Photography Categories
Top Honors
Video Photographer of the Year - Ben Martin, ITN
Spot News
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First Place - Ben Martin, ITN
Second Place - Ian Druce, BBC
Third Place - Andrew Smith, CTGN America
Award of Excellence - Doug Wilkes, WTTG
General News
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First Place - Khalil Abdallah, CNN
Second Place - Jeremy Moorhead, CNN
Third Place - Colm O'Molloy, BBC
Award of Excellence - Doug Wilkes, WTTG
Day Feature
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First Place - Ben Martin, ITN
Second Place - Chip Baysden, WTTG
Third Place - Allen McGreevy, Freelance
Award of Excellence - Andrew Smith, CGTN America
News Feature
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First Place - Jeremy Moorhead, CNN
Second Place - Zoeann Murphy, The Washington Post
Third Place - Ben Martin, ITN
Award of Excellence - Duncan Sharp, Sky News
Feature
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First Place - Ben Martin, ITN
Second Place - Whitney Shefte, The Washington Post
Third Place - Duncan Sharp, Sky News
Award of Excellence - Peter Stolz, CGTN America
News Special Reports/Series
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First Place - Duncan Sharp, Sky News
Second Place - Cassie Spodak & Jeremy Moorhead, CNN
Third Place - Andrew Smith, CGTN America
Award of Excellence - Lance Ing, WRC-TV NBC4 WASHINGTON
Magazine Feature
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First Place - Chip Baysden, WTTG
Second Place - Peter Murtaugh, BBC
Third Place - Colm O'Molloy, BBC
Award of Excellence - Eric Courtney, CGTN America
Documentary
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First Place - Allen McGreevy, Freelance
Sports
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First Place - Lee Powell, The Washington Post
Second Place - Chip Baysden, WTTG
Third Place - Kuba Wuls, CGTN America
Award of Excellence - Sam Beattie, Freelance
Political/Campaign
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First Place - Peter Murtaugh, BBC
Second Place - McKenna Ewen, CNN
Third Place - Andrew Smith, ITN
Award of Excellence - Lance Ing, WRC-TV NBC4 WASHINGTON
White House/Presidential
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First Place - Peter Murtaugh, BBC
Second Place - Alexander Lee, CNN
Third Place - Ben Martin, ITN
Award of Excellence - Jeremy Moorhead, CNN
Lighting
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First Place - Maxine Collins, BBC
Second Place - Christopher Albert, Freelance
Third Place - Duncan Sharp, Sky News
Award of Excellence - Andrew Smith, CGTN America
Network
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First Place - Maxine Collins & Peter Murtaugh, BBC
Second Place - Andrew Smith, CGTN America
Third Place - Bill Alberter, CNN
Audio
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First Place - Ben Martin, ITN
Second Place - Lance Ing, WRC-TV NBC4 WASHINGTON
Third Place - Chester Panzer, WRC-TV NBC4 WASHINGTON
Conflict/Disaster Coverage
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First Place - Colm O'Molloy, BBC
Second Place - Jorge Ribas & Lee Powell, The Washington Post
Third Place - Khalil Abdallah, CNN
Award of Excellence - Peter Stolz, CGTN America
Raw Footage
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First Place - Duncan Sharp, Sky News
Second Place - Sam Beattie, Freelance
Third Place - BJ Forte, WRC-TV NBC4 WASHINGTON
Award of Excellence - Chester Panzer, WRC-TV NBC4 WASHINGTON
Editing Categories
Top Honors
Video Editor of the Year - Chris Shlemon, ITN
Spot News
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First Place - Andrew Smith, CGTN America
Second Place - Doug Wilkes, WTTG
Third Place - Joni Mazer Field, BBC
Award of Excellence - Lance Ing, WRC-TV NBC4 WASHINGTON
General News
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First Place - Andrew Smith, CGTN America
Second Place - Adam Blair, ITN
Third Place - Whitney Shefte, The Washington Post
Award of Excellence - Peter Murtaugh, BBC
Award of Excellence - Doug Wilkes, WTTG
Day Feature
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First Place - Duncan Sharp, Sky News
Second Place - Joni Mazer Field, BBC
Third Place - Andrew Smith, CGTN America
Award of Excellence - Lance Ing, WRC-TV NBC4 WASHINGTON
Award of Excellence - Chris Shlemon, ITN
News Feature
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First Place - Chris Shlemon, ITN
Second Place - Ian Druce, BBC
Third Place - Michael Judge, NBC Nightly News
