BEST SPORTS PHOTO

Judge

Marilyn Berry

Marilyn Berry has been a member of the Black Press business since 2003. Starting as a sales representative in Golden B.C., she was moved to Trail to become publisher of a brand new weekly there. A medical leave from the publisher position in Invermere at The Valley Echo moved her back to the Windermere Valley in the spring of 2010. Marilyn is currently acting editor of The Valley Echo as well as interim publisher. She has a strong background in English, management and sales.

First Place

Oshawa This Week

Timing is everything – and this pic nailed it!

Third Place

Barrhaven Independent

What emotion! There isn’t anyone in this photo that isn’t there to win and that message is extremely well conveyed.

GENERAL COMMENT – Some great pictures of course. It’s hard not to go with the water shots – the timing is so difficult. There was a lot of emotion shown along with physical strength and strength of character.

Second Place

ELMIRAWOOLWICH OBSERVER

Only one point behind the winner. A great shot, and well planned. Scored at 67.

Judge

Jill Hayward

Jill Hayward is the editor of the North Thompson Star/Journal newspaper (a division of Black Press) in Barriere, British Columbia. She is the recipient of the Black Press Jerry Mac Award for outstanding community journalism and has been recognized for her photo journalism.

First Place

ELMIRA INDEPENDENT

This photo is full of visual impact; from the fire to the farmers financial loss, to the cattle’s bewilderment at the event. A photo that speaks volumes. Scored at 68.

Third Place

LINDSAY POST

This photo is all about spot news photography. Plenty of action and emotion. Scored at 66.

Second Place

Oakville Beaver

This photograph captures a poignant, telling moment, as a child amputee carefully steps through a doorway beside an able-bodied man. Again, it powerfully conveys the message of the event. The photographer was creative in shooting the subject from behind, semi-silhouetted and framed in the door, giving the image more power.

Judge

Andrew Holota

Andrew Holota is the the editor of the Abbotsford News. As well, he is the regional editorial manager for Black Press Lower Mainland, which involves various training and development initiatives for the editorial staff of the group’s 20 community newspapers. A journalist with more than 30 years of experience, Andrew has been the recipient of numerous continental, national and provincial awards during his newspaper career.

First Place

Orangeville Banner

The combination of a bloodied, injured pig in a man’s arms, with a police officer preparing his shotgun is an image with such intense impact that some might find it disturbing. However, it tells the story in stark fashion, and that’s what news photography is about.

Third Place

Mississauga News

The standard innoculation photo usually features a grimacing child. But this image caught a parent doing the facial distortions, holding a calm kid. It’s eye-catching and humorous, nudging it over other photos of similar softer news value.

GENERAL COMMENT – Many of the photos submitted in this category should have been entered as feature pictures. Fairs, concerts and other community events may make for interesting images, but they don’t have the impact and news value components to be competitive.

Anne-Marie Jackson

Judge

Anne-Marie began her career in 2001 as an Alberta-based print journalist before studying photojournalism at Loyalist College. She completed her photography internship with the Edmonton Journal before joining the Globe and Mail as a videographer, photographer and editor in September 2008. She is the past president of the News Photographer’s Association of Canada and has taught multimedia workshops for the Canadian University Press national conference, the Canadian Association of Journalists and The Course multimedia workshop. Anne-Marie has been published in a variety of newspapers, magazines and online publications within Canada and abroad.

First Place

PETERBOROUGH THIS WEEK – Lance Anderson

The images you chose to include based on individual themes of community commitment, event, feature, sports and spot news were excellent. Great capture on the sports photo, very impressive. Loved the creativity and execution of the classroom photo. Spot news and community events were well captured and showed nice timing with the golf photos. Adding cherished in the frame with Santa was a nice touch and showed the photographer’s way of thinking about framing and enhanced the image in another way. Very strong images and a glowing report from the newspaper showed great commitment to the craft overall.

