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CONTENTS Best of Photojournalism report 5 picture stories singles on the cover Ami Vitale Top Video Awards 6 Environment Story 60 Sony Best of Show 8 National Geographic

Cliff Edom’s New America Award 10 Feature Story 66 Sports Feature 8 A rhino keeper sits with Najin, one of the last two Portrait Series 74 Sports Action 56 northen white rhinos on Photographer of the Year 22 the planet in Kenya. Politics Story 78 Environment 58 Page 72. Photographer of the Year, Small Market 36 News Issue Story 86 Feature 64 on the back Breaking News Story 92 Portrait 72 Sports Photographer of the Year 50 Jabin Botsford The Washington Post BLACKOUT FREE ADD VOICE MEMOS Emerging Vision 102 Politics 76 Complete Winners List 120 Marine One lifts off from SHOOTING AT 20FPS TO YOUR IMAGES Includes Online Video, News & Issue 84 the South Lawn of the Presentation & Innovation, picture editing White House on Dec. 18, Groundbreaking sensor Record and attach audio Picture Editing (magazine, Breaking News 90 2019, in Washington, Online 112 technology enables 20fps descriptions up to 60 seconds newspaper), Still Photojournalism, D.C., carrying President shooting at full resolution long to your images to convey Video Editing and Video Trump hours before his Photojournalism Digital 113 impeachment would be with no EVF or LCD blackout. important information. confirmed. Page 78. All awards, click here. Magazine 114, 115

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Hosted by the affable WFAA, Dallas WVEC, Virginia KTUU, Anchorage KMTV, Omaha KARE, Minneapolis WLOS, North Carolina Brett Akagi, a virtual awards banquet via Zoom took place in July when all video awards were announced. Click here to view awards Click here to view awards Click here to view awards News Photographer recognizes the recipients of the top video honors on this page: Ernie Crisp Photojournalist of the Year, Editor of the Year, Stations of the Year and Reporter of the Year. A complete list of winners and the judges for all video categories begins on Page 120. BOP 2020 was judged at the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication in Athens, Georgia, in February. The Video Division coordinators were Brett Akagi (Video Photojournalism) EDITOR OF THE YEAR Click here to view awards and Shawn Montana (Video Editing). For the upcoming 2021 BOP details, check out nppa.org. First Place Honorable Mention Chad Nelson, KARE, Minneapolis Kyle Porter, KHOU, Houston

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Jonathon Gregg Spectrum News 1 Kentucky

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Nathan Howard The Columbian, Vancouver, Washington

“Startled” Julie Rouzee is startled by a pheasant as it’s flushed out by her footsteps during a hunt near the Port of Vancou- ver on Nov. 23, 2019. Rouzee is part of the Vancouver Wildlife League, a group keeping pheasant hunting alive. The twice-weekly volunteer pheasant release program populates a small hunting area within miles of downtown Vancouver, drawing hundreds of hunters. 8 9 Cliff Edom’s New America Award The Cliff Edom Award recognizes excellence in photographic storytelling about rural or ethnically diverse people. Clifton C. Edom (1907-1991), a University of Missouri School of Journalism professor, co-founded the Missouri Photographic Workshop with his wife, Vilia, in 1949.

Ricky Carioti The Washington Post

April 2019, New Prague, Minnesota Bob Krocak holds a 1996 photograph of his deceased parents, Alice and Vladamir Krocak, who were farmers. Vladamir always wore blue-and- white-striped “Dickies” overalls and carried candy corn in a chewing-tobacco can to hand out to his grandchildren.

“A Family Farm in Crisis” Alfred Krocak came to Minnesota from what is now the Czech Republic and started farming this land in the late 1800s. The land and hard work sustained generations of Krocaks. Then came 2018 and the family had no alternative but to sell their dairy herd. The debt had become crushing. Bob and Liz, with their eldest son, Marty, and his wife, Sarah, and their children were one more family in crisis among the country’s 2 million farms. The historic floods, the collapse of milk prices, the tumult of President Trump’s trade wars — it had all come crashing down. – Ricky Carioti

After repairing equipment all day, Bob Krocak drives his tractor pulling a disc harrow to prepare the soil for seeds at 10:40 p.m. on June 5, 2019, in Montgomery, Minnesota. Continued on the next page

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April 2019, with, from left, her husband, Bob, her son Marty, and her daughter-in- law Sarah, Liz Krocak, right, discusses farming issues.

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Marty Krocak and his son, Daniel, 9, fall asleep on their tractor as they wait for grain wagons to be loaded with corn during the harvest on November 8, 2019.

Putting on a tuxedo to be an usher at the Kolacky Days Pageant on July 26, 2019, Marty and Sarah Krocak kiss while pulling weeds from their Marty Krocak gets help from Daniel as his daughter, Delaney, 2, plays. soybean field with their kids in August 2019.

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The Krocak kids, from left, Delaney, 2, Katie, 5, Daniel, 9, and Ella, 7, play on a gravity cart filled with corn before its transfer onto a tractor trailer on April 16, 2019.

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Marty Krocak and his son, Daniel, check their corn for damage as a light snow falls and temperatures hover around freezing on Oct. 12, 2019.

Bob Krocak opens the gate before cleaning out the cattle pen on Dec. 9, 2019. Sarah and Marty Krocak look over their year-end financial records on Dec. 9, 2019, before learning they were nearly $50,000 in the hole for the year.

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Several generations of the Krocak family are bur- ied in St. John’s Catholic Cemetery in Montgomery, Minnesota.

20 Photographer of the Year Matt McClain The Washington Post

Steve Custer on March 30, 2019, tours the busts of United States presidents that were once part of an attraction called Presidents Park. After the park closed they were moved to their current location outside of Williamsburg, Virginia. Washington was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses in Williamsburg. 22 23 PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR PHOTOGRAPHS BY MATT McCLAIN Two hundred and 20 years since his death, George Washington’s legacy and remnants of his life are still visible in his home state of Virginia and in the city named after him. From his home at Mount Vernon to the farms where he was born and raised, some seem nearly unchanged from his time. There are also countless celebrations and dedications that honor his memory as a founding father and first president of the nation. Adam Dawson holds down a flag while riding in a truck before the start of the annual George Washington Birthday Parade on Feb. 18, 2019, in Alexandria, Virginia. Dawson portrayed George Washington while sitting on top of the horse for a display presented by Hard Times Cafe.

