Best of Photojournalism 2007: TV News Editing: Winners
Editor’s Feature Finalists (Photographers)
(In Alphabetical Order)
- “A Very Happy Family”
- Michael DelGiudice/News 12 Long Island NY
- “Dream Park”
- Corky Scholl/KUSA Denver
- “Jake”
- Douglass Burgess/WFAA Dallas
- “Kilts and Celts”
- Dan Sheffer/Tucson 12 Tucson, AZ
- “Never Forget”
- Kurt Austin/KGW Portland, OR
Winners
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- 1st
- “Dream Park”
- Corky Scholl/KUSA Denver
- 2nd
- “Jake”
- Doug Burgess/WFAA Dallas
- 3rd
- “A Very Happy Family”
- Michael DelGiudice/News 12 Long Island
- HM
- “Never Forget”
- Kurt Austin/KGW Portland
- HM
- “Kilts & Celts”
- Dan Sheffer/Tucson 12 Tucson
Judges' comments
- Mike Humphries
"Dream Park" shows the viewer a massive public skate park in Denver and introduces some of the kids who use it. The editor skillfully used the plentiful natural sound, sound bites and shot variety to create a tight, well-edited piece. This story could've been just a music video, but the editor was able to convey how much the park means to the people who use it. A deserving 1st Place piece.
The editor of "Jake" used great natural sound, good shot selection and well-chosen interviews to tell the story of a dog that "works" to help comfort young victims in the child abuse division of a district attorney's office. Jake is a fixture around the courthouse and the editor was able to illustrate that to good effect. Excellent storytelling decisions are evident throughout this well-crafted piece.
How a family deals with one child's autism is the subject of "A Very Happy Family". By the use of natural sound of the family's morning waking and breakfast rituals as well as other moments with them throughout their day, the editor was able to convey their sometimes difficult, but hopeful approach to raising their special-needs son. The editing is seamless and tells their story beautifully.
"Kilts and Celts" and "Never Forget" are also both well-done stories. The first, about a Scottish/Irish games day, is more artsy, with the use of posterization and other effects to give the piece a "graphic" feel. The second story is more somber, depicting a memorial service that uses flags to remember the victims of 11 September 2001. Both pieces deserve mention due to their editors' efforts.
Overall this category was somewhat lackluster. Many stories had abrupt endings and others dragged on past the point where the story probably should've ended. The First, Second and Third Place stories really stood out from the pack because they had definite beginnings, middles and ends and were tightly edited.
- Stephanie Ottjepka
"Dream Park" was an artistically crafted piece about a skate park and the meaning it has to the kids. It was elegant and cool. I love the feel of the rap music and the slow motion of the skateboards in the air. All the dissolves mixed right. There were no fast edits and it didn't need them. There were good reaction shots and nat breaks were used cautiously. It had grace and kept my interest.
"Jake" was a nice story that was set up in a way to make me care about the main character and kept my interest through good editing.
My favorite part of "A Happy Family" was the blurp, blurp monster sequence in the beginning. It captured my attention.
"Kilts and Celts" had some interesting use of effects. I liked the tartan background for the border, supers and the posterization effect. I liked the use of fast motion and slow motion to the music.
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