers and dealers, and Taliban fighters looking to kidnap journalists. On other days they merely had to deal with desert heat, rampant disease, and a shortage of drinking water.

Krain, who shot with a Canon 1D and 17-35mm and 70-210mm lenses, captured literally thousands of images. Upon their return, the two journalists produced for their paper a striking 16-page supplement of words and more than 50 images, published on Feb. 1, 2004. 10 of these photos are presented in our galleries with the other prize-winning selections.

All images that are featured as E&P's Photo of the Week are automatically entered in the Photos of the Year competition. Those interested in making submissions for Photo of the Week can check out the submission details at www.editorandpublisher.com.


And the winners are?

Grand Prize

Benjamin Krain
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Little Rock, Ark.


News

More than 250,000
Lenny Ignelzi
The Associated Press
New York, N.Y.

100,000-249,999
Kuni Takahashi
Boston Herald
Boston, Mass.

25,000-99,999
Mari Darr-Welch
Northwest Florida Daily News
Fort Walton Beach, Fla.

Less than 25,000
John Tipton
The Porterville Recorder
Porterville, Calif.


Feature

More than 250,000
Brian Peterson
Star Tribune
Minneapolis, Minn.

100,000-249,999
Rick Wood
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Milwaukee, Wis.

25,000-99,999
David H. Schreiber
Warren Weekly
Warren, Mich.

Less than 25,000
Andrew Craft
The Evening Sun
Hanover, Pa.


Sports

More than 250,000
Markus Schreiber
The Associated Press
New York, N.Y.

100,000-249,999
Roger Simms
Daytona Beach News-Journal
Daytona Beach, Fla.

25,000-99,999
Jeff Forman
The News-Herald
Willoughby, Ohio

Less than 25,000
Mark Psoras
The Reporter
Lansdale, Pa.


Multiple Image/Photo Essay

More than 250,000
Oded Balilty
The Associated Press
New York, N.Y.

100,000-249,999
Jakob Carlsen
Politiken
Valby, Denmark

25,000-99,999
Darryl Bautista
Poughkeepsie Journal
Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

Less than 25,000
Nick King
The Canyon Courier
Evergreen, Colo.


Honorable Mention

Nick King
The Canyon Courier
Evergreen, Colo.

Fred Zimmerman
Stars and Stripes
Washington, D.C.

Vickie D. King
The Clarion-Ledger
Jackson, Miss.

Mark W. Lipczynski
The Vindicator
Youngstown, Ohio

Khalil Hamra
The Associated Press
New York, N.Y.

Brennan Linsley
The Associated Press
New York, N.Y.

Adam Butler
The Associated Press
New York, N.Y.

Amy Sancetta
The Associated Press
New York, N.Y.

Mel Greer
Greenwich Time
Greenwich, Ct.

Scott Weider
The Call
Woonsocket, R.I.

Nigel Cook
Daytona Beach News-Journal
Daytona Beach, Fla.

Nick King
The Canyon Courier
Evergreen, Colo.