The Eyes of History® Digital Storytelling Contest

Congratulations to Our 2026 Winners
The NPR Visual Journalists were named as the 2026 Visual Journalists of the Year.

Complete results are now available.

About the Digital Storytelling Contest


Recognizing how news imagery is being presented and consumed by the public, the board in 2008 created what was first called a multimedia contest. This contest allowed visual journalists creating work that was being presented in new formats due to advances in technology. Consumers were increasingly accessing their news from personal phones, laptops and tablet computers. And WHNPA members were now creating the content for these modern platforms for news.

Pierre Kattar recognized these changes and was the ideal member to volunteer and grow and evolve the contest. The categories changed almost yearly to keep pace with this changing visual journalism. The contest, now known as Digital Storytelling, created in 2016 the Multimedia Visual Journalist of the Year award with Spencer Millsap of National Geographic magazine as the first recipient.

Alice Li of The Washington Post was the first woman to win in 2018, followed by Whitney Shefte of The Washington Post and Drea Cornejo, also of The Washington Post in 2021.

2024 Judging Information

Please check the 2024 Contest Judging page for more information about the judging weekend and to view a recording of the judging sessions as soon as it becomes available.

Contest Archive

Text results are available for all prior years and are listed below. Where available, links to individual winning pieces are provided.

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Multimedia Journalist of the Year
Angélica Casas, BBC News
Portfolio
  • ‘Our first day of freedom on American soil’
  • The mystery of how long Covid damages our memory
  • Race in America: The legacy of the murder of James Byrd Jr
  • Are America’s unvaccinated changing their minds?
  • A woman’s quest to find her biological father

  • News Story

    First - The Washington Post: "Families share tearful reunions as U.S. ends international travel ban"
    Video journalist: Whitney Shefte
    Senior producer: Jesse Mesner-Hage

    Second - The Washington Post: "People in LaPlace, La. Are used to storms. They've never seen anything like Hurricane Ida."
    Video journalists: Alice Li and Zoeann Murphy;
    Editor: Whitney Shefte

    Third - The Washington Post: "‘It’s just gone’: Tornado leaves a Kentucky town in ruins"
    Video journalists: Jorge Ribas, Whitney Leaming

    Award of Excellence - The Washington Post: "Surfside condo survivor recounts narrow escape from building: 'I don't want to die in this'"
    Video reporter: Erin Patrick O’Connor;
    Editor: Hadley Green

    Continuing News and Issue Reporting

    First - The Washington Post: "Roe under threat: One doctor's journey to provide abortion care"
    Video Journalists: Alice Li, Whitney Leaming

    Second - BBC News: "Race in America: The legacy of the murder of James Byrd Jr"
    Angélica Casas -producer, cinematographer, editor
    Chelsea Bailey – producer, researcher

    Third - BBC News: "Are America's unvaccinated changing their minds?"
    Angélica Casas – producer, cinematographer, editor
    Xinyan Yu – producer, cinematographer, editor
    Sarah Scott – graphics

    Award of Excellence - The Washington Post: "'We need it to rain': Arizona is hauling water to keep animals alive"
    Video reporter: Erin Patrick O’Connor;
    Senior producer: Whitney Shefte

    Feature Story

    First - The Washington Post: "Falling Behind"
    Video Journalists: Lindsey Sitz & Whitney Leaming
    Spanish language producers: Luis Velarde & Jorge Ribas
    Senior producers: Reem Akkad & Whitney Shefte
    Graphics: Danielle Kunitz

    Second - The Washington Post: "'I'm still trying to understand': Family speaks out after 15-year-old's suicide"
    Joy Sharon Yi, Kate Woodsome and Jayne Orenstein

    Third - BBC News: "A woman’s quest to find her biological father"
    Angélica Casas – producer, cinematographer, editor

    Award of Excellence - NPR: "A Daughter's Journey To Reclaim Her Heritage Language"
    Michael Zamora, Emily Kwong

    Documentary or Series

    First - ProPublica: "Sound of Judgement"
    Jessica Koscielniak, Senior Producer & Editor
    Julia Wall, Producer & Editor
    Scott Sharpe, Visuals Editor
    Almudena Toral, Executive Producer

    Second - USA TODAY: "Boots On The Ground: The Black community in Minneapolis finds peace after George Floyd"
    Video Producer, Cinematographer and Editor – Jarrad Henderson
    Additional Videography – Harrison Hill

    Third - BBC News: "'I can finally be who I've always been'"
    Directed, produced and edited by BBC News video journalists Hannah
    Long-Higgins and Shrai Popat. Illustrations and animations by Elena Perez.

    Explainer

    First - The Washington Post: "17 requests for backup in 78 minutes"
    Dalton Bennett, Shawn Boburg, Sarah Cahlan, Peter Hermann, Meg Kelly, Joyce Sohyun Lee,
    Alice Li, Elyse Samuels
    Video Producers & Editors: Sarah Cahlan, Meg Kelly, Joyce Sohyun Lee, Alice Li, Elyse Samuels
    Animators: Brian Monroe, Daron Taylr
    3D Modeling: Jarrett Ley
    Senior Producers: Nadine Ajaka, Eric Rich
    Executive Producer: Phoebe Connelly
    Contributing Reporters: Aaron Davis, Aaron Steckelberg, Ted Muldoon

    Second - The Washington Post: "How 9/11 'Truther' conspiracy theories fueled the war on reality"
    Kate Woodsome, David Byler, Danielle Kunitz, Andrew van Baal, George M. Murphy, Jay Miller, Aly Spengler

    Third - The Washington Post: "How U.S. leaders deliberately misled the public about America’s longest war"
    Joy Sharon Yi, Craig Whitlock, Jayne Orenstein, Tom LeGro, Randolph Smith, Joyce Lee

    Best Multimedia Package

    First - The Washington Post: "Examining a ‘righteous’ strike"
    Reporters: Alex Horton, Sarah Cahlan, Dalton Bennett, Joyce Sohyun Lee, Meg Kelly, Elyse Samuels
    Additional reporting: Susannah George, Olivier Laurent, Daron Taylor, Shelly Tan
    Design and development: Irfan Uraizee

    Second - The Washington Post: "Recovering together: Along the path of destruction, resilient communities offer a glimmer of hope after tornadoes"
    Videography by Drea Cornejo, Joyce Koh, Whitney Leaming, Erin O’Connor, Jorge Ribas, Whitney Shefte
    Video editing by Jesse Mesner-Hage

    Third - The Washington Post: "The Attack: The Jan. 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol was neither a spontaneous act nor an isolated event."
    The Washington Post staff

    Award of Excellence - The Washington Post: "For Navajo, crowded homes have always been a lifeline. The pandemic threatens that"
    Videos by Darian Woehr and photos by Hailey Sadler of the Home Collective. Associate production and translation by Dorothea Sullivan. Impact production by Allie Young. Fixer Lynnea Hewey. Additional drone footage by Erin Patrick O’Connor. Project editing by Kate Woodsome. Design and development by Yan Wu. Graphics by Sergio Peçanha. Copy editing by Eric Althoff. This project was produced with support from the National Geographic Society.