Last year brought changes to my life professionally and personally. On the homefront, my wife and I welcomed a second child, a son named Walker, into our lives. We also moved into a new home shortly after his birth. The new child forced me to ease back on my work travel for a portion of the year. In years past, as a photojournalist at The Wash- ington Post, I did a fair amount of travel assignments. Thus at the end of the year when compiling my work for contests, I had a story or two that consisted of national news and many of my single images were taken outside of our regional coverage area. In 2019 however, I began looking for stories and photo essays that were geographically nearby. My first story of the year was an essay on the impact of George Washington’s legacy and remnants of his life that were still visible in his home state of Virginia and in the city named after him, Wash- ington, D.C. It began after doing a few assignments that I cover nearly every year, including the annual George Washington Birthday Parade in Alexandria, Virginia. Being a lover of history, I began to won- der what other images I could discover that could help bring alive a link with the past and illustrate Washington’s impact on this region and the country. I’m fortu- nate to work for a newspaper that gives you time to work on self-generated projects and values photojournalists coming up with their own story ideas. The entire essay did not take long to compile once I researched where to go and planned the best times to photograph. It published leading up to July 4. Story continued on the next page

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POY: Matt McClain From preceding page For me constructing an essay is a bit like putting a puzzle together. It starts with finding a few key images that you can build the project around. As the process continues you can think about what is missing, whether it is the subject matter or visual variety, from details to changes in perspective and lensing. Another story from 2019 that falls into this category is my story on the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill. This essay was the culmination of days and days covering multiple hearings and related events as the proceedings played out. It was challenging to look for fresh images when most of it unfolded in the same room and building day after day. It forced me to continue to dig and look for new ways to make fresh photos. The final story was coverage of a group that holds fights on private property in rural Virginia. Streetbeefs was started a decade ago in order to keep disputes from leading to violence in the community. The monthly events give participants the chance to settle their problems in the ring with boxing, mixed martial arts and kickboxing. There are also matches that don’t involve a grudge. This story was basically straightforward event coverage. Arriving early and staying late, I chron- icled every fight that took place over the Top left, a mural of a Center left, a server Below left, George Above, a hologram course of a day. Different vantage points young George Wash- is dressed in period Washington interpreter of George Washington are important: a ladder over the make- ington appears to be costume at the George Dean Malissa, center, appears to turn its shift fencing of the ring to photographing part of a road work Washington’s Birth- attends the George gaze to passing visitors with a wide-angle lens within feet of the detail near Main Street night Banquet and Ball Washington’s Birthnight outside the education fighters inside the enclosure. The hardest on June 17, 2019, in at Gadsby’s Tavern Banquet and Ball at center and museum at part was trying not to get hit or run over. Culpeper, Virginia. The on Feb. 16, 2019, in Gadsby’s Tavern on in George Washington’s All in all, 2019 was a rewarding year. mural pays tribute to Alexandria, Virginia. Alexandria, Virginia. Mount Vernon on June Looking for more in-depth projects Washington’s role in Washington was a 12, 2019, in Mount regionally helped me grow as a photo- surveying Culpeper guest at the tavern Vernon. journalist, challenging myself to be more County. during his lifetime. creative in finding my own stories. It also strengthened my connection to my coverage area and residents. – Matt McClain

Additional pictures on the following pages

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People try to control their um- brellas during a thunderstorm near the Lincoln Memorial; the Washington Monument is seen in the background on June 18, 2019, in Washing- ton, D.C. Built to honor the country’s first president, the Washington Monument was dedicated in 1885.

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The United States House of Representatives conducted an impeachment inquiry against President Donald J. Steve Castor, counsel for the Republicans of the House Judiciary Committee, testifies during an impeachment Trump that centered on his conduct during a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. People inquiry hearing at the Longworth House Office Building on Dec. 9, 2019, in Washington, D.C. President Trump are seen on a staircase leading into the dome of the United States Capitol on an overcast Oct. 22, 2019. was charged with two articles of impeachment that the House voted on in December.

Republican House members are seen after a press conference that followed an impeachment inquiry resolu- Members of the media work from phone booths as former Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch appears tion vote at the United States Capitol on Oct. 31, 2019, in Washington, D.C. President Trump became the third before the House Intelligence Committee during an impeachment hearing at the Longworth House Office president to be impeached in the nation’s history. Building on Nov. 15, 2019, in Washington, D.C.

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In order to keep disputes from escalating into violence and to address gun violence in the community, Chris “Scarface” Wilmore started “Streetbeefs” in 2008 with the goal to provide a safe place for people in his community to settle disputes. The monthly boxing, mixed martial arts and kick boxing fighting events meet in a grassy Virginia country field in a ring made of chain-link fencing and plywood painted with names of fighters. There are also matches that don’t involve an existing grudge. The club’s motto is “Guns down, Gloves up.”

Jennifer Aguirre waits for her boyfriend’s boxing match to be over during a Streetbeefs event on Sept. 14, 2019, in Winchester, Virginia. The event had boxing, mixed martial arts and kick boxing matches.

Anthony “Italian Tyson” Russo, of Frederick, Maryland, celebrates a mixed martial arts match victory during a Streetbeefs event.

Kyle Kint, top, of State College, Pennsylvania, fights John Nestor, of Wilmington, North Carolina, in a mixed martial arts match during a Streetbeefs event. Chris “Scarface” Wilmore started Streetbeefs to keep violence from erupting in communities and to solve the disagreements in the ring.

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Above, Charles Surber, left, Right top, Ced “Wreck” Riley, Right center, Shaun Sewell Right bottom, Jennifer and Jeff Spille, became enemies center, of Starkville, Mississip- of Winchester gets ready for Aguirre kisses her boyfriend, after a dispute. The two agreed pi, boxes Heath “Heathen” Mc- the ring. Each fight has three, Shaun Sewell, after his box- to fight to settle it. Surber said he Guire, of Winchester, Virginia, two-minute rounds. Chris ing match. No winners are didn’t want to fight but agreed during a Streetbeefs event. The “Scarface” Wilmore, Street- declared in the fights, so that because “I did him wrong.” club has grown in popularity beefs’ founder, makes the no one will feel as if they lost. Afterward, Spille bought a six- through online videos, drawing fighters give their word that pack and invited Surber to join participants from around the they must return if the fight him for a beer. “We actually sat country and overseas. does not solve their dispute. This story was published in The down and talked together for the Washington Post in September 2019 first time in eight years,” Spille with reporting by Post columnist Theresa Vargas. said. “It’s over and done.”