Second Place

OSHAWA THIS WEEK –Ron Pietroniro

All imagery was very strong, showing obvious understanding of technical ability, composition and quality. I liked the music shots, I thought they were fresh and showed photographer’s eye well. Sports image was an excellent moment. Repatriation photo was my favourite. I loved the thought and details put into the image, especially the hand in the lower part of the frame, shadows on the road and arms coming from the car. I have seem many images like this one before from this angle and vantage point but this one had a few extra elements that really made it pop. Overall imagery was very appealing to the eye, and well thought out. Comments from newspaper also showed great dedication to photography and the newspaper industry as a whole.

Third Place

AJAX/ PICKERING NEWS ADVERTISER –Ryan Pfeiffer

Strong imagery overall. You use depth of field and framing to your advantage. A strong selection but overall the images, although beautiful, were lacking impact in the content when compared to the other two finalists. It would also be great to hear more about contributions to the newspaper and involvement in your community outside of specific job requirements.

GENERAL COMMENT – There was very strong photography across the board with the top three finalists. Each had a distinct style of shooting and personal composition, creativity, and technical ability were obvious in all cases. There was only a couple points separating first and second place. The first place winner has an excellent portfolio overall and included several exceptional images that showed great timing, composition and thoughtfulness above and beyond normal duties. A glowing review from the newspaper itself as well as extra examples of personal commitment to the community and photography industry in general secured this win.

Second Place

OTTAWA HILL TIMES –Michael DeAdder

Michael DeAdder is a solid editorial cartoonist. This entry could have easily won first place but, well, one has to make choices. That said, DeAdder makes a funny and clever comment about an embarrassing moment for the Harper government. His Harper caricatures are some of the best.

Judge

Wyatt Tremblay

Wyatt Tremblay is the editorial cartoonist for the Yukon News in Whitehorse, Yukon. For 19 years, this award winning independent newspaper has actually paid him quite well. His work has won numerous regional and national awards, and he is a member in good standing of the Association of Canadian Editorial Cartoonists.

First Place

OAKVILLE BEAVER – Steve Nease

Steve Nease’s entry is an excellent example of insightful editorial comment wrapped in a clever package. The humour is immediate, and the relevance to Oakville is enhanced, of course, by Nease’s formidable skill as a cartoonist. While the elements, especially the image of Frankenstein, have been well-used in the field, Nease manages to present his thoughts in his own fresh style.

Third Place

Parry Sound North Star

– Jonathan Mahood

Mahood’s subtle humour and lack of word balloons, blended with his simple, but skillful artistic style, set him apart enough to grant this entry third place. The clever play on words has an immediate impact on the reader. Well done.

GENERAL COMMENT – There was quite a range of skill and critical insight in this group. Several entries were cute, but lacked serious relevance and impact. The top five were very good, separated only by consistency of skill and insight. Much to the annoyance of reporters, most readers turn immediately to the editorial page to view the cartoon. The possibility of impacting your readership in ways words struggle to do should be inspiration enough to embrace the space with somber, serious waggishness. Yes, we want readers to laugh, but we also want them to squirm and maybe even get angry. The winners and top entries in this category did that consistently.

Peter McCulley

Judge

Peter McCully has been a newspaper publisher and broadcaster on both coasts, with some television and web background thrown in for good measure. The Gulf Islands Driftwood celebrated it’s 50th year of publication this past year, by winning Gold in General Excellence at the CCNA.

First Place

Clarington This Week

A first class Remembrance supplement that tackled a wide range of storylines from various perspectives. Sending two staff members to Europe showed a high level of commitment to the project.

Second Place

Oshawa This Week

Oshawa This Week had their work cut out for them addressing the problem of voter apathy. The editorial was wide ranging and timely.

Third Place

Peterborough This Week

Peterborough This Week explored every angle in their series on contraband smokes and their effect on a wider range of issues than one would expect, or have guessed.

GENERAL COMMENT – I was most impressed with the wide ranging topics that the newspapers in this category chose to promote to their community. The supplements were informative, engaging and in some cases – mobilized their readership. Remember those cover letters!

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Second Place

BLYTH/ BRUSSELS CITIZEN

This product shows, despite the small markets it serves, there is still a niche for community driven guides. This product caters to every advertising budget with its wide variety of ad sizes from the special glossy cover to the smaller business card ads. With its history highlights and point form calendar, the guide keeps the reader interested and guessing what’s around the next turn.