    Multimedia Journalist of the Year
    Drea Cornejo, The Washington Post
    Portfolio
  • Florida’s Star Motel was in disarray before coronavirus. The pandemic pushed it over the edge
  • After years of living in motels, a family finally got their own RV. Then COVID-19 came
  • For two families, Breonna Taylor’s death is a reminder of the women they lost
  • Laid off from her job at Disney after 14 years, a server struggles to navigate the pandemic
  • George Floyd’s death became a symbol for racial injustice. Racism also played a role in his life

  • News Story

    First - The Washington Post: "N.J. EMTs battle fear and fatigue in the fight against coronavirus"
    Whitney Leaming, Ashleigh Joplin

    Second - The Washington Post: "On the sixth day of D.C. protests, a sense of family, community and music"
    Jorge Ribas, Ashleigh Joplin, Lindsey Sitz

    Third - The Washington Post: "How a night of protest turned deadly in Kenosha"
    Whitney Leaming, Whitney Shefte

    Award of Excellence - The Washington Post: "What it was like to report from a Capitol under siege"
    Rhonda Colvin, Lindsey Sitz

    Continuing News and Issue Reporting

    First - The Washington Post: "Laid off from her job at Disney after 14 years, a server struggles to navigate the pandemic"
    Drea Cornejo

    Second - The Washington Post: "After nights of violence in Minneapolis, locals take up arms to defend their community"
    Whitney Leaming, Jon Gerberg, Whitney Shefte

    Third - The Washington Post: "For two families, Breonna Taylor’s death is a reminder of the women they lost"
    Drea Cornejo, Alice Li

    Award of Excellence - The Washington Post: "As their special-needs children fall behind, these parents are desperate for schools to reopen"
    Jorge Ribas

    Politics Story

    First - The Washington Post: "Political tribalism makes these Americans nervous. We asked them why."
    Kate Woodsome, Joy Sharon Yi

    Second - The Washington Post: "U.S. Capitol attack: How Trump's rally turned into a riot"
    Joy Sharon Yi, Kate Woodsome, Danielle Kunitz

    Third - BBC: "US election: A wild three-year campaign in three minutes"
    Franz Strasser-Galvis, Joaquim Salles

    Award of Excellence - BBC: "“We believe that the election is being stolen.” Millions of Trump voters like Taylor aren’t willing to accept the election outcome, despite there being no evidence of widespread voter fraud. What will it take for those Americans to come around and what are the dangers for US democracy as Donald Trump keeps spreading misinformation about the result?"
    Angélica Casas, Shrai Popat, Chelsea Bailey, Parveen Virdi, Simon Martin, Emily Wolstencroft, Larissa Kennelly

    Feature Story

    First - The Washington Post: "After years of living in motels, a family finally got their own RV. Then COVID-19 came."
    Drea Cornejo

    Second - The Washington Post: "This is why the media should not replay viral videos of black men being killed"
    Joy Sharon Yi, Kate Woodsome, David Sung, Danielle Kunitz

    Third - The Washington Post: "Sinead O’Connor’s life and career fell apart. Now on tour, she's trying to piece them back together."
    Erin Patrick O’Connor, Geoff Edgers, Tom LeGro

    Documentary or Series

    First - The Washington Post: "How a Black autistic man is serving 10 years in prison for a car crash"
    Lindsey Sitz, Sarah Hashemi, Jesse Mesner-Hage

    Second - The Washington Post: "How one visa program keeps America fed"
    Luis Velarde, Drea Cornejo, James Pace-Cornsilk, Jayne Orenstein, José Martinez, Mauricio Villa

    Third - The Washington Post: "Coronavirus killed his only son. Four days after the funeral, he was back at work."
    Erin Patrick O’Connor, Tom LeGro

    Explainer

    First - The Washington Post: "Why is the U.S. so politically polarized? A neuroscientist and political scientist explain why."
    Kate Woodsome, Danielle Kunitz, Joy Sharon Yi

    Second - The Washington Post: "Trump warns of voting fraud, but ballot flaws are a real problem we can fix now"
    Danielle Kunitz, Kate Woodsome

    Third - The Washington Post: "How voter intimidation and suppression have evolved since the 14th Amendment"
    Joy Sharon Yi, Danielle Kunitz

    Award of Excellence - The Washington Post: "A dad searches for answers for working at home with kids"
    Jorge Ribas

    Best Multimedia Package

    First - The Washington Post: "‘We’ve been failed’"
    Zoeann Murphy, Rhonda Colvin

    Second - NPR: "The Ghost Towns Behind The Gates"
    Kat Lonsdorf, Claire Harbage Field, Makiko Segawa, Alex Leff, Patricia Cole, Sean McMinn, Thomas Wilburn, Audrey Carlsen, Alyson Hurt, Connie Hanzhang Jin, Constance Miller, Emily Bogle

    Third - The Washington Post: "America’s pandemic: After decades of warning, a failed response"
    Whitney Shefte, Jorge Ribas, Jesse Mesner-Hage, Reem Akkad, Brian Monroe, Ryan Rumery, Madison Walls, Libby Casey

    Multimedia Journalist of the Year
    Dalton Bennett, The Washington Post
    Portfolio
  • How a back injury turned a doting father into a fentanyl kingpin
  • Inside the opioid industry’s marketing machine
  • Pathways to power: The conservative movement transforming America’s courts
  • On the front lines of the fentanyl epidemic, one jail struggles to treat inmates
  • The Opioid Files: ‘We was addicted to their pill, but they was addicted to the money’

  • News Story

    First - The Washington Post: "Cory makes her mad. Beto makes her swoon. Kamala makes her wonder. Who should she pick?"
    Kate Woodsome, Joshua Carroll

    Second - The Washington Post: "Crews search for the dead as Dorian's toll grows in the Bahamas"
    Zoeann Murphy, Whitney Shefte

    Third - The Washington Post: "’He was a great friend’: Students in El Paso grieve for their fallen classmate"
    Ray Whitehouse, Drea Cornejo

    Issue Reporting

    First - McClatchy: "The wait at Matamoros"
    Jessica Koscielniak, Duy Linh Tu

    Second - The Washington Post: "On the front lines of the fentanyl epidemic, one jail struggles to treat inmates"
    Dalton Bennett, Whitney Shefte

    Third - The Washington Post: "‘When will the Hatred stop?’: Family deals with loss after Dayton shooting"
    Erin Patrick O’Connor, Arelis Hernandez

    Feature Story

    First - BBC: "‘After Years of Searching, I found my Sister Next Door’"
    Hannah Long-Higgins

    Second - McClatchy: "Stricken"
    Reshma Kirpalani

    Third - The Washington Post: "Washington is full of Waste. C-SPAN lets us wallow in it."
    Joshua Carroll, Kate Woodsome, Danielle Kunitz

    Award of Excellence - The Washington Post: "George Takei doesn't want us to forget the last time the U.S. put people in detention camps"
    Erin Patrick O’Connor

    Explainer

    First - NPR: "Jazz Night In America: Ella Fitzgerald"
    Annabel Edwards, Colin Marshall, Niki Walker, Sidney Madden, Josh Rogosin, Tsering Bista, Jeremiah Rhodes, Suraya Mohamed, Katie Simon, Alex Ariff, Nate Chinen, Keith Jenkins, Lauren Onkey, Gabrielle Armand, Anya Grundmann, Amy Niles

    Second - The Washington Post: "How video games became an entertainment juggernaut"
    Atthar Mirza, Jayne Orenstein