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Jake May The Flint Journal Flint, Michigan

“Flint, Michigan, Water Crisis” Flint residents Ja’Kayla Norris, left, Katia Kenney, lower right, and Sophia Janell Taylor load vehicles with free bottled water. The nonprofit Pack Your Back distributed more than 37,000 bottles of water to residents in April 2019, at Dort Federal Event Center. “There’s still a necessity, and it has to be met. We’re just here to fill a need,” Taylor said. “This (crisis) is unacceptable. We are a strong community. We are resilient, and the fact that we can still survive through a crisis such as this is proof of that. It’s known that the problem isn’t totally fixed, and the state should’ve given water away until the problem was resolved. Nevertheless, we’re doing what we have to do to get by.” 36 37 PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR | SMALL MARKET PHOTOGRAPHS BY JAKE MAY

Flint is a beautiful place. Like cities across the U.S., it has to fight for its elegance nowadays. Take a moment, and imagine your city and its residents existing in two realities. The first is its perception. When your city is mentioned, what do people think? How do people talk about where you live? What does the first page of an internet search say? For Flint, it’s the water crisis that has plagued us for the better part of six-plus years. Before that, it was the heightened violent crime rate. Before that, it was blight, brought on from the departure of General Motors in the late 1980s. That impact continues to come in waves. Since then, more than 100,000 people have left the city to seek employment. This has a direct impact on our local economy, schools, sports, infrastructure, and, at its core, the city’s people. While a harsh perception, this is reality. These are the challenges we have endured and face head-on together every day. As a photojournalist, you cannot shy away from making these photographs that tell the story of Flint because it is our duty to inform as we ultimately write and document the first draft of history. We also must show our purpose, which is the second reality: existence. Explore the good. Find love. Find the compassion and drive that truly define why we choose to live here. Flint is filled with the most tenacious, incredible people. We’re seen as an underdog with a chip on our shoulders, yet we continue to prove again and again how we are world leaders. It is important that we balance our coverage and document these dual realities with much more gusto. It is how we want the world to see us and feel with us. I also want to underline how we build relationships and speak with one another – with or without a camera. I will never be able to fully understand another human. Nobody can. While we can connect on many shared or similar experiences, how we felt in those moments can be drastically different and have vastly con- trasting effects. I urge all of us to be more generous with our time without our camera. Talk with those you photograph. Listen fully. But hear me again, Virginia Tech professor Marc Edwards hikes up a rocky snow-covered hill from sampling Flint River truly listen. Listen and know that you are a water at one of numerous in-home and environmental testing sites on Feb. 20, 2019, near the Flint Water vessel with great responsibility to amplify the Plant. Edwards is a researcher who helped expose the difference in water quality in 2015, finding high stories that bond us. levels of lead after sampling more than 270 sites through the first round of testing. Story continued on the next page 38 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 39 PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR | SMALL MARKET PHOTOGRAPHS BY JAKE MAY

“It’s like a crisis that’s ever-blooming,” said Dr. Lawrence Reynolds, a Flint resident and member of Gov. Rick Snyder’s Flint Water Task Force. “We are still going through the trauma of being treated as less than human and no one having been held responsible.” Reynolds believes crimes were committed during the water crisis and has watched as cases against 15 current and former city and state officials have moved ahead slowly -- if at all. In all, seven cases were resolved with plea deals that resulted in no jail time or fees, and eight remain in Genesee district or circuit courts. The cases have cost taxpayers more than $35.9 million to prosecute and defend. Paperwork gathered by the prosecution, above, lines the courtroom floor on March 7, 2019, during the proceedings.

Flint residents Claudia Perkins-Mil- POY: Jake May ple curiosity to explore the adoption of a ton, second from right, and Claire From preceding page child led me to the Hartmans and their McClinton join other residents at a With every story we tell, there is an new son Blake. community meeting with Flint water opportunity to learn, educate and build I implore you to find the heart in your prosecutors on June 28, 2019, at UAW our communities through visuals, words cities. Each place deserves a committed, Local 659 two weeks after charges and video, but mostly through heartfelt empathetic storyteller who isn’t afraid to were dismissed in the criminal cases. connection. Be genuine in your efforts. build relationships and a true connection They expressed skepticism and a not- Do not force conversations. Be present with everyone they encounter. Foster backing-down attitude while asking and give as much of yourself as you are your community through your work. Tell heartfelt, serious questions to Mich- asking from others. This will lead to the city’s story through every assignment. igan Solicitor General Fadwa Ham- longer-lasting impressions, and story The narrative will keep going, with or moud and Wayne County Prosecutor tips that generate visuals with staying without you, so make it count. Kym Worthy. McClinton said the dis- power. This was how the Flint water story I leave you with this: I love Flint. I missal of pending criminal cases and revealed itself to me over time. love the opportunity to tell high-quality the information given to citizens felt These actions will open doors and stories every day. No story is too small. like “being hit in the back of the head build trust. From there, you will find Flint will always be in my heart, and I will Plumber Martin Schwerin works to replace lead pipes with copper pipes on April 23, 2019, at a home with a 2-by-4.” “We take you at your moments that will become a road map document the wondrous place with just on Flint’s south side. While thousands of pipes have been replaced around the city, thousands more still word,” McClinton said. “But we are to successfully and intimately share your that – heart. Please, do the same. need to be replaced after lead corrosion. going to be holding you accountable.” neighbor’s story with the world. The sim- – Jake May 40 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 41 PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR | SMALL MARKET PHOTOGRAPHS BY JAKE MAY

Priscilla Wheeler listens to her neighbors share multiple stories of anguish about how the Flint water crisis has affected their families. They were gathered for a rally on the five-year anniversary of the initial switch from Detroit water to the Flint River on April 25, 2019, at the Capitol in Lansing.

