Photography Categories
Top Honors
Video Photographer of the Year - Ben Martin, ITN Channel 4 News
Spot News
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First Place - Sam Beattie, Independent
Second Place - Peter Murtaugh, BBC News
Third Place - Martin Doane, WJLA-TV
Award of Excellence - Peter Stolz, CGTN America
General News
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First Place - Ben Martin, ITN Channel 4 News
Second Place - Maxine Collins, BBC News
Third Place - Chester Panzer, WRC-TV
Award of Excellence - Lance Ing, WRC-TV
Award of Excellence - Peter Murtaugh, BBC News
Day Feature
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First Place - Ben Martin, ITN Channel 4 News
Second Place - Peter Murtaugh, BBC News
Third Place - Ambrose Vurnis, WRC-TV
Award of Excellence - Allen McGreevy, Independent
Award of Excellence - McKenna Ewen / Cassie Spodak/ Jeremy Moorhead, CNN
News Feature
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First Place - Duane Watkins, CGTN America
Second Place - Ben Martin, ITN Channel 4 News
Third Place - Maxine Collins, BBC News
Award of Excellence - Jeremy Moorhead, CNN
Feature
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First Place - Kuba Wuls, CGTN America
Second Place - Peter Murtaugh, BBC News
Third Place - Eric Courtney, CGTN America
Award of Excellence - Brian Hopkins, WJLA-TV
News Special Reports/Series
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First Place - Andrew Smith, CGTN America
Second Place - Peter Stolz, CGTN America
Third Place - Jeremy Moorehead and Cassie Spodak, CNN
Award of Excellence - Maxine Collins, BBC News
Magazine Feature
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First Place - Peter Stolz, CGTN America
Second Place - Ben Martin, ITN Channel 4 News
Third Place - Kuba Wuls, CGTN America
Award of Excellence - Eric Courtney, CGTN America
Documentary
No awards were given in this category in 2019.
Sports
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First Place - Andrew Smith, CGTN America
Second Place - Peter Stolz, CGTN America
Political/Campaign
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First Place - Ben Martin, ITN Channel 4 News
Second Place - Dan Criswell, CGTN America
Third Place - Jeremy Moorhead, CNN
Award of Excellence - Cassie Spodak, CNN
White House/Presidential
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First Place - Ben Martin, Ben Martin
Second Place - McKenna Ewen, CNN
Third Place - Andrew Smith, CGTN America
Lighting
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First Place - Kuba Wuls, CGTN America
Second Place - Christopher Albert, Independent
Third Place - Maxine Collins, BBC News
Award of Excellence - Eric Courtney, CGTN America
Award of Excellence - Andrew Smith, CGTN America
Network
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First Place - Andrew Smith, CGTN America
Second Place - Maxine Collins, BBC News
Third Place - Peter Stolz, CGTN America
Award of Excellence - Sam Beattie, Independent
Audio
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First Place - McKenna Ewen / Jeremy Moorhead / Cassie Spodak, CNN
Second Place - Joann Sierra, CNN
Third Place - Sam Beattie, Independent
Award of Excellence - Brian Hopkins, WJLA-TV
Award of Excellence - Lance Ing, WRC-TV
Conflict/Disaster Coverage
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First Place - Sam Beattie, Independent
Second Place - McKenna Ewen, CNN
Third Place - Colm O'Molloy, BBC News
Raw Footage
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First Place - Sam Beattie, Independent
Second Place - BJ Forte, WRC-TV
Third Place - Doug Wilkes, WTTG-TV
Editing Categories
Top Honors
Video Editor of the Year - Andrew Smith, CGTN America
Spot News
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First Place - McKenna Ewen, CNN
Second Place - Martin Doane, WJLA-TV
Third Place - Lance Ing, WRC-TV
General News
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First Place - Chris Shlemon, ITN Channel 4 News
Second Place - Brian Hopkins, WJLA-TV
Third Place - Peter Murtaugh, BBC News
Day Feature
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First Place - Duane Watkins, CGTN America
Second Place - Jeremy Moorhead, CNN
Third Place - Andrew Smith, CGTN America
Award of Excellence - Michael Judge, NBC News
Award of Excellence - Martin Doane, WJLA-TV
News Feature
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First Place - Colm O'Molloy, BBC News
Second Place - Duane Watkins, CGTN America
Third Place - Andrew Smith, CGTN America
Award of Excellence - Duncan Sharp, Sky News
Award of Excellence - Lance Ing, WRC-TV
Editing Short Form
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First Place - Peter Stolz, CGTN America
Second Place - Chris Shlemon, ITN Channel 4 News
Third Place - David Postovit, Hearst Television
Award of Excellence - Jeremy Moorhead, CNN
Award of Excellence - Maxine Collins, BBC News
Editing Long Form
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First Place - Duncan Sharp, Sky News
Second Place - Joann Sierra, CNN
Third Place - McKenna Ewen, CNN
Magazine Feature
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First Place - Franz Strasser, BBC News
Second Place - Kamran Taherimoghaddam, CGTN America
Third Place - Ben Martin, ITN Channel 4 News
Award of Excellence - Marc Allard, Independent
Documentary
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First Place - Peter Murtaugh, BBC News
Second Place - Franz Strasser, BBC News
Third Place - Duncan Sharp, Sky News
Sports
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First Place - Andrew Smith, CGTN America
Second Place - Lance Ing, WRC-TV
Third Place - Marc Allard, Independent
Award of Excellence - Brian Hopkins, WJLA-TV
Political/Campaign
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First Place - Chris Shlemon, ITN Channel 4 News
Second Place - McKenna Ewen, CNN
Third Place - Jeremy Moorhead, CNN
Award of Excellence - Sam Beattie, Independent
Award of Excellence - Duncan Sharp, Sky News
White House/Presidential
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First Place - McKenna Ewen, CNN
Second Place - Jeremy Moorhead, CNN
Third Place - Andrew Smith, CGTN America
Award of Excellence - Michael Judge, NBC News
Audio
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First Place - Chris Shlemon, ITN Channel 4 News
Second Place - David Carter, WRC-TV
Third Place - David Postovit, Hearst Television
Promotional
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First Place - Franz Strasser, BBC News
Second Place - Stuart Cohen, PBS NewsHour
2019 Video Photography Contest Judges
Matthew Apthorp
Matthew Apthorp is a multi-award-winning photographer and editor. He is currently based in Tampa, Fla. but travels the state as a member of the EW Scripps Company’s Florida Investigative team. Matt uses his talent behind the camera to bring statewide investigative reports to life on various platforms from broadcast to digital. His work has helped result in change at the local and state level and can be seen on ABC Action News in Tampa, WPTV NewsChannel 5 in West Palm Beach and FOX 4 in Fort Myers.