    Third - CNN: "How a whistleblower complaint led to Trump's impeachment"
    Tom Foreman, Jacque Smith, McKenna Ewen, Jeffrey Hsu, Curtis Brown, Padraic Driscoll, Kenneth Fowler, Shane Csontos-Popko, Jessi Esparza, Quinn Qian, Max Pepper, Melody Shih, Jeremy Moorhead, Janelle Gonzalez

    Award of Excellence - The Washington Post: "Childhood trauma is a public health threat. Kids deserve better."
    Kate Woodsome, Joshua Caroll, Sarah Hashemi

    Documentary or Series

    First - McClatchy: "Perversion of Justice: How the law, the press and his victims finally caught up with Jeffrey Epstein"
    Brittany Peterson, Emily Michot, Julie K. Brown, Casey Frank, Jessica Koscielniak, Aminda Marqués González, Nancy San Martín, Jason Shoultz, Jonathan Forsythe , Sohail A-Jamea, Jose Sepúlveda, Matias J. Ocner, Pedro Portal, Reshma Kirpalani, Alexa Ard, Marta Oliver Craviotto, Randy Smith, Orlando Mellado, Monika Leal, Kristin Roberts

    Second - The Washington Post: "How a back injury turned a doting father into a fentanyl kingpin"
    Dalton Bennett

    Third - The Washington Post: "Inside the opioid industry’s marketing machine"
    Dalton Bennett

    Award of Excellence - NPR: "Senior Spring"
    Mito Habe-Evans, Nick Michael, Becky Lettenberger, Ben Naddaff-Hafery, Annabel Edwards, Sara Goo, Anya Grundmann, Keith Jenkins

    Best Multimedia Package

    First - NPR: "Losing The Eternal Blue Sky"
    Emily Kwong, Claire Harbage, Ganbat Namjilsangarav, Bolormaa Riimaadai, Alex Leff, Pam Webster, Nick Underwood, Alyson Hurt, Thomas Wilburn, Emily Bogle

    Second - USA Today: "1619: The Long Road Home"
    Jarrad Henderson

    Third - The Washington Post: "Iran’s hostage factory"
    Kate Woodsome, Jason Rezaian, Sergio Peçanha, Danielle Kunitz, Joshua Carroll, Breanna Muir, Phil Cooper, Jake Crump, Matt Callahan

    Award of Excellence - NPR: "Plastics: What To Recycle, What Remains Trash And Why"
    Rebecca Davis, Christopher Joyce, Meredith Rizzo, Thomas Wilburn and Alyson Hurt, Gisele Grayson, Arielle Retting

    Award of Excellence - The Washington Post: "‘We was addicted to their pill, but they was addicted to the money’"
    Dalton Bennett, Joyce Koh, Jesse Messner-Hage, Reem Akkad, Melina Mara, Nick Kirkpatrick, Joel Achenbach, Anne Gerhart, Brian Cleveland, Madison Wells, Court Kan, Matt Callahan

    Award of Excellence - The Washington Post: "‘We just want to Know how to get out of Here.’"
    Zoeann Murphy, Carolyn Van Houten, Ann Gerhart

    Multimedia Journalist of the Year
    Whitney Shefte, The Washington Post
    Portfolio
  • This town says it’s dying of cancer. Can one doctor help them get out?
  • ‘We’re kids, but we’re also journalists’
  • Addicted and left behind: the opioid epidemic killing African Americans
  • ‘This is what they call devastation:’ Mexico Beach after Hurricane Michael
  • Saved by Ola Belle: A former punk rocker finds peace in his country music legacy

  • News Story

    First - The Washington Post: "The Rescuers"
    Alice Li, Lee Powell, Zoeann Murphy

    Second - The Washington Post: "Happiness, hope and anger: South Koreans weigh in on the Trump-Kim summit"
    Joyce Sohyun Lee

    Third - The Washington Post: "Florida school shooting survivors head to Tallahassee to demand change"
    Alice Li, Michael Landsberg, Whitney Shefte

    Award of Excellence - The Washington Post: "It looks like a war zone’: Search and rescue teams continue work in California fire"
    Jorge Ribas, Alice Li

    Issue Reporting

    First - The Washington Post: "Audio, texts show how two men worked to discredit one of Roy Moore’s accusers"
    Dalton Bennett, John Parks, Shawn Boburg, Reem Akkad

    Second - NPR: "Tariffs Create Tension For Factory Workers Who Supported Trump"
    Becky Harlan, David Greene, Nick Michael, Arezou Rezvani, Mito Habe-Evans, Taylor Haney, J Czys, Ben Naddaff-Hafrey, Gabriel Dunatov, Kara Frame, Becky Lettenberger, Keith Jenkins, Kenya Young

    Third - The Washington Post: "Return to Ferguson"
    Lee Powell

    Award of Excellence - The Washington Post: "Witness to murder: How one testimony led to the arrest of a killer."
    Dalton Bennett, John Parks, Wesley Lowery, Kimbriell Kelly, Steven Rich, Whitney Shefte

    Feature Story

    First - McClatchy: "Ground Game"
    Jonathan Forsythe, Ayana Morali, Jessica Koscielniak, Reshma Kirpalani, Caitlin Healy, Joe Fanelli, Sohail Al-Jamea, Sarah Whitmire, Meta Viers

    Second - The Washington Post: "Chevy Chase: 'I'm proud to be who I am'"
    Erin Patrick O’Connor, Geoff Edgers

    Third - The Washington Post: "A mother shows what it is like to raise a baby in prison"
    Zoeann Murphy

    Award of Excellence - The Washington Post: "Being a clown in 2018: ‘We may be down, but we're not out’"
    Erin Patrick O’Connor

    Sports

    Award of Excellence - The Washington Post: "Mya Fourstar"
    Lee Powell, Osman Malik

    Animation

    First - NPR: "How Birds-To-Be Get Oxygen Inside Eggs"
    Adam Cole, Ryan Kellman, Murry Gans, Josh Rogosin, Alison Richards, Nicole Werbeck, Andrea Kissack, Keith Jenkins

    Second - NPR: "Bullets: A Physics Primer"
    Meredith Rizzo, Rebecca Hersher, Alessandro Novelli

    Third - The Washington Post: "How 'Respect,' Aretha Franklin's iconic song, came to be"
    Daron Taylor, Sarah Hashemi

    Award of Excellence - The Washington Post: "Anyone can create a new emoji. Here’s an animated guide to doing it right"
    Kolin Pope, Ted Muldoon

    One-Off

    First - NPR: "How To Find The Summer Constellations (360° Video)"
    Adam Cole, Ryan Kellman, Andy Huether, Miles Watkins, Wes Lindamood, Nicole Werbeck, Andrea Kissack, Keith Jenkins

    Second - The Washington Post: "Fentanyl: The deadly drug haunting America"
    Kolin Pope, Katie Zezima, Katie Mettler, Ted Muldoon

    Third - The Washington Post: "Do you know how to judge figure skating?"
    Ashleigh Joplin

    Award of Excellence - McClatchy: "All We Got"
    Jessica Koscielniak, Brittany Peterson, Ali Rivzi, Ayana Morali, and Jonathan Forsythe