LeeAnne Walters watches her twin sons, Gavin, left, and Garrett, blow out candles on their birthday cake. Stockpiles of bottled water are kept at home for daily use. A population of nearly 100,000 continues to face an overhaul of its infrastructure because of lead-tainted drinking water through mismanaged political oversight, ultimately leading to a spike in elevated blood-lead levels in thousands of children. Garrett and Gavin broke out in rashes, and Gavin stopped growing -- suffer- ing from the effects of lead in Flint’s water supply and contamination that will have long-term, irreversible neurological consequences on the city’s children.

Van Harris, 69, waters his garden using gallons of water in an effort to keep his neighborhood beautiful despite the ongoing water crisis.

Patricia Starks hands out water bottles to her nephews to keep them hydrated as they wait for dinner on April 10, 2018. Starks said bottled water is the only water they have ever drunk, since each is under the age of 4 and born after the water crisis had started.

42 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 43 PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR | SMALL MARKET PHOTOGRAPHS BY JAKE MAY

Jessica Hartman strokes her finger across Blake’s nose after he fell asleep in her arms at the dinner table on Nov. 21, 2019, at their home. Blake was asleep for an hour, and even kissed his mom in his sleep before repositioning and continuing to snooze.

“Adopting Blake” Jessica and Lee Hartman waited years to adopt a child. During the Christmas holidays of 2018, they received the call they had waited for. With their two sons, they would create a loving home for their newest family member – 3-year-old Blake. The family picked him up the day after Christmas in 2018. “I look at him, and I can’t imagine that here’s this kid coming from foster care,” Jessica said. “I imagined this kid, his life changed and got turned upside down. He was going to be scared. He was going to be terrified. He’d be crying. That’s what I’d thought it was going to be.” Any early nervous nature or apprehension evaporated within the first day as Lee walked outside to greet social workers and “came back in with this little dude on his hip,” she said. “Blake went to him right away and just Blake leaps toward his brother Ben, 13, as the two play on their parents bed while Jessica peeks in to watch clung to him.” Blake was formally adopted in November 2019. the two having fun on Nov. 21, 2019. Almost nightly, the two play a game called “Destroy Ben,” where Blake covers him in pillows and jumps on Ben’s back in preparation for bedtime.

44 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 45 PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR | SMALL MARKET PHOTOGRAPHS BY JAKE MAY

Blake rides Lee’s shoulders as the family arrives for his formal adoption ceremony on Nov. 26, 2019. “He’s ruined for anybody else, so he has to stay with us,” Jessica said. “He’s entitled. He’s a Hartman now.” An admitted “mama bear” for her other children, Jessica said there were scary moments that popped into her head about someone else’s child coming in. “Am I really going to love this kid like my biological kid?” she said. “Yeah, you do. I don’t think anyone (who has) gone through this doesn’t understand. There are no favorites. It was a fear that I had … it’s a completely unfounded fear and it’s inexplicable and quite magical. I think the difference is that when a child comes into your home and someone says this kid’s yours, take care of him or her, you have to. You’re their person, you’re the person (who) has to take care of them. You have to protect them.”

Aunt Sarah Kanitz runs around the courthouse with Blake, her new nephew, as Lee and Jessica Hartman, along with their sons Will and Ben, overflow he pretends to fly like Superman after his adoption to the Hartman family was with joy as the two celebrate the final step in adopting their new son finalized on Nov. 26, 2019, at Genesee County Circuit Court in Flint, Michigan. Blake, 3, far right, on Adoption Day in Genesee County on Nov. 26, 2019, at the Genesee County Circuit Court. “It’s such a sigh of relief,” Jessica Hartman said, her eyes welling with tears. “It’s such a surreal experience just to have gone through it and such a different way to add to our family.”

46 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 47 PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR | SMALL MARKET PHOTOGRAPHS BY JAKE MAY

Before their prom, Beecher High School juniors, from left, Santa Jenkins, Leondris Davis and Davontay Lewis, exude Shakinah Brewster-Thompson, 27, weeps as she wishes to bring her brother, Sultan “Manny” Rahman-Rahim Brew- confidence and proudly strut their matching outfits that highlight their school’s colors in front of hundreds of family ster II, back to life during a vigil on March 18, 2019. Brewster, 23, was found by officers with a single gunshot wound. members and friends at the school parking lot on May 10, 2019. “My love for Manny, I can’t explain it. He’ll tell you I’m his mama. I’m his sister,” Brewster-Thompson said.

Warren De La Salle senior linebacker Dylan Wilson prays alone in the locker room as his team cheers loudly as they Boxer Ivana Habazin runs to the aid of her trainer, James Ali Bashir, after he was sucker-punched by a man before take to Tom Adams Field against Davison on Oct. 11, 2019, at Wayne State University in Detroit. The Pilots defeated the weigh-in on Oct. 4, 2019, at Dort Federal Event Center in Flint. Bashir was sent to McLaren Hospital in Flint. the Davison Cardinals 22-0. Habazin’s bout was canceled, then later rescheduled to compete for the WBO and WBC super welterweight championships.

48 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 49 Sports Photojournalist of the Year

Alexey Filippov Sputnik

Spartak’s Georgi Dzhikiya celebrates a goal during the Russian Premier League soccer match between Spartak Moscow and Sochi, in Moscow, Russia. 50 51 SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR PHOTOGRAPHS BY ALEXEY FILIPPOV

Top left, Poland’s Lukasz Below left, Denis Abliazin Above, Switzerland’s Pablo Borkowski performs on of Russia reacts after the Braegger performs on rings while horizontal bar during the men’s rings final during China’s Ruoteng Xioa performs on men’s artistic gymnastics the 8th European Artistic a pommel horse during the men’s all-round qualifications at Gymnastics Individual all-around final competition at the the 2nd European Games Championship, in Artistic Gymnastics World Cham- in Minsk, Belarus. Szczecin, Poland. pionships, in Stuttgart, Germany. 52 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 53 SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR PHOTOGRAPHS BY ALEXEY FILIPPOV

Spain’s Rafael Nadal hits a return during the men’s singles match against Belgium’s David Goffin at the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris.

