2020 Eyes of History: Video Contest Results | White House News Photographers Association

Photography Categories

Top Honors
Video Photographer of the Year - Ben Martin, ITN Channel 4

Spot News
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First Place - Ben Martin, ITN Channel 4
Second Place - Dan Criswell, CGTN America
Third Place - Martin Doane, WJLA-TV
Award of Excellence - Chester Panzer, WRC-TV

General News
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First Place - Ben Martin, ITN Channel 4
Second Place - Ian Druce, BBC
Third Place - Chris Shlemon, ITN Channel 4
Award of Excellence - Martin Doane, WJLA-TV
Award of Excellence - Sam Beattie, BBC

Day Feature
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First Place - Ben Martin, ITN Channel 4
Second Place - Dan Criswell, CGTN America
Third Place - Chester Panzer, WRC-TV
Award of Excellence - Ambrose Vurnis, WRC-TV

News Feature
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First Place - Duane Watkins, CGTN America
Second Place - Ben Martin, ITN Channel 4
Third Place - John Mees, Australian Broadcasting Corp.
Award of Excellence - Jeremy Moorhead, CNN
Award of Excellence - Dan Criswell, CGTN America

Feature
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First Place - Jeremy Moorhead, CNN
Second Place - Leah Millis, Reuters
Third Place - Ben Martin, ITN Channel 4
Award of Excellence - Duane Watkins, CGTN America

News Special Reports/Series
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First Place - Andrew Smith, CGTN America
Second Place - Kuba Wuls, CGTN America

Magazine Feature
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First Place - John Mees, Australian Broadcasting Corp.
Second Place - Niall Lenihan, Australian Broadcasting Corp.
Third Place - Kuba Wuls, CGTN America

Sports
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First Place - Peter Stolz, CGTN America
Second Place - Kendall Griggs, WJLA-TV
Third Place - Lance Ing, WRC-TV

Political/Campaign
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First Place - Andrew Smith, CGTN America
Second Place - Maxine Collins, BBC

Lighting
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First Place - Jeremy Moorhead, CNN
Second Place - Wayne Lowman, Fox News Channel
Third Place - Kuba Wuls, CGTN America

Network
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First Place - Andrew Smith, CGTN America
Second Place - Niall Lenihan, Australian Broadcasting Corp.
Third Place - Jeremy Moorhead, CNN

Audio
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First Place - Ben Martin, ITN Channel 4
Second Place - Lance Ing, WRC-TV
Third Place - Christopher Smyth, Hearst Television

Conflict/Disaster Coverage
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First Place - Ben Martin, ITN Channel 4
Second Place - Andrew Smith, CGTN America
Third Place - Ian Druce, BBC News

Raw Footage
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First Place - Niall Lenihan, Australian Broadcasting Corp.
Second Place - Doug Wilkes, WTTG-TV
Third Place - BJ Forte, WRC-TV

2020 Video Photography Contest Judges

Nyier Abdou

Nyier Abdou is a freelance video journalist, filmmaker, and multimedia producer. A longtime newspaper reporter, she was based in Egypt for more than six years before moving back to her home state of New Jersey to join The Star-Ledger newspaper, where she worked for nine years as a general assignment reporter. She was among the first reporters in the Ledger newsroom to be trained in video and later moved from print to video full time, going on to produce award-winning documentaries and news features with the paper. Her work has earned her six New York Emmy awards, including best documentary and writing for her film “Being George.” She teaches video storytelling at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York.

Roberto Daza

Roberto Daza is an award-winning producer and cinematographer for Vice News. He’s covered cartels and gang violence in Latin America, trafficking and extremism in Europe and the Middle East, peace negotiations and child abductions in Africa. You can see his work on HBO, Viceland, Univision and Netflix.

Maura Murphy

2020 Video Editing Contest Judges

Angel Canalas

Angel Canales is a CBS Evening News Producer and shooter based in New York City. Originally from Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, Angel’s interest in social justice led to a journalistic career covering issues like immigration, hate crimes, the clergy sex abuse and veterans. He saw the need to become a storyteller after serving in active duty for the US NAVY on board the aircraft carrier USS George Washington. Prior to CBS News, he worked at ABC News and HBO producing long form features and short documentaries. Angel graduated from Sarah Lawrence College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Writing and Politics. He also holds a Master of Science Degree in Journalism from Columbia University. He is fluent in Spanish and Italian.

Channon Hodge

Channon Hodge is a writer, videographer, editor and licensed drone pilot for CNN. She is also the lead producer and content manager for the CNN Travel premium vertical. Channon has produced features and series on a variety of subjects from advances in Neurocriminology, to the establishment of the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Alabama, dedicated to the thousands of lynching victims in America. Previously, she spent four years as a video producer at The New York Times and eight years in programming for BET, Oxygen and Lifetime Television. She holds a master’s degree from the Graduate School for Journalism at CUNY.

Eric Maierson

Eric Maierson is a writer and two-time Emmy-winning video editor and producer. His work has appeared on The New Times, The New Yorker, and Time. Most recently he edited the first hour of a 4-part series on veterans in America for PBS. Previously, he was the senior producer at MediaStorm, a documentary production company in Brooklyn, New York. There, he edited close to 100 films, including the feature film The Distance Between Us. Eric’s short films have played at film festivals across the country, and his prose has appeared in The New Yorker, Playboy, and Mountain Man Dance Moves: The McSweeney’s Book of Lists. He is also the writer and director of the critically acclaimed theatrical play Reprise.