Matthew’s work as a photographer/editor has been honored with 7 Emmy awards,
6 Edward R. Murrow Awards, and nearly two dozen Associated Press awards. In 2010 the National Press Photographers Association named him Editor of the Year Runner up.
Matthew began his career 14 years ago working the overnight shift as a Master Control Operator at WENY near his hometown in upstate New York. His eye for the unique and unusual led him to pick up a camera and start shooting shortly after for WBNG in Binghamton, New York. He left the cold behind for WBBH in Fort Myers, Florida before moving to Tampa and eventually joining the EW Scripps Company in 2016. Over the years Matthew has covered everything from general news, investigative, sports, hurricanes and flooding. In 2015 he traveled to Panama to film a special on the 100th birthday of the Panama Canal.
He credits watching his father’s love for still photography growing up and his own love for filmmaking that led him into the industry. Despite the numerous accolades he’s received professionally, he is most proud of his wife, Kimberly and their three beautiful daughters Lily, Sidney and Calley, frequent test subjects of his own still photography.
Katie Barry
Katie Barry is New York-based photojournalist for WNBC, covering breaking news and general assignments.
For kicks, she’ll take on projects for Big Questions (PBS), shooting, editing, writing and producing. She has covered social and ethical issues in Colombia, Cuba and Louisiana. If you ask Katie, she’ll tell you she’s far superior in shooting than her twin sister Kristy– a photojournalist at WCBS. They both live together in Manhattan.
Catherine Steward
Catherine Steward is a photojournalist for WTVF NewsChannel 5 in Nashville. In her time at WTVF, she has received six EMMYs and a national Edward R. Murrow Award for use of sound. Catherine was named NPPA TV Quarterly Contest Photographer of the Year for the West General region in 2012, and for the Central Top region in 2015.
Originally from Palmer, Alaska, Catherine has previously worked for KTUU and KTVA in Anchorage. She has served as a judge for the NPPA Best of Photojournalism Television Editing contest and the White House News Photographers Association. Catherine has presented at several conferences including the NPPA Southeast Storytelling Conference and the Ignite Your Passion workshop.
2019 Video Editing Contest Judges
Kristy Barry
Kristy Barry is a camerawoman for CBS New York, covering news. She also shoots freelance projects—such as a prison rodeo in Louisiana. Prior to that, she worked as a photographer for NY1 News and filmed/participated in/wrote about a range of offbeat sports for ESPN.com, Esquire, Popular Mechanics. Events included ostrich racing, hog wrestling, underwater rugby, Redneck Olympics, and the Lumberjack Championships.
Ruth Morton
Ruth Morton started in news at WCAV-TV in Charlottesville, VA. She worked there for 7 years, working for three years in production and four years as a photojournalist. She came to WBFF in Baltimore in 2015 as a photojournalist, where she works now. She has won multiple regional Emmys, AP awards, a regional Murrow, and an NPPA Best of Photojournalism and Judge’s Choice Award. She has a dog named Tuscan and a fiance named Jason. She enjoys watching Drag Race and going to vegetable and/or fruit stands!
Brad Wilson
Brad Wilson has spent 13 years as a photojournalist, including the last five years as the Chief Photojournalist at WTVR-TV in Richmond, Va. Wilson, a native of Clifton Park, N.Y., worked as a photojournalist at Spectrum News in Albany, N.Y., before his move to Richmond.
Since joining WTVR, Wilson has led its photojournalist staff to being recognized as National Press Photographers Association Medium Market Station of the Year finalists four consecutive years, while earning first place in 2015. In addition, WTVR won the regional Emmy award for Overall Excellence in 2017.
Wilson has a decorated career, winning ten regional Emmy awards over the past five years and a National Edward R. Murrow Award in 2013. He was recognized as the New York State Associated Press Television Photographer of the Year in 2011 and 2012.
Wilson resides in Mechanicsville, Va., with his wife Stephanie, their one-year old daughter, Stella, and two dogs, Austin and Penny. He graduated with a Media Studies degree from Sacred Heart University in 1998, where he also was a four-year member of the school’s lacrosse team and Sports Editor of the University newspaper.