Germany’s Alexander Zverev jumps during the men’s singles Russia’s Veronika Kudermetova during the women’s singles match against Australia’s John Millman at the French Open match against Estonia’s Kaia Kanepi at the French Open tennis tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris. tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris.

54 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 55 Sports Action Single Lucy “Australian Open” First Place Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas serves to Spain’s Roberto Nicholson Bautista Agut during the Australian Open quarter-final Reuters in Melbourne, Australia, January 2019.

56 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 57 Environment Single First Place

Steffen Olsen “Troubling Reality of Melting Ice in Greenland” June 2019, Greenland: With their sled in tow, a pack of dogs trudges toward a distant moun- ZUMA Press tain range in northwest Greenland. The stunning scene may seem typical enough of the Dan- ish territory. What’s beneath their feet, a shallow pool of crystal-blue water, is anything but. In early June, temperatures soared well above normal levels in Greenland, causing about half of its ice sheet surface to melt as the sea ice around the territory also feels the heat. 58 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 59 Environment Story First Place

Alessandro Gandolfi Parallelozero Agency

“Delhi Pollution” Delhi is the most polluted city in the world. Especially in winter, when the exhaust fumes of millions of cars, the emissions of suburban factories and the dust of construction sites are mixed with the smoke from fires. What fires? Those of the poor who burn anything to cook and warm up. And those produced by the farmers of Haryana and Punjab states who burn millions of tons of stubble. The huge Ghazipur landfill, where people attempt to make a living picking through the heap to scavenge plastic to resell to recycling plants.

60 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 61 ENVIRONMENT STORY PHOTOGRAPHS BY ALESSANDRO GANDOLFI

Golfers at the Delhi Golf Club. An artist paints at the Central Park in Rajiv Chowk.

Clients at the Pure Air bar, where it is possible to breathe 15 minutes of oxygen for 299 rupees. Fishermen maneuver their boat in a dirty Yamuna river. 62 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 63 Features Single First Place

Leah Hennel Independent

“Spring Point Colony” Hutterite girls enjoy the warmth of the sun after a day of sheep shear- ing at the Spring Point Colony near Pincher Creek, Alberta, Canada on March 19, 2019.

64 65 Feature Story First Place

Adam Dean For The New York Times

“Indonesian Child Jockeys” On the island of Sumbawa in Indonesia’s sprawling archipel- ago, the use of child jockeys in professional horse racing is part of a longstanding tradition. Child-welfare advocates insist the practice constitutes child abuse and exploitation and should be banished. Child labor laws in Indonesia are rarely enforced, however, and children are known to work in fireworks factories, tobacco farms and prostitution. Many here consider child jockeys con- tributing to their family’s income as a perfectly acceptable practice in one of Indonesia’s poorest regions. Equestrianism is deep-rooted in Sumbawan culture where children as young as 4 learn to ride. Child jockeys wait at the starting gates ahead of a preliminary round of the Regional Police Chief Cup 2019 in Bima, Sumbawa, Indonesia, on July 7, 2019.

66 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 67 FEATURE STORY PHOTOGRAPHS BY ADAM DEAN

Men watch a race and gamble illegally among themselves in the grandstand during a final race of the Regional Police Chief Cup 2019 in July 2019.

Child jockeys race horses in a preliminary round of the Regional Child jockeys and their younger friends and siblings play Carrom before the day’s Police Chief’s Cup 2019 in Bima, Sumbawa, Indonesia. races start. Jockeys between ages 5-10 are used in the races.

68 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 69 FEATURE STORY PHOTOGRAPHS BY ADAM DEAN

At dawn before a day of racing, former child jockeys and stable boys bathe the horses they tend in the sea in Bima, Sumbawa, Indonesia. 70 71 Portrait Single First Place

Ami Vitale National Geographic

“Guardian Warrior” The head rhino keeper, Zacharia Mutai, sits with Najin, one of the last two northern white rhinos on the planet at Ol Pejeta Conservancy in northern Kenya. Najin and her daughter Fatu are cared for 24 hours per day, seven days a week by devoted keepers like Zacharia. These men spend more time with these precious rhinos than they do their own families. The bonds are deep and the keepers have a profound understanding of just how precious these last northern white rhinos are. These men have become some of the northern white rhino’s closest friends and greatest advocates of this ancient species. As of 2018, there are no living male northern white rhinos, but their frozen sperm could allow scien- tists to save the species. An extraordinary team from Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research Avantea, Ol Pejeta Conservancy, KenyaWildlife Service and Safari Park Dvur Kralove have successfully created three embryos.

72 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 73 Portrait Series Guillermo “Tintypes: The 2019 NBA Draft Class” Prospective NBA rookies were photographed with the wet plate First Place Hernandez collodion process on the days leading up to the 2019 NBA Draft in New York in June. Tintypes were chosen to slow down the Martinez draft week experience for young athletes, capturing their image The Players’ Tribune in a timeless way before their lives potentially change forever.

Terance Mann Jordan Poole Keldon Johnson Bol Bol Second-round draft pick by the Los Angeles Clippers First-round draft pick by the Golden State Warriors First-round draft pick by the San Antonio Spurs Second-round draft pick by the Denver Nuggets

Kevin Porter Jr. Tyus Battle Brandon Clarke Keldon Johnson First-round draft pick by the Milwaukee Bucks 2019 NBA Draft prospect First-round draft pick by the Oklahoma City Thunder First-round draft pick by the San Antonio Spurs

74 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 75 Politics Single First Place

Doug Mills The New York Times

“Pelosi Clap” Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi gestures a clap towards President Donald Trump during his State of the Union speech in the House Chamber, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019. 76 77 Politics Story First Place

Jabin Botsford The Washington Post

“Very Stable Genius” The controversy around Presi- dent Donald J. Trump occupied the year of 2019. The year started with the longest government shutdown in U.S. history and ended with impeachment in the House of Representatives of the President. Amid Robert S. Mueller’s Russia report, accusations of quid pro quo with Ukraine and countless other would-be scandals, the 45th U.S. president has not broken character, maintaining the over-confident demeanor and mudslinging rhetoric that got him elected. Left, President Donald J. Trump stops in the rain to take questions from members of the media as he prepares to board Marine One at the White House on Dec. 2, 2019, in Washington, D.C., on his way to London for the NATO Leaders Meeting. Trump is the first president to regularly take questions on the South Lawn during his arrivals and departures. In the fourth week of House impeachment hearings and just days before Nancy Pelosi would formally ask her committee to draft articles of impeachment, Trump blasted the Democratic Party, calling it “the radical left Democrats” and “the do-nothing Democrats” and slammed the impeachment, dubbing it a “hoax” and a “disgrace to our country.”

