June Clip Results
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Judges
The Telegraph, Macon, Ga. Woody Marshall, Jason Vorhees, Grant Blankenship
F-Feature 1st Place
Photographer: Justin Rumbach, The Herald
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Judges Comments:
Quiet moment with graphic appeal.
F-Feature 2nd Place
Photographer: Justin Rumbach, The Herald
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Judges Comments:
Clean photo with nice expression.
F-Feature 3rd Place
Photographer: Scott M Bort
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Judges Comments:
Nice layering of the golfers from an interesting vantage point.
F-Feature HM Place
Photographer: Chris Howell, The Herald-Times
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Judges Comments:
It’s kinda creepy, and we liked that.
GN-General_News 1st Place
Photographer: Charlie Nye
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Judges Comments:
Very creative from an otherwise boring assignment. We think it got the readers attention enough to pull them into the story.
GN-General_News 2nd Place
Photographer: Scott M Bort
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Judges Comments:
Nice use of the available light.
GN-General_News 3rd Place
Photographer: Andrew Laker, The Republic
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Judges Comments:
Nice moment and framing with the tree limbs.
GN-General_News HM Place
Photographer: Andrew Laker, The Republic
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Judges Comments:
This photo has good emotion for a story that is nearly a year old.
I-Illustration 1st Place
Photographer: Rob Goebel/Indianapolis Star
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Judges Comments:
We like the gradated background color that compliment the margarita.
I-Illustration 2nd Place
Photographer: Rob Goebel/Indianapolis Star
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Judges Comments:
Simple and beautiful.
I-Illustration 3rd Place
Photographer: Rob Goebel/Indianapolis Star.
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Judges Comments:
Get the point across quickly.
Multiple_Entry 1st Place Cream of the Crop
Photographer: Justin Rumbach, The Herald
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Judges Comments:
The best flow of images and continuity of all the stories. Each photo shows the reader a different part of this child’s life.
Multiple_Entry 2nd Place
Photographer: Thomas Simonetti, The Herald
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Judges Comments:
Another good group of images that move the story along.
Multiple_Entry 3rd Place
Photographer: Krista Schinagl, The Herald
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Judges Comments:
This story takes the reader into places that they can’t normally go.
S-Sports 1st Place
Photographer: Scott M. Bort
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Judges Comments:
Good body language and we liked the balance of the composition.
S-Sports 2nd Place
Photographer: Matt Detrich/The Indianapolis St
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Judges Comments:
Very clean image. Without the cutline the viewer wouldn’t know for sure if she cleared the bar or not.
S-Sports 3rd Place
Photographer: Rob Goebel/Indianapolis Star.
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Judges Comments:
Lots of nice faces greeting the runner.
S-Sports HM Place
Photographer: Justin Rumbach, The Herald
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Judges Comments:
This is a different look at a play at second. The curved line that starts with the second base umpire moves through the runner and ends with the ball.
SN-Spot_News 1st Place
Photographer: Joel Philippsen, The Republic
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Judges Comments:
This image was an easy choice for 1st place.
SN-Spot_News 2nd Place
Photographer: Joel Philippsen, The Republic
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Judges Comments:
A very interesting way to compose a simple vehicle accident.
SN-Spot_News 3rd Place
Photographer: Denny Simmons
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Judges Comments:
A very pictorial spot news photo.
SN-Spot_News HM Place
Photographer: Chris Bergin/The Star Press
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Judges Comments:
There was some debate about whether or not this police officer would have actually shot this man.
2nd Quarter Multi Media
Winners
First Place: Colts at Franklin College
Joel Philippsen, Columbus Republic
This presentation composed it’s images well and audio over those images. Not
too much talking heads.
Second Place: Land Grab
Sam Riche, Indianapolis Star
This story looked at both sides of the story and used informational graphics
to show the viewer where the roads would be going and what the buildings
will look like if the project is completed.
Third Place: 61 Years of Caring
Matt Detrich, Indianapolis Star
This presentation had great images and audio but both needed an edit. We
felt it was too long and that pushed it down to third place.
All Entries
Safe Families
Safe Families for Children finds mentoring families to take children temporarily, without the formalities and potential legal battles of foster care.
CCG Layoffs
Columbus Components Group announced a large amount of layoffs in April. The company has a controversial record. Company officials have declined to comment to the media.