Award of Excellence - Adam Blair, ITN
Editing Short Form
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First Place - Adam Blair, ITN
Second Place - Whitney Shefte, The Washington Post
Third Place - Doug Wilkes, WTTG
Editing Long Form
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First Place - Chip Baysden, WTTG
Second Place - Alice Li & Jayne Orenstein, The Washington Post
Third Place - Chris Shlemon, ITN
Award of Excellence - Kevin Drennen, WJLA
Award of Excellence - Lee Powell, The Washington Post
Magazine Feature
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First Place - Peter Murtaugh, BBC
Second Place - Franz Strasser, BBC
Third Place - Marc Allard, Freelance
Award of Excellence - Duncan Sharp, Sky News
Award of Excellence - Colm O'Molloy, BBC
Documentary
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First Place - Duncan Sharp, Sky News
Second Place - Peter Murtaugh, BBC
Sports
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First Place - Michael Judge, NBC Nightly News
Second Place - Chip Baysden, WTTG
Third Place - Lee Powell, The Washington Post
Political/Campaign
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First Place - Joni Mazer Field, BBC
Second Place - Stuart Cohen, PBS NewsHour
Third Place - Andrew Smith, CGTN America
Award of Excellence - Jeremy Moorhead, CNN
Award of Excellence - Michael Judge, NBC Nightly News
White House/Presidential
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First Place - Peter Murtaugh, BBC
Second Place - Chris Shlemon, ITN
Third Place - Andrew Smith, CGTN America
Award of Excellence - Michael Judge, NBC Nightly News
Award of Excellence - Jeremy Moorhead, CNN
Audio
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First Place - Chris Shlemon, ITN
Second Place - Michael Horan, WTTG
Third Place - Lance Ing, WRC-TV NBC4 WASHINGTON
Award of Excellence - Nathan A. Luna, ABC News
Promotional
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First Place - Charles MacDonald, CMacFido Productions
Second Place - Joann Sierra, CNN
Tom Bjelic
Tom Bjelic is a founding partner at Urban Post Production, one of Canada’s largest Film and Television Post Production Studios. With over 25 years experience in the industry he has amassed hundreds of screen credits. His work is internationally recognized and has earned him Emmy awards in addition to his many Directors Guild, Genie, Golden Reel, Gemini and Canadian Screen Awards.
A partial load professor of Post Production at Canadore College he also develops and teaches curriculum as well as sitting on several program advisory committees. A founding partner of Vigilante Productions, a boutique production company that specializes in developing and investing in Canadian Independent Film. Co-managing partner at The Royal Cinema in Toronto, a 400 seat fully restored art deco era theatre specializing in theatrical, live music and event presentation as well as film post production. A strong mandate to promote growth in the Canadian Production Industry through a platform of creative talent, partnerships, investment and education has always been at the core of Tom’s interests.
Jesus Gonzalez
Jesus Gonzalez was born and raised in California, and graduated from California State University, Sacramento in 2008 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication-Digital Video. He has been a freelance videographer/editor for over 10 years and has worked as a News Photographer/ Photojournalist for almost 3 years. He worked for KUVS-19 Univision in Sacramento for two years where he received two news Emmys for both Photography and Editing. Currently, Jesus is a Photojournalist / Editor at KOVR/KMAX CBS 13 also here in Sacramento.
Earlier this year, Jesus attended the NPPA News Video Workshop in Norman, Oklahoma. His hobbies include still photography, basketball and exercising. He currently lives in Sacramento.
Carmaine Means
Carmaine “CJ” Means is a Emmy award winning television news photojournalist at CBS News in Chicago. She received her B.A. from Columbia College in television production and directing. Her career began in Rockford, IL, at WTVO, ABC 17 in August of 2002. From that point, she moved on to work at WVTV, WB 18 in Milwaukee, WI, in May of 2003. In December of 2003, she accepted a position at the Tribune owned, CLTV/WGN 9 broadcasting back in her hometown of Chicago. In 2005, she started working at ABC 7 Chicago and until permanently moving across town to CBS News Chicago in 2014 when she accepted at full time staff photojournalist position.