78 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 79 POLITICS STORY PHOTOGRAPHS BY JABIN BOTSFORD

Top, with media reflected in an exit sign in the Above, a packed U.S. Bank President Donald J. Trump speaks during his Independence Day event, “Salute to James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White Arena on Aug. 1, 2019, in America,” in front of the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., House on Jan. 3, 2019, President Donald J. Trump Cincinnati, Ohio, cheers Pres- on July 4, 2019. The audience spanned the National Mall, but is obscured from his speaks for the first time in his term at the press ident Donald J. Trump at a view by lights, rain and bulletproof glass. Despite statements from the White House room podium while surrounded by members of the “Keep America Great Rally”. declaring the event — which differed dramatically from traditional Independence National Border Patrol Council to answer questions “Democrats have never been Day celebrations in the nation’s capital — was for the public, at least 500 VIP tickets about border security. The country faced its 13th farther outside the main- were issued to Republican donors, White House staff and members of the Republican day of a partial government shutdown, a political stream,” he told the crowd, National Committee. The administration did not formally report the cost of the event standoff initiated by the president. On Dec. 21, adding, “A vote for any Dem- to the American people, but it was estimated to be in the tens of millions of dollars. 2019, Trump had still refused to sign the budget ocrat in 2020 is a vote for the without funding for a border wall, initiating the rise of radical socialism and longest government shutdown in U.S. history. He the destruction of our great, used this press conference in the Briefing Room to our beautiful, our wonderful defend the gravity of the issue. American dream.”

80 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 81 POLITICS STORY PHOTOGRAPHS BY JABIN BOTSFORD

Marine One lifts off from the South Lawn of the White House on Dec. 18, 2019, in Washington, D.C., carrying President Trump. This was just hours before his impeachment would be confirmed in the House of Representatives for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress related to accusations that he improperly pressured Ukraine to conduct investigations that would benefit him politically.

President Trump’s handwritten notes are visible in his grasp while he walks out “Democrats are going so far left they’re going to fall off a cliff,” President Donald to speak in the Rose Garden after abruptly ending a meeting with Democratic J. Trump said on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C, when he leaders on infrastructure on May 22, 2019, at the White House. Trump refused paused to talk to reporters and members of the media while walking from the Oval to come to an agreement, saying there would be no deal as long as Russian Office to board Marine One on July 17, 2019. At this time, Trump continued his attack collusion investigations continued. “I don’t do coverups. You people know that on the four freshman Democratic congresswomen of color known as “The Squad”: probably better than anybody,” Trump told reporters. His notes read: “Most Ilhan Omar, of Minnesota; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, of New York; Rashida Tlaib, of transparent,” “They want to impeach me over acts that they did,” “Dems have Michigan, and Ayanna Pressley, of Massachusetts. no achomlishments,” and “I’m going to keep working for the American people.”

82 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 83 News and Issues First Place

Abraham Pineda-Jacome Zuma Press

“Drowned man and daughter on US-Mexico border” June 26, 2019, Matamoros, Mexico: The bodies of Salvadoran migrant Oscar Alberto Martinez Ramirez and his nearly 2-year-old daughter, Valeria, lie on the bank of the Rio Grande River after they drowned while trying to cross the river to Brownsville, Texas. Martinez’s wife, Tania Ramirez, told Mexican authorities she watched her husband and child disappear in the strong current. She was frustrated because the family, from El Salvador, was unable to present themselves to U.S. authorities and request asylum.

84 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 85 News Issue Story First Place

An asthma inhaler is next to an open Bible at Nancy Santos’ home in North Denver. Both of Nancy’s daughters have asthma.

RJ Sangosti The Denver Post

“Long Shadow” In Denver’s Globeville and Elyria-Swansea neighborhoods, an area largely made up of working-class Latino families, some residents are worried about the impact of the $1.2 billion Central 70 construction project. The massive construction project runs through the heart of the country’s most polluted urban zip code. The city’s health report notes elevated rates of asthma-related emergency room visits Nancy Santos helps put together a nebulizer for her daughter Annabel Rodriguez-Santos, for children living in the Globeville and Elyria-Swansea neighborhoods. Many 8, after a night of little sleep for both of them. Annabel, who has childhood asthma, had residents who live close are concerned about medical issues, like asthma, which an asthma attack during the night. “I am worried about the construction dust. I know may be exacerbated by construction dust and diesel exhaust during the four years some people around us got special windows to help, but since we rent ... I guess no one of construction on the project. asked us,” said Santos, referring to a program where CDOT installed dustproof storm windows for residents near the Central 70 project.

86 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 87 NEWS ISSUE STORY PHOTOGRAPHS BY RJ SANGOSTI

According to a 2017 report, the neighborhoods of Elyria-Swansea, Globeville and part of River North, all part of the A young student walks through construction under an elevated section of Interstate 70 on her way to Swansea 80216 zip code, are at the highest “environmental hazard risk” of more than 8,600 zip codes nationwide. Elementary. The school is in the heart of the most expensive construction project in the history of Colorado.

