BEST PHOTO LAYOUT

Judge

Richard Dal Monte

Richard Dal Monte has been editor of The Tri-City News – an award-winning Black Press community newspaper serving the cities of Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody, B.C. – since 2001 and has worked as a community newspaper and freelance journalist for 25 years. He has won provincial, national and North American journalism awards for feature writing and page design.

First Place

Oshawa This Week

Oshawa This Week’s entry, titled “Here for the season,” was the clear winner among dozens of entries. The photos were all strong and all contributed to telling the story, and the layout was skillfully done – not overdone, as was the case with so many entries in this category. The photos are part of a compelling package that gives faces to the faceless.

Third Place

Burlington Post

As a slice of life photo layout, this feature captured a particular place on a particular day and featured some particular people with a particular interest. Simple and well done.

GENERAL COMMENT – The majority of entries in this category lacked something: There were great photos dying for a good layout and clean typography; bunches of photos that could have used editing into a manageable collection; and decent layouts that could have been made so much better with an eye for the details that make the difference – from consistent spacing to appropriate sizing of photos. A journalist laying out a photo page should be aiming to tell a little story (sometimes, even, a big story); most entries in this category told the reader very little or too much.

Second Place

BELLEVILLE

EMC

This shot is all about timing too, it’s not often you see a shot of a white water rafter where you can see the face, the oar and that beautiful background.