May 2, 2011: Judging for the BOP 2011 Photo Editing entries has wrapped up at Ohio University. The staff and committee have gone back through the entry files, and the judges have made a second pass through the submissions to ensure that every file has been fairly judged.

Special congratulations go out to:

• Justin Rumbach of The Herald, Michele McNally of The New York Times, and Ken Geiger of National Geographic, the winners of the 2011 Best Use of Photography awards
• Kathy Moran of National Geographic, the 2011 Magazine Editor of the Year
• Martin Smith-Rodden of The Virginian-Pilot, the 2011 Newspaper Editor of the Year
• Colin Crawford and the LA Times photo editing staff, the 2011 Newspaper Picture Editing Team of the Year