Bettie Cram, 96, has lived in the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood for 75 years. She and other residents voiced hours of Marcus Angel, 7, watches as crews work on the relocation of the playground at his neighborhood school, Swansea testimony about health and other concerns they have for the I-70 expansion project. The board ended up passing the Elementary, as work on the Interstate 70 expansion project begins. variance request put forth by Kiewit-Meridiam Partners, the lead contractor for the project. 88 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 89 Breaking News Single First Place

Tom Fox The Dallas Morning News

“Active shooter attacks Dallas Federal Courthouse” Armed with an AR-15 style rifle, a gunman picks up a clip before attacking the Earle Cabell Federal Building and Courthouse, June 17, 2019, in downtown Dallas. The man was fatally shot by courthouse security after he opened fire into the rear entry. Law enforcement officers returned fire, hitting the shooter, who collapsed in the parking lot across the street and died at the scene. No one else was injured. There was no motive for the shooting. 90 91 Breaking News Story First Place

Vincent Yu Associated Press

“Hong Kong: A Movement for Democracy” These photographs chronicle the ongoing anti-government, politically driven protests in Hong Kong that started in June against proposals to allow extradition to mainland China. Critics feared this could undermine the city’s ju- dicial independence and endanger dissidents. Until 1997, Hong Kong was a British colony – meaning it was controlled by Britain. Since returning to Chinese rule, it has more autonomy than the mainland, and its people have more rights. The arrangement is known as “one country, two systems.” City leader Carrie Lam agreed to suspend the extradition bill, but demonstrations developed to include demands for full democracy and an inquiry into police actions. The bill was withdrawn in September. But clashes between police and activists have become increasingly violent, with police firing live bullets and protesters attacking officers and throwing petrol bombs. Protesters march on the streets against an extradition bill in Hong Kong on June 16, 2019.

92 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 93 Police officers use pepper spray against protesters during a rally against the proposed amendments to the extradition law at the Legislative Council in Hong Kong on June 10, 2019.

94 95 BREAKING NEWS STORY PHOTOGRAPHS BY VINCENT YU

A passenger reacts after protesters blocked the train doors stopping the trains leaving at a subway platform in Hong Kong Wednesday, July 24, 2019. Subway train service was disrupted during morning rush hour after dozens of protesters staged what they called a disobedience movement to protest a Sunday mob attack at a subway station.

A bleeding man is taken away by policemen after he was attacked by Policemen pull out their guns after a confrontation with demonstrators protesters outside Kwai Chung police station in Hong Kong on July 31, during a protest in Hong Kong on August 25, 2019. 2019. Protesters clashed with police again after reports that some of their detained colleagues would be charged with the relatively serious charge of rioting.

96 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 97 BREAKING NEWS STORY PHOTOGRAPHS BY VINCENT YU

A protester aids a fellow protester after police used tear gas to clear them from the Legislative Council in Hong Kong, during the early hours on July 2, 2019.

Riot police arrive after protesters vandalized storefronts in Hong Kong on Sept. 29, 2019.

People affected by tear gas try to recover in the Central dis- Marching anti-government protesters are seen through glass trict of Hong Kong on Nov. 11, 2019. A Hong Kong protester with peeled-off posters on Oct. 1, 2019, in Hong Kong while was shot by police in a dramatic scene caught on video as the celebration of the People’s Republic’s 70th anniversary is demonstrators blocked train lines and roads during the taking place in Beijing. morning commute. 98 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 99 Pro-democracy protesters nap while charging their devices inside the campus of the Hong Kong Baptist University in Hong Kong on Nov. 13, 2019.

100 101 Emerging Vision First Place

Maranie R. Staab Syracuse University

“The Geography of Belonging” aims to share the complexity and expanse of experiences that women who are resettled to the United States encounter. They navigate honoring their cultural heritage and adapting to American norms and expectations as they work to recre- ate home and build a new life for themselves and their families. Since 2000, over 15,000 refugees have been resettled to Syracuse, New York. Over half are women and girls and all, by definition, have fled extreme poverty, environmental disasters, political turmoil or conflict, and have since begun life anew, many arriving without a penny or a word of English. They are mothers, sisters, entrepreneurs and small business owners. They are primary breadwinners, educators, and community leaders. The prospect of losing the power and sacred- ness of self-definition is the reality of most who have left behind one existence and moved towards a new, uncertain future. By definition, when a refugee flees their homeland they become stateless. Today, much of society’s current, collective, political view of who does and does merit basic human rights is not based upon simply being human but rather where they came from and where they “belong.” This state of “not belonging” becomes the psycho- logical burden and lived reality of the displaced as they watch the world narrowly define their individuality and discriminately decide their future. – Maranie R. Staab

Maranie Staab, a recent post-graduate of the Newhouse School in Syracuse, has been a photojournalist for five years. An independent photographer, she has covered stories in Iraq, Congo, Vietnam, Greece and along the U.S. and Mexico border. She has documented the protests in Portland, Oregon, since May 2020. “In Somalia the girls get married very young and cannot go to school. My mom was 13 when she was married. Now she has me and 12 kids. We ran to Ethiopia and after many years we came to the United States. I go to school and can get married when I am maybe 20 or 30. But I do not have to marry. I feel like I can do everything.” - Imran This image was made on April 12, 2019

102 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 103 EMERGING VISION | PORTFOLIO PHOTOGRAPHS BY MARANIE R. STAAB

“We don’t deal with taboo. And all of the logical stuff is considered taboo. We don’t talk about addiction. We don’t talk about birth control. We don’t talk about mental health.” - Jouliana Jouliana came to Syracuse with her family in 2005. Born in South Sudan, she has little recollection of life in Africa and had just dropped out of Syracuse University when I met her in September 2018. Once an excellent student, Jouliana began to experiment with drugs and alcohol, both of which exacerbated existing mental health issues.

Young Muslim women gossip as they wait for the last of the day’s light to disappear. Once a Catholic Church, the Masjid Mosque on the Northside of Syracuse was converted to a mosque in 2015 and now serves a growing Muslim population. During the month of Ramadan over 100 people gather each evening to share Iftar, a community meal taken after sunset to break the daylong fast. This image was made on May 30, 2019.

“I was a teacher in Congo but could not work when I came to America. I felt without hope and alone. I studied English for three years and now have a job at a daycare. It is a good job. Life is better now because we have some security. We just want a good life. When I say good life, I just mean peace. For us, that is enough.” - Tumaini After fleeing violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tumaini and her family spent 10 years living in a Kenyan refugee camp before being eligible for resettlement. They moved to Syracuse in 2014 and experienced freedom for the first time. This image was made on April 19, 2019.

104 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 105 EMERGING VISION | PORTFOLIO PHOTOGRAPHS BY MARANIE R. STAAB

Kaylee and her mother, Kristina, embrace at the end of a long day at the New York State Fair in September 2018. Abigail, Kaylee’s younger sister, reaches out for attention. Abigail, 5, does not understand why Kaylee is suddenly the recipient of gifts and extra attention; her con- fusion and jealousy has caused misplaced friction between sisters who just months before were inseparable.