Since then, Carmaine has won two individual Emmy’s for Coal City/Washington, IL tornado coverage in 2013, and a feature story, Bill and His Devices in 2016. Carmaine has been nominated and won several talk show/entertainment Emmy Awards for 190 N, Windy City Live and Chicagoing with Bill Campbell and At the Movies with ABC News in Chicago. She has also been nominated twice for individual Emmy’s as a news photojournalist with ABC News Chicago.
Some of her career highlights include being asked to be a judge for the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA), “Photojournalist of the Year” in 2015. Carmaine along with her aerial photography company, Drone Girl Photography have been recently featured in Drone 360 Magazine, DNAInfo Chicago, WGN, Chicago Woman Magazine Movers + Shakers and Woman And Drones to discuss drones and cinema(includes broadcast, photo, film, inspection, real estate and tourism industries). I have also toured the country in 2017, as a aerial photography drone expert, guess speaking on panels discussing drones and journalism.
Carlos Cortes
Carlos Cortes was born the only son of single mother Dominga Cortes. He grew up in Chicago, Illinois in the late 70s and has one older sister. His desire for story telling peaked his interest in cameras at a very young age. In third grade he carried a Kodak camera to school everyday. He later convinced the schools principle to allow him to take the yearbook photos for the entire school. He went on to manage his high school television department that was responsible for broadcasting all sporting events for the school. He attended Southern Illinois University. After receiving an undergraduate degree in Television Production, he accepted an offer from Cable News Network, and moved to Atlanta, to work at CNN headquarters. A year later, he moved to Los Angeles to become an independent contractor. Since then, his client list includes NBC, DISNEY, TRIBUNE, EXTRA, MTV, THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL, US ARMY, FOX, and the NFL Network. As a Director of Photography for KTLA in Los Angeles, he captured his first Emmy in 2012, and won two more in 2013. After 10 years in Los Angeles, Carlos accepted a job in his hometown, and is now News Photographer at CBS Television. He recently won his 4th Emmy in 2017. He is a proud father of 3 boys, and one Baby girl. His oldest son being 17, twins boys who are 13, and his daughter who is 6 months.
Audrey Haynes
Audrey Haynes is a Photographer and Editor at WGN-TV in Chicago, where’s she’s worked for the last four years. After getting her journalism degree, Audrey worked a variety of jobs in print reporting, still photography and TV producing, but she found her passion when she picked up a video camera. Now an award-winning photojournalist and editor having worked at stations across the Midwest, she’s covered everything from presidents to political scandals to lighthearted features. But her greatest satisfaction comes from being able to give a voice to the often-marginalized citizens of some of Chicago’s most violent and poverty-stricken neighborhoods, telling their stories with creative shooting and thoughtful editing.
Jacqueline Quynh
Jacqueline Quynh believes that these days anyone with a smartphone can get on the news, and thinks it’s one of the best things that has happened to journalism. The huge quantity of pictures and videos really helps to capture what’s going on in local neighborhoods. But Jacqueline wanted to be a journalist even before everyone had an iPhone in their pocket, and is probably one of the few people who’d still show up to work even if she won the lottery.
Jacqueline’s passion for journalism began at an early age. One of her favorite activities in Kindergarten was show and tell. She never cared about what she brought, just wanted to share a story. Later on she spent countless hours in front of the TV… not caring about comedies or dramas, but instead captivated by network and local news and the reporters who also told their stories. Now, her passion is learning about the people around her and working hard to share their stories in a compelling and authentic way.
Jacqueline’s reporting career began after graduating from college. She got her feet wet in a handful of smaller markets across the U.S., and now WWLTV.
Today, Jacqueline feels very fortunate to be now working in the career she loves, in one of the most exciting cities in the country. Her philosophy about news is simple: Her aim is to tell a story while focusing on the people who graciously let her into their lives.
In her free time, Jacqueline collects hobbies, takes online classes, and brushes up on French, as well as dabbling in a little bit of art. Being a foodie in New Orleans is a given.