    Documentary

    First - New York Times: "How a Community Was Sacrificed to Save Houston"
    Leslye Davis, Eric Maierson, Ray Whitehouse, Maisie Crow, Aaron Byrd, Tim Wallace, Derek Watkins, Leoandro Badalotti, Meg Felling, Audra D.S. Burch, Simon Romero, Luke Mitchell, Irving Harvey, Eli Esptein, Dahlia Kozlowsky

    Second - The Washington Post: "This town says it's dying of cancer. Can one doctor help them get out?"
    Whitney Shefte, Brady Dennis

    Third - McClatchy: "Ground Game Texas - Episode 5: On the fence"
    Jonathan Forsythe and Ayana Morali, Jessica Koscielniak, Reshma Kirpalani, Caitlin Healy, Joe Fanelli, Sohail Al-Jamea, Sarah Whitmire, Meta Viers

    Award of Excellence - McClatchy: "The War Within - Episode 5: 'Best day ever!'"
    Jonathan Forsythe and Ayana Morali, Lauren Knapp, Brittany Peterson, Alexa Ar, Sohail Al-Jamea, Sarah Whitmire and Eric Garland

    Award of Excellence - The Washington Post: "The Foreign Consultant: The spectacular rise and fall of Paul Manafort"
    Jon Gerberg, Dalton Bennett, Jesse Mesner-Hage

    Explainer

    First - NPR: "Getting Over Your Ex, With Science"
    Adam Cole, Ryan Kellman, Bronson Arcuri, CK Vijayakumar, Nicole Werbeck, Andrea Kissack, Keith Jenkins

    Second - NPR: "Why Are Cities Still So Segregated?"
    Kara Frame, Gene Demby, Marcie LaCerte, Maria Paz Gutierrez, Maia Stern, Andy Huether, Mito Habe-Evans, Nick Michael, Sami Yenigun, Becky Lettenberger, Steve Drummond, Keith Jenkins

    Third - The Washington Post: "How to win a trade war"
    Daron Taylor, Jhaan Elker

    Award of Excellence - BBC: "Why Parkland is different - the evidence"
    Franz Strasser

    Best Multimedia Package

    First - The Washington Post: "Luge Yourself"
    Jorge Ribas, Sarah Laminer

    Second - McClatchy: "The War Within"
    Jonathan Forsythe, Ayana Morali, Lauren Knapp, Brittany Peterson, Alexa Ard, Sohail Al-Jamea, Sarah Whitmire and Eric Garland

    Multimedia Journalist of the Year
    Alice Li, The Washington Post


    News Story

    First - NPR: "What Democracy Looks Like: A Portrait of Inauguration Weekend, 2017"
    Mito Habe-Evans, Becky Lettenberger, Colin Marshall, Claire O’Neill, Cameron Robert, Kara Frame, Beck Harlan, Morgan Noelle Smith, Maia Stern, Niki Walker, Nickolai Hammar, & Nick Michael

    Second - The Washington Post: "11 minutes, 58 lives: 'The bullets kept coming'"
    Alice Li, Jordan Frasier, Jorge Ribas, Reem Akkad, & Warwick Meade

    Third - CNN: "Hurricane Maria's uncounted dead"
    McKenna Ewen, John Sutter, Cristian Arroyo & Ben Werschkul

    Award of Excellence - The Washington Post: "After the fire, heroes become homeless"
    Whitney Shefte

    Issue Reporting

    First - The Washington Post: "She thinks illegal immigrants are draining the system. What about the family next door?"
    Whitney Leaming & Jorge Ribas

    Second - The Washington Post: "Girls get serious on the importance of being funny"
    Ashleigh Joplin & Danielle Kunitz

    Third - The Washington Post: "There's no peace': The toll of opioids"
    Alice Li

    Award of Excellence - NPR: "Can Gory Police Dog Arrests Survive The Age of Video?"
    Martin Kaste, Nick Michael, Nickolai Hammar, Josh Rogosin, Becky Lettenberger, & Keith Jenkins

    Feature Story

    First - The Washington Post: "Super Awesome Sylvia was a role to girls in science. But then Sylvia became someone else."
    Whitney Shefte

    Second - The Washington Post: "Chasing the dark: The man who's spent a lifetime pursuing solar eclipses"
    Alice Li

    Third - McClatchy Video Lab: "After saving others, Pulse survivor struggles to save himself"
    Jessica Koscielniak

    Award of Excellence - The Washington Post: "Dismantling a Baltimore block, brick by brick"
    Whitney Shefte

    Sports

    First - McClatchy Video Lab: "Hope and A Back Handspring"
    Jessica Koscielniak

    Second - The Washington Post: "Love at the Keystone State Gay Rodeo "
    Whitney Leaming

    Third - The Washington Post: "This kid could probably beat you in basketball. He just finished third grade."
    Jorge Ribas

    Animation

    First - NPR: "How Eclipses Changed History"
    Adam Cole, Ryan Kellman, Alison Richards, Andrea Kissack, & Anne Gudenkauf

    Second - The Washington Post: "The Race to Save Coffee"
    Kolin Pope

    Third - NPR: "The Golden Age of Germs"
    John Poole, Xaver Xylophon, Vikki Valentine, Maddie Sofia, Sami Yenigun, & Louis Weeks

    Award of Excellence - NPR: "For LSD, What A Long Strange Trip It's Been"
    Meredith Rizzo, Freddy Arenas, Christopher Joyce, Nancy Shute, Andrea Kissack, & Angus Chen

    One-Off

    Award of Excellence - : "The Dalton Highway; America's Loneliest Road"
    Jim Lo Scalzo

    Award of Excellence - : "Hot Pot: A Dish, A Memory (Oreshki)"
    Ben De La Cruz, Alina Selyukh, Rhitu Chatterjee, Alison Richards, Andrea Kissack, John Poole, Ryan Eskalis, Kelly Jo Smart, Maia Stern, Alyson Hurt, Anne Gudenkauf, & Keith Jenkins

    Award of Excellence - : "Hot Pot: A Dish, A Memory (Zereshk Polow)"
    Ben De La Cruz, Rhitu Chatterjee, Alison Richards, Andrea Kissack, John Poole, Maia Stern, Alyson Hurt, Shelby Knowles, Anne Gudenkauf, & Keith Jenkins

    Documentary

    First - NPR: "Eclipse 2017: One Nation Under The Sun"
    Nick Michael, Mito Habe-Evans, Becky Lettenberger, Kara Frame, Suraya Mohamed, Josh Rogosin, Annabel Edwards, Bronson Arcuri, Parker Miles Blohm, Nicholas Garbaty, Nickolai Hammar, Beck Harlan, Colin Marshall, Ben Naddaff-Hafrey, Christopher Parks, CJ Riculan, Morgan Noelle Smith, Maia Stern, Keith Jenkins, Anya Grundmann, & Keith Jenkins

    Second - The Washington Post: "How a mother and daughter survived the pain of rape and genocide"
    Whitney Shefte

    Third - NPR: "Finding Mustafa"
    Kara Frame, Ben Naddaff-Hafrey, Annabel Edwards, Jane Arraf, CJ Riculan, Josh Rogosin, Awadh al-Taie, Osama Morad, Ammar al-Azzai, Suhail Hussain, Mito Habe-Evans, Becky Lettenberger, Larry Kaplow, Will Dobson, Sara Goo, & Keith Jenkins

    Explainer

    First - NPR: "What Would We Lose If We Wiped Out Vampire Bats?"
    Adam Cole, Ryan Kellman, Alison Richrads, Andrea Kissack, & Anne Gudenkauf