In October 2018 Kaylee spent several weeks at the Upstate Cancer Center in Syracuse receiving chemotherapy treatment. During one stay, Kaylee emptied out a small linen cupboard in her room and reclaimed it as “her office,” declaring that anyone who wished to enter must knock.

“Kaylee Marshfield’s New Chapter” Todd and Kristina Marshfield quietly argue in their hotel room On the morning of her sixth birthday, Feb. 1, 2018, Kaylee Marshfield, above sitting, was diagnosed with in Hershey, Pennsylvania, while a Wilm’s Tumor, a rare form of childhood kidney cancer. For the next nine months, with family by her Kaylee listens in November 2018. side, Kaylee would battle the disease, undergoing numerous surgeries and receiving months of aggres- Both parents lost their jobs after sive chemotherapy. In late 2018 Kaylee beat cancer. What began as one little girl’s fight to live is now Kaylee was diagnosed, adding a an intimate, ongoing story of “life after cancer” for one low-income family, with Kaylee, a thoughtful, layer of stress and tension to an animated and insightful 7-year-old just beginning a new chapter in life, at its center. already difficult situation. Above, as much of the first-grade class at St. Rose of Lima Elementary School enjoys a carefree re- cess Kaylee sits alone in October 2018. In addition to having to navigate the physical ramifications of cancer and chemotherapy, Kaylee also suffers from the social and emotional effects. When asked how she felt following the day at school Kaylee responded simply, “I feel alone.”

106 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 107 EMERGING VISION | PORTFOLIO PHOTOGRAPHS BY MARANIE R. STAAB

“Feet from the United States/Mexico Border” Matamoros, Mexico – In December 2019, approximately 2,500 asylum seekers were living in a squalid tent camp where families and children celebrated a makeshift Christmas. The Matamoros tent camp is a direct result of the Trump administration’s Migrant Protection Protocol (MPP), more commonly known as the “Remain in Mexico” policy. Whereas previously asylum-seekers awaited their hearings in the United States, the new rule requires that they stay in Mexico during this time. The average asylum process is more than a year, and since MPP has been enacted, 60,000 people have been turned away and fewer than 0.1% have been granted asylum. In lieu of a physical border wall, the protracted, confusing and lengthy asylum process has become a bureaucratic wall.

Mikaila, 37, and son Daniel, 7, traveled alone from Honduras, arriving in the Volunteers and teachers from Brownsville, Texas, camp on Dec. 10, 2019. “I don’t know what I will do if they don’t let me cross. brought notebooks, crayons and small gifts for some I cannot go back,” she said on Christmas Eve. of the children living in the Matamoros tent camp. Approximately 100 kids drew and practiced their English words as an instructor spoke to them about Christmas on Dec. 22, 2019.

108 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 109 EMERGING VISION | PORTFOLIO PHOTOGRAPHS BY MARANIE R. STAAB

After months of waiting, asylum-seekers began to return to the countries they initially fled, an indication that the new protocol successfully deterred those seeking asylum.

Armando was yelling as his father, Ernesto, took pleasure in using a big splash to remove soap from his son’s head on Christmas Eve. “Hace frío, hace frío. Papá, para!” (It’s cold, it’s cold. Dad, stop!) They were not just in the Rio Grande River for a swim; they were bathing and washing their clothes because few other options existed in a makeshift tent camp in Matamoros, Mexico.

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The days in the Matamoros camp are monotonous and the nights are spent in a tent shared with others. Griselda, 7, spends most afternoons coloring or studying English words from a book given to her by a volunteer who visited the camp. Griselda, her mother, father and younger brother fled Honduras after a local gang repeatedly threatened her father’s life. The family has been waiting since September for their first asylum hearing.

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James, Stephen Lam, “Legendary” Tiffany Liou, WFAA The Washington Post Gabrielle Lurie, Santiago Mejia, Josie “Frank’s Will” TEAM click here CREATIVE WEB DIRECTION/DESIGN: Norris, Amy Osborne Nick Otto, Scott Adam Sotelo, KSL “Joy” THIRD PLACE Garland Potts; WRITER: Cassie Owens; FIRST PLACE Strazzante, Lea Suzuki, Manjula Matt Mrozinski, KING “18 Questions. 21 Democrats. EDITORS: Michael Days, Julie Busby; LIVE click here “We Needed This” Varghese Brandon Mowry, WFAA Here’s What They Said.” RESEARCH/REPORTING: Cassie Owens, FIRST PLACE “A Legacy of Honor” Jonah Kessel Raishad Hardnett, Lauren Schneider- HONORABLE MENTION “Fiery I-70 Crash” Andy Sugden, E.W. Scripps SECOND PLACE The New York Times man; VIDEO PRODUCERS: Raishad The Seattle Times Robert Pugsley, KDVR 48 HOUR FEATURE click here “A New Spin on Winter” Hardnett, Lauren Schneiderman, Lauren Frohne, Corinne Chin, Erika Boyd Huppert, KARE HONORABLE MENTION SECOND PLACE FIRST PLACE Cassie Owens; CINEMATOGRAPHY AND Schultz, Bettina Hansen, Ramon “It’s a Vast, Invisible Climate Menace. “Beyond the Banks” THIRD PLACE VIDEO EDITING: Raishad Hardnett, Dompor, Ellen Banner, Danny “24 Hours with Jake” We Made It Visible.” “Private Border Wall” Jonah Kessel Lauren Schneiderman; Visuals editors: Gawlowski, Laura Gordon, Kris Kevin Williams, NBCDFW Anne Herbst, KUSA Higginson, Frank Mina, Helga Salinas, Tomas Hoppough, E.W. Scripps The New York Times Danese Kenon, Frank Wiese; DIGITAL THIRD PLACE SECOND PLACE Jen Luxton, Emily Eng, Thomas HONORABLE MENTION PRODUCER/EDITOR: Lexi Belculfine; Video Editing | Online Video Storytelling “Rain lighten up, water slacken up” “Art That Heals” NEWS AND ISSUES EDITORIAL PROJECