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WOW! That is a very good catch Dan McNee! Her emotion is captured so well and after an hour of that kind of exercise no wonder Alison Brown was reacting.
Manitoulin Expositor Very topical in that place and at that time. Strong photos on the page and that last one says so much. Congratulations Warren Schlote!
HONOURABLE MENTION Bradford West Gwillimbury Topic – Quietly powerful mother daughter portrait from a BLM protest – quite moving on a restrained level. Well done Steve Somerville. Burlington Post – Very strong image by Graham Paine – very poignant in this pandemic situation. Rather too bad about the ad placement underneath. Eganville Leader – This photo from Terry Fleurie just makes me smile. Lovely farming family with new life in their arms. Charming.
GENERAL COMMENT What a fascinating category this one was to judge for 2020. The pandemic affected everything, including the visuals in newspapers, but so did national trending issues like Black Lives Matter and how our First Nations are treated. There certainly was some impressive work tackled by the photographers. Truly first rate news photos require knowledge, talent and staying power especially hanging in to get that perfectly representative shot. That means going beyond the minimum expectations and hanging in. It helps if editors can feature a fabulous photo even if it doesn’t have the strongest story to go with. Kudos to all though.
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2 Uxbridge Cosmos
Beautifully shot comet photo by John Cavers, and it is truly not easy to capture. Lots of interest in that comet.
Judge Wendy Elliott
Columnist Valley Journal Advertiser Annapolis Valley, NS An OCNA judge for several years, Wendy Elliott was a reporter and editor in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia for 40 years. She won some regional and national newspaper awards and is currently a columnist with the Valley Journal Advertiser.
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