    Second - The Washington Post: "Here's why you might be paying too much for organic milk"
    Jorge Ribas, McKenna Ewen, Julio Negron, & Peter Whoriskey

    Third - NPR: "Do Cities Need More Green Roofs?"
    Beck Harlan, Kara Frame, Nickolai Hammar, Colin Marshall, Nicholas Garbaty, Nick Michael, Claire O’Neill, Becky Lettenberger, & Keith Jenkins

    Best Multimedia Package

    First - The Washington Post: "Sin Luz: Life Without Power"
    Arelis R. Hernández, Whitney Leaming, Zoeann Murphy, Emily Yount, Seth Blanchard, Armand Emamdjomeh, Lauren Tierney, Jorge Ribas, Seth Blanchard, Kolin Pope, Reem Akkad, Kat Downs, & Ann Gerhart

    Second - The Washington Post: "The Arctic Dilemma"
    Alice Li

    Third - NPR: "Refugees In Their Own Country"
    Claire Harbage, Stephanie Joyce, Hannah Bloch, Ariel Zambelich, Alison MacAdam, Wes Lindamood, Katie Park, & Juan Elosua

    Multimedia Journalist of the Year
    McKenna Ewen, The Washington Post


    News Story

    First - The Washington Post: "Here's what Detroit's black pastors want Trump to know"
    Alice Li

    Second - BBC: "The place that predicts presidents"
    Franz Strasser & Rajini Vaidyanathan

    Third - The Washington Post: "Police fire water cannon on protesters during freezing temperatures"
    Zoeann Murphy & McKenna Ewen

    Honorable Mention - The New York Times: "Sanders Supporters Throw Convention Into Disarray"
    A.J. Chavar, Quyn Do, & Benjamin Laffin

    Honorable Mention - The Washington Post: "Dear Washington, Love Orlando"
    McKenna Ewen

    Feature Story

    First - The Washington Post: "Truth and transgender at age 70"
    Whitney Shefte

    Second - NPR: "Secrets Of The Snowy Owl"
    Adam Cole & Ryan Kellman

    Third - McClatchy: "Becoming Donald Trump"
    Jessica Koscielniak

    Issue Reporting

    First - The Washington Post: "The Big Exit"
    McKenna Ewen & Reem Akkad

    Second - The Washington Post: "Coming of age in a city coming apart"
    Whitney Shefte

    Third - The Washington Post: "West Point doubles down on controversial boxing program"
    McKenna Ewen

    Honorable Mention - BBC News: "How Obama's olive branch caused a Cuban exodus"
    Franz Strasser

    Sports

    First - The Washington Post: "The Making of Mojo: A Wrestler's Quest for WWE Stardom"
    McKenna Ewen

    Second - McClatchy: "Titletown, TX Episode 10: Letter of Intent"
    Jessica Koscielniak, Jared Christopher, Rick Press, & Jon Forsythe

    Third - McClatchy: "Becoming Royal - Ian Kennedy, new Royals starting pitcher, balances family and baseball"
    Brittany Peterson

    Animation

    First - NPR: "Your Body's Real Age"
    Adam Cole & Ryan Kellman

    Second - McClatchy: "Offshore Corporations - the secret shell game"
    Sohail Al-Jamea, Ali Rizvi, Kevin Hall, & Tim Johnson

    Third - The Washington Post: "What’s a biomarker? And could a blood test help prevent suicides?"
    Whitney Leaming & Osman Malik

    Honorable Mention - BBC: "How to win the US nomination battle"
    Frank Strasser, Katty Kay, & Mat Morrison

    Honorable Mention - Freelance: "Life of Jeri"
    Aude Guerrucci

    One-Off

    First - NPR: "Travel To The Moon With David Bowie"
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    Adam Cole, host & animator
    Ryan Kellman, producer

    Second - The New York Times: "America Reacts: The Next President Is …"
    AJ Chavar

    Third - The Washington Post: "360º video: In a grieving city, Orlando's Gay Chorus offers comfort."
    Dalton Bennett

    Documentary

    First - McClatchy/Sacramento Bee: "Afghans risked their lives for U.S., now struggle in Sacramento"
    Jessica Koscielniak, Renee C. Byer, Jason Shoultz, & Sue Morrow

    Second - The Washington Post: "At the end of the Earth, a scientific struggle to understand one of Greenland's most enormous glaciers"
    Whitney Shefte

    Third - The Washington Post: "Floor fights, secret meetings: How Virginia Republicans accepted Trump"
    Dalton Bennett & Alice Li

    Honorable Mention - The Washington Post: "A tragedy plays out in Little Rock when a police officer kills a colleague’s father"
    Whitney Shefte

    Honorable Mention - McClatchy: "These women shattered ceilings, here's their message for you"
    Natalie Fertig, Ali Rizvi, & Patrick Gleason

    Best Multimedia Package

    First - The Washington Post: "Raising Barriers: A New Age of Walls"
    Zoeann Murphy, Samuel Granados, Kevin Schaul, Anthony Faiola, Kat Downs Mulder, Reem Akkad, & Douglas Jehl

    Second - McClatchy: "Titletown, TX"
    Jessica Koscielniak, Jared Christopher, Rick Press, & Jon Forsythe

    Third - The Washington Post: "Voices From Standing Rock"
    Zoeann Murphy, McKenna Ewen, Kevin Sullivan, Reem Akkad, Ann Gerhart, & Danielle Rindler

    Honorable Mention - The Washington Post: "The Waypoint: A visual journey through Lesbos, the gateway to Europe"
    Zoeann Murphy, Samuel Granados, Kevin Schaul, Griff Witte, Kat Downs Mulder & Emily Chow

    Honorable Mention - McClatchy: "How Trump's election changed my life"
    Brittany Peterson

    Multimedia Producer of the Year

    Spencer Millsap, National Geographic


    News Story

    First - The New York Times: "After Nepal Quakes, Worries in the Water"
    Pierre Kattar

    Second - National Geographic: "These Bats Mysteriously Survived a Killer Fungus"
    Gabriella Garcia-Pardo

    Third - The New York Times: "Gang Life in Baltimore"
    A.J. Chavar

    HM - The Washington Post: "Along police lines as curfew descends in Baltimore"
    Whitney Leaming

    Feature Story

    First - NPR: "Human vs. Horse Marathon"
    Adam Cole
    Ryan Kellman
    Alison Richards

    Second - NPR: "A Brother And Sister In Love"
    Claire O’Neill
    Wes Lindamood
    Tyler Fisher

    Third - The Washington Post: "The Holocaust’s last voices"
    Gabe Silverman
    McKenna Ewen

    HM - The Washington Post: "Young Brothers Visit Warrior Dad at Arlington National Cemetery"
    McKenna Ewen

    HM - National Geographic: "It Really Wasn't the Bear's Fault: Grizzly Attack Survivor Reflects"
    Shannon Sanders
    Ronan Donovan

    Issue Reporting

    First - The Washington Post: "Fighting America's deadly heroin epidemic"
    McKenna Ewen
    Whitney Shefte
    Julio Negron

    Second - The Washington Post: "Missing out on the miracle"
    Whitney Shefte

    Third - The New York Times: "Driving the South’s Flag Divide"
    A.J. Chavar
    Gabriella Demczuk