Colts at Franklin College
The Indianapolis Colts held a practice open to fans at Franklin College.
The flood. One year later.
Columbus Indiana suffered a large flood that devastated several areas of the city. One year later the community shows signs of recovery but some areas remain destroyed by the flood.
National Day of Prayer
The National Day of Prayer ceremony was held at City Market Plaza in downtown Indianapolis on May 7, 2009 bringing hundreds of people together throughout the city for one common cause.
61 Years of Caring
For the past 61 years, local musician Goerge Nicoloff has spent his days in an IPS music shop, tending to and restoring instruments on which hundreds of thousands of children have learned music.
50 Jobs, 50 States, 50 Weeks
USC grad Daniel Seddiqui spent a week working with a pit crew at Panther Racing in Indianapolis as part of his experiment of “50 jobs in 50 states over 50 weeks” challenge.
Breast Cancer
Jeff VanParis was diagnosed in 2005 with breast cancer. About 2 percent of breast cancer cases occur in men nation-wide. VanParis received treatment and is currently cancer free.
Land Grab
A dispute over imminent domain rights for property around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway has both sides making their case for the future of the city of Speedway in Indianapolis.
Puppy Mill
Supporters of legislation that would crack down on Indiana’s puppy mills rallied on the East steps of the Indiana Statehouse.
July Clip Winners
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Judges
Judged by: Nick Iwanyshyn, staff photographer, York Region Media Group Ryan Pfeiffer, freelance photogrspher, Ontario Canada The multi-pic category was very impressive. It would have been nice to see some more of those pictures in the other categories. Overall some really strong frames.
F-Feature HM Place
Photographer: Greg Griffo/ The Star
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Judges Comments:
Nice clean frame with great color. A pretty standard silhouette. It’s too bad the fans weren’t a little more animated.
F-Feature 1st Place Cream of the Crop
Photographer: Thomas Simonetti, The Herald
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Judges Comments:
Good expression on the boys face. Excellent timing to capture the determination involved in this obscure activity. Interesting tension added with the boy in the background.
F-Feature 2nd Place
Photographer: Matt Detrich/The Indianapolis St
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Judges Comments:
This is a great clean graphic image. Good on the photographer for seeing this and framing it nicely.
F-Feature 3rd Place
Photographer: Thomas Simonetti, The Herald
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Judges Comments:
Great moment. It would have been nice to see the third kids face. Expressions on the two on the left are great, you can almost feel what they are going through.
GN-General_News 1st Place
Photographer: Joseph C. Garza, Tribune-Star
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Judges Comments:
The expressions on the kids holding the hose make this picture. The photographer did a good job framing the picture in a clean and graphic manner.
GN-General_News 2nd Place
Photographer: Thomas Simonetti, The Herald
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Judges Comments:
There is a nice balance between the two groups of kids. Good on the photog for finding this moment behind the scene at the event. It’s nice that the kids seem unaware of the camera.
GN-General_News 3rd Place
Photographer: Scott M Bort
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Judges Comments:
It’s nice to see a shot from an air show that doesn’t have a plane in it.
Multiple_Entry 1st Place
Photographer: Thomas Simonetti, The Herald
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Judges Comments:
Every frame has a place in this series. Photographer does a great job of finding moments at an average assignment. The black and white feels right for the story.
Multiple_Entry 2nd Place
Photographer: Denny Simmons
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Judges Comments:
It looks like the photographer spent a lot of time with the family working on this story and it shows with the images captured. There are a handful of great frames in here but maybe a few could have been taken out for the final edit.
Multiple_Entry 3rd Place
Photographer: Matt Detrich/The Indianapolis St
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Judges Comments:
A great variety of images from what could have been a very mundane assignment. All of the shots are bright with a clear point of focus.
S-Sports 1st Place
Photographer: Joe Vitti
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Judges Comments:
Nice peak action on this shot. It looks like the picture has already been cropped, wondering why the photog would not have taken more off the bottom as well.
S-Sports 2nd Place
Photographer: Chris Howell, The Herald-Times
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Judges Comments:
We haven’t seen a rodeo shot like this before. Usually riders are hitting the ground. Great timing.
S-Sports 3rd Place
Photographer: Matt Detrich/The Indianapolis St
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Judges Comments:
Great graphic qualities with this image. The colors are great and the sharpness and shape of the water really stand out.