    HM - McClatchy: "Irradiated"
    Brittany Kamalei Peterson

    HM - Orb Media: "Janet’s Story: Is there room for families in the global labor trade?"
    Pierre Kattar

    Sports

    First - McClatchy: "King of the Swamp"
    Jessica Koscielniak
    Nicole Cvetnic
    Sohail Al-Jamea
    Jonathan Forsythe

    Second - The Washington Post: "The rise and fall of baseball cards"
    McKenna Ewen
    Julio Negron

    Third - The Washington Post: "DC Diva on the field, detective on the street"
    Jorge Ribas

    HM - The Washington Post: "Baltimore Orioles play in empty ballpark"
    Jorge Ribas

    HM - The Washington Post: "A veteran finds healing on a dog sled"
    Lee Powell

    Animation

    First - NPR: "Fun With Physics: Finding The Speed Of Light With Peeps"
    Adam Cole
    Ryan Kellman
    Ben de la Cruz
    Alison Richards

    Second - McClatchy: "Black Market Peso Exchange"
    Sohail Al-Jamea

    Best Multimedia Package

    First - Orb Media: "Excess Baggage: Is there room for families in the global labor trade?"
    Pierre Kattar
    Alex Park

    Second - The Washington Post: "Children of the Fallen"
    The Washington Post

    Third - National Geographic: "Taking Back Detroit"
    Spencer Millsap
    Jake Rutherford

    HM - The Washington Post: "Majur Juac: Pondering his next move"
    McKenna Ewen
    Kent Babb
    Jonathan Newton

    HM - Orb Media: "No Place Like Home"
    Lucian Perkins
    Susan Seijas
    Joanne Levine
    Pierre Kattar

    Documentary

    First - The New York Times: "Transgender, at War and in Love"
    Gabriel Silverman
    Fiona Dawson
    Jamie Coughlin
    Matt Rhodes

    Second - National Geographic: "Cannabis For Kids: The Children Behind the Debate"
    Spencer Millsap
    Lynn Johnson

    Third - National Geographic: "Dying to Breathe—A Short Film Shows China's True Cost of Gold"
    Coburn Dukehart
    Sim Chi Yin

    HM - National Geographic: "A Child Prodigy, A Painful Disease, and a Life-Changing Treatment"
    Kathryn Carlson

    HM - The Washington Post: "Living like a fugitive"
    Whitney Shefte
    Idrees Ali
    Shaiq Hussain

    News Story

    First Place - NPR: "They Are The Body Collectors: A Perilous Job In The Time Of Ebola"
    David Gilkey
    Nurith Aizenman
    Nicole Beemsterboer
    Ben de la Cruz
    Joe Neel
    Vikki Valentine
    Anne Gudenkauf

    Second Place - The Washington Post: "Michael Brown's Mother Expresses Outrage On Grand Jury Decision"
    Whitney Leaming

    Third Place - The Washington Post: "Amid Little Earth’s Poverty And Pain, A Protest Culture Aimed At Redskins’ Name"
    McKenna Ewen

    Award of Excellence - The Washington Post: "Will Brain Chip Give Paralyzed Man A Hand?"
    Lee Powel

    Issue Reporting

    First Place - National Geographic: "A Sky Full of Cameras"
    Tomas van Houtryve/VII agency
    Janna Dotschkal

    Second Place - The Washington Post: "In Alaska Native Villages, Little Protection Leaves Residents at Risk"
    Whitney Shefte

    Third Place - The Washington Post: "Justice is Slow to Arrive for Native Women"
    Whitney Shefte

    Award of Excellence - NPR: "How Will You Die?"
    John W. Poole
    Steve Cutts
    Vikki Valentine
    Ben de la Cruz
    Anne Gudenkauf

    Award of Excellence - The Washington Post: "In Turkey, Syrian Refugees Find a Home of Their Own"
    Zoeann Murphy

    Feature Story

    First Place - NPR: "The Mystery of the Missing Martins"
    Adam Cole
    Maggie Starbard
    Alison Richards
    Ben de la Cruz

    Second Place - The Washington Post: "From Clubfoot To Climbing: Double Amputee Life Of Adventure"
    Whitney Shefte

    Third Place - NPR: "The Blind Woman Who Saw Rain"
    Adam Cole
    Lulu Miller
    Ben de la Cruz

    Award of Excellence - The Washington Post: "Pinball Passion Becomes Man’s Obsession"
    Lee Powell

    Award of Excellence - The Washington Post: "What Can Babies Teach Students?"
    Brad Horn

    Sports

    First Place - The Washington Post: "Former NFL Player Battles ALS"
    Mckenna Ewen

    Second Place - The Washington Post: "Beer Man Dreams Of Beltway World Series"
    Mckenna Ewen

    Third Place - NPR: "Buzkashi"
    David Gilkey
    Sean Carberry
    Sultan Faizy
    Jeremy Bowers
    Becky Lettenberger
    Wes Lindamood
    Claire O’Neill

    Award of Excellence - The Washington Post: "Up In The Air: The Life Of Speedy Peterson"
    Lee Powell

    Award of Excellence - The Washington Post: "Deaf Player Seeks To Become First Gallaudet Grad In NFL"
    Brad Horn

    Documentary

    First Place - The Washington Post: "One Family, Two Sacrifices"
    Whitney Shefte

    Second Place - The Washington Post: "Romanian Orphan Tries To Close The Chapter On His Troubled Past"
    Brad Horn
    Sohail Al-Jamea
    Sandi Moynihan

    Third Place - The Washington Post: "Congolese Refugees Cry Out For Justice"
    Zoeann Murphy

    Award of Excellence - The Washington Post: "Your Property Is Guilty Until Proven Innocent"
    Gabriel Silverman

    Award of Excellence - The Washington Post: "Refugees For Nearly 40 Years Consider Return To Conflict"
    Whitney Shefte

    Best Multimedia Package

    First Place - The Washington Post: "The N-Word Project"

    Second Place - NPR: "Borderland"
    Steve Inskeep
    Kainaz Amaria
    Jeremy Bowers
    Danny DeBelius
    Tyler Fisher
    Chris Groskopf
    Becky Lettenberger
    Wes Lindamood
    Claire O’Neill
    Matt Stiles
    Andy Becker/The Center for Investigative Reporting
    Michael Corey/The Center for Investigative Reporting
    Tia Ghose/The Center for Investigative Reporting

    Third Place - Military Times: "Arlington at 150: Celebrating America's Heroes"
    Mike Morones
    Angy Peterson
    Issa Chan
    Amy Ng
    Peter Shatzer
    John Bretschneider
    Jennifer Milbrett

    Best in Show
    Best in Show - Team entry by Ken Geiger, National Geographic

    Linear Storytelling
    First Place - Jim Lo Scalzo, European Pressphoto Agency
    Second Place - Ben de la Cruz, NPR
    Third Place - Ben de la Cruz, NPR
    Award of Excellence - Coburn Dukehart, NPR

    Non-Linear Storytelling
    First Place - Team entry by Ken Geiger, National Geographic
    Second Place - Team entry by Ken Geiger, National Geographic
    Third Place - Team entry by Ken Geiger, National Geographic
    Award of Excellence - Lynda Davidson, The Washington Post

    Innovation
    First Place - Kainaz Amaria, NPR
    Second Place - Team entry by Ken Geiger, National Geographic

    Best in Show
    Best in Show – Claire O’Neill, Wes Lindamood & Keith Jenkins, National Public Radio


    Issue Reporting Linear
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    First Place – Amanda Lucidon, Brad Horn, & Michael Wichita, AARP
    Second Place – John W. Poole, Richard Knox & Jane Greenhalgh, National Public Radio
    Third Place – Whitney Shefte, Sohail al-Jamea, Robert O’Harrow Jr., Kat Downs & Greg Linch, The Washington Post
    Award of Excellence – David Gilkey , National Public Radio
    Award of Excellence – David Gilkey, National Public Radio


    Issue Reporting Non-linear
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    First Place – Ben de la Cruz Design, Wilson Andrews & David S. Fallis, The Washington Post
    Second Place – Alexandra Garcia, Spencer S. Hsu, Wilson Andrews, Jennifer Jenkins & Cristina Rivero, The Washington Post
    Third Place – Whitney Shefte, Michael S. Williamson, Steven Mufson & Natalie Mufson, The Washington Post


    Feature Story Linear
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    First Place – Claire O’Neill, Wes Lindamood & Keith Jenkins, National Public Radio
    Second Place – Andrew Harnik, The Washington Times
    Third Place – Producer, Alexandra Garcia, Sohail Al-Jamea & Sarah Kaufman, The Washington Post
    Award of Excellence – Jason Reed & Larry Downing, Reuters


    Feature Story Non-linear
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    First Place – Web Editor, Claire O’Neill, Nelson Hsu, Keith Jenkins & Dave Anderson, National Public Radio & Oxford American Magazine
    Second Place – Andrew S Geraci & Ben Wolfgang, The Washington Times
    Third Place – Ben de la Cruz, Alexandra Garcia, Grace Koerber, Kat Downs & Sarah Kaufman, The Washington Post
    Award of Excellence – Ben de la Cruz, Grace Koerber, Alexandra Garcia, & Kat Downs, The Washington Post
    Award of Excellence – Ben de la Cruz, Alberto Cairo & Sis Wei, The Washington Post


    Innovation
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    First Place – Claire O’Neill, Wes Lindamood, & Keith Jenkins, National Public Radio
    Second Place – Whitney Shefte & Grace Koerber, The Washington Post
    Third Place – Ben de la Cruz & Alexandra Garcia, The Washington Post

    Photography & Audio Natural Sound
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    First Place – David Gilkey, Quil Lawrence, Becky Lettenberger & Keith Jenkins, National Public Radio
    Second Place – Larry Downing & Jason Reed, Reuters
    Third Place – PClaire O’Neill, Stephen Alvarez, Jacki Lyden & Keith Jenkins, National Public Radio


    Photography & Audio Narration
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    First Place – John W. Poole, Christopher Joyce, Anne Gudenkauf, Keith Jenkins & Vikki Valentine, National Public Radio
    Second Place – David Gilkey, Claire O’Neill & Keith Jenkins, National Public Radio
    Third Place – Not Awarded


    Best Multimedia Package Simple
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    First Place – Jim Lo Scalzo, freelance
    Second Place – Ben de la Cruz, Alexandra Garcia, Grace Koerber & Sohail al-Jamea, The Washington Post
    Third Place – Coburn Dukehart, Daniel Zwerdling, John W. Poole, Katie Hayes Luke, Nelson Hsu, Alicia Cypress, Keith Jenkins & Susanne Reber, National Public Radio
    Award of Excellence – Alexandra Garcia, Ben de la Cruz, Marc Fisher, Ian Shapira, Peter Finn, Sohail Al-Jamea, Grace Koerber, Dee Swann, Nick Kirkpatrick, AJ Chavar, Akira Hakuta, Jayne Orenstein, Tucker Walsh, Jason Aldag, Jonathan Forsythe, Laris Karklis, Gene Thorp, Sam Sanders, Steven King & Cory Haik, The Washington Post
    Award of Excellence – Mark Bryson, Franz Strasser, Bill McKenna, Lucy Rodgers, Luke Ward, Natalia Antelava, Franz Strasser, Bill McKenna & Franz Strasser, BBC


    Multimedia Package In-Depth
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    First Place – Whitney Shefte, Paul Schwartzman, Kat Downs, Lynda Robinson, James Buck, Jennifer Jenkins & Sylvia Carignan, The Washington Post
    Second Place – Whitney Shefte, Grace Koeber, J. Freedom du Lac, Sarah Sampsel, Anup Kaphle, TJ Ortenzi & Cory Haik, The Washington Post
    Third Place – Not Awarded


    Multimedia Innovation
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    First Place – Amanda Lucidon & Scott Anger, The Legal Stanger Project
    Second Place – Alexandra Garcia, AJ Chavar, Jason Aldag, Joel Achenbach & Sohail al-Jamea, The Washington Post
    Third Place – Jim Lo Scalzo, freelance
    Award of Excellence – Whitney Shefte, Grace Koeber, J. Freedom du Lac, Sarah Sampsel, Anup Kaphle, TJ Ortenzi & Cory Haik, The Washington Post
    Award of Excellence – Drew Geraci, The Washington Times

    Photography & Audio Natural Sound
    First Place – David Gilkey, Laura Krantz & Keith Jenkins, National Public Radio
    Second Place – Claire O’Neill, Sarah Hoskins & Jacki Lyden, National Public Radio
    Third Place – David Gilkey, Laura Krantz & Keith Jenkins, National Public Radio


    Photography & Audio Narration
    First Place – John Poole, Anne Garrels & Keith Jenkins, National Public Radio
    Second Place – Coburn Dukehart, Laura Krantz, John Burnett & Karen Kuehn, National Public Radio
    Third Place – David Gilkey, Laura Krantz & Keith Jenkins, National Public Radio


    Best Multimedia Package Simple
    First Place – Coburn Dukehart, T. Christian Miller, Daniel Zwerdling, Blake Gordon, David Gilkey, John Poole, Keith Jenkins & Susanne Reber, National Public Radio
    Second Place – Kat Downs, J. Freedom du Lac, Aesthetic Apparatus & Amanda McGrath, The Washington Post
    Third Place – Amanda Lucidon, LucidPix
    Award of Excellence – Alexandra Garcia & Kat Downs, The Washington Post
    Award of Excellence – Rodrigo Abd, Evan Vucci & Meredith Birkett, Associated Press/MSNBC


    Multimedia Package In-Depth
    First Place – Whitney Shefte, Christian Davenport, Whitney Shefte, Marvin Joseph, Whitney Shefte, Kat Downs, Alberto Cuadra & Marc Fisher, The Washington Post
    Second Place – Whitney Shefte, Ben De La Cruz, Lauren Keane, Michael Williamson, Kat Downs, Sarah Sampsel, Dana Priest, William M. Arkin, Ben De La Cruz, Whitney Shefte, Justin Ferrell & Danillo Black, The Washington Post
    Third Place – Ben de la Cruz, James V. Grimaldi, Ricky Carioti, David S. Fallis, James V. Grimaldi, Sari Horwitz, Cheryl W. Thompson, Wilson Andrews, Mary Kate Cannistra, Todd Lindeman, Brenna Maloney, Alice Crites, Jennifer Jenkins, Julie Tate, Jeff Leen & Lauren Keane, The Washington Post
    Award of Excellence – Cindy Carpien, Heidi Glenn, Tanya Ballard Brown, Nelson Hsu, Coburn Dukehart & Katherine Sharp Landdeck, National Public Radio


    Multimedia Innovation
    First Place – Nelson Hsu, Alyson Hurt, Heather Murphy, Robert Benincasa, David Kestenbaum & Chana Joffe-Walt, National Public Radio
    Second Place – Whitney Shefte, Christian Davenport, Marvin Joseph, Kat Downs, Alberto Cuadra & Marc Fisher, The Washington Post
    Third Place – Robert Krulwich, Benjamin Arthur, Robert Krulwich, Jessica Goldstein & Maggie Starbard, National Public Radio
    Special Recongnition – Robert Krulwich & Will Hoffman, National Public Radio/WNYC/Radiolab

    Photography & Audio - Natural Sound
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    First Place – David Gilkey, Laura Krantz, Jim Wildman & Keith Jenkins, NPR
    Second Place – David Gilkey, Laura Krantz, Chris Berry & Keith Jenkins, NPR
    Third Place – Chris Maddaloni, Military Times
    Award of Excellence – Amanda Lucidon


    Photography & Audio - Narration
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    First Place – David Gilkey, Eric Westervelt & Keith Jenkins, NPR
    Second Place – Coburn Dukehart , Ariana Lindquist, Louisa Lim & Keith Jenkins, NPR
    Third Place – Elisabeth Goodridge, Doug Mills & David Scull, The New York Times
    Award of Excellence – David Gilkey, Eric Westervelt & Keith Jenkins, NPR


    Multimedia Package - Simple
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    First Place – Alexandra Garcia, Kat Downs & Noel Smart, The Washington Post
    Second Place – Ben de la Cruz, Kat Downs, Liz Heron, Greg Jaffe, Laris Karklis, Jason Ukman, Pierre Kattar & Francine Uenuma, The Washington Post
    Third Place – Jim Lo Scalzo, freelance


    Multimedia Package - In-Depth
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    First Place – Evan Vucci, Maya Alleruzzo, Rick Bowmer & Matt Ford, The Associated Press
    Second Place – Ayperi Karabuda Ecer & Jassim Ahmad, Reuters/Mediastorm
    Third Place – Akira Hakuta, Gil Gaul, Mary Pat Flaherty, Jenna Johnson, Ben de la Cruz, Kat Downs, Jacqueline Kazil, Lauren Keane, Sarah Fitzpatrick, Kate Napier, Laris Karklis, Jeff Leen, Lauren Keane & Francine Uenuma, The Washington Post
    Award of Excellence – John Poole, Lourdes Garcia-Navarro, Keith Jenkins, Katie Hayes, Nelson Hsu, Alyson Hurt, Chuck Holmes & Didrik Schanche, NPR


    Multimedia Innovation
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    First Place – Alexandra Garcia, Kat Downs, Noel Smart, Jesse Foltz, Steven King & Lee Trout, The Washington Post
    Second Place – Robert Krulwich, Vikki Valentine, Jason Orfanon, Allison Richards & David Bolinsky, NPR
    Third Place – Chris Maddaloni, Military Times
    Award of Excellence – Jim Lo Scalzo, freelance

    Photography and Audio
    First Place – Megan Rossman, The Washington Post
    Second Place – Preston Keres, The Washington Post
    Third Place – Whitney Shefte, Nelson Hsu & Carol Guzy, The Washington Post
    Awards of Excellence – Nicole Shea, AARP Bulletin


    Photography and Audio (narrated)
    First Place – Andrea Rane, Coburn Dukehart, Jessica Wanke, Jack Zahora, Louisa Lim, Ariana Lindquist, Meghan Collins Sullivan & Keith Jenkins, NPR
    Second Place – Katie Falkenberg, The Washington Times
    Third Place – Andrea Rane, Andrew Prince, Sarah Mobley, Ivan Watson & Paxton Winters, NPR
    Awards of Excellence – Coburn Dukehart, Meghan Collins Sullivan & Frank Langfitt, NPR
    Awards of Excellence – Stephen Crowley, The New York Times


    Multimedia Single
    First Place – Whitney Shefte, Nelson Hsu, Kat Downs, The Washington Post
    Second Place – Ben de la Cruz, The Washington Post
    Third Place – Jim Lo Scalzo, US News & World Report
    Awards of Excellence – Alexandra Garcia & Kat Downs, The Washington Post
    Awards of Excellence – Alexandra Garcia & Ben de la Cruz , The Washington Post
    Awards of Excellence – Alexandra Garcia & Ben de la Cruz , The Washington Post


    Multimedia Package
    First Place – Nancy Donaldson, Nelson Hsu, Sarah Sampsel & Carol Guzy, The Washington Post
    Second Place – Whitney Shefte, Sarah Sampsel, Nelson Hsu, Bill O’Leary & Laura Cochran, The Washington Post
    Third Place – Greg Henderson, Elizabeth Davidz, Troy Thibodeaux & Shawn Chen, The Associated Press
    Awards of Excellence – Whitney Shefte, Katherine Frey, Marvin Joseph, Kat Downs & Sarah Sampsel, The Washington Post
    Awards of Excellence – Ben de la Cruz & Kat Downs, The Washington Post

    Best use of Photography
    First Place – Whitney Shefte, Whitney Shefte & Carol Guzy, The Washington Post
    Second Place – Dee Swann, Dee Swann, Alexandra Garcia & Michel du Cille, The Washington Post
    Third Place – Dee Swann, Dee Swann, Tom Kennedy & Carol Guzy, The Washington Post
    Awards of Excellence – Nancy Donaldson, Michel du Cille, Nancy Donaldson, Lindsay McCullough & Nelson Hsu, The Washington Post
    Awards of Excellence – Whitney Shefte & Whitney Shefte, The Washington Post


    Photography and Audio
    First Place – Stephen Crowley & Thomas Lin, The New York Times
    Second Place – Alexandra Garcia & Toni L. Sandys, The Washington Post
    Third Place – Alexandra Garcia, Sarah L. Voisin, Sarah Hollander, The Washington Post
    Awards of Excellence – Whitney Shefte & Preston Keres, The Washington Post
    Awards of Excellence – Allison Shelley, The Washington Times


    Photography and Audio (narrated)
    First Place – Nancy Donaldson, Nancy Donaldson & Jahi Chikwendiu, The Washington Post
    Second Place – John Burnett, Brian Connelly, Vikki Valentine & Coburn Dukehart, NPR
    Third Place – Jeff Lunden, Trey Graham, Josh Rogosin, Neal Rauch, Frannie Kelley, Patrick Jarenwattananon & Coburn Dukehart, NPR
    Awards of Excellence – Whitney Shefte & Andrea Bruce, The Washington Post


    Multimedia Package
    First Place – Travis Fox & Brian Cordyack, The Washington Post
    Second Place – Lindsay McCullough, George Steinmetz, Adam Kipple, Amar Bakshi & Alicia Cypress, The Washington Post
    Third Place – Liz Heron, Nelson Hsu, Adrian Holovaty, Nancy Donaldson, Dee Swann & Ben de la Cruz, The Washington Post
    Awards of Excellence – Jennifer Crandall, Jesse Foltz, Rob Curly, Deryck Hodge, Tom Kennedy, Ju-Don Roberts & Liz Spayd, The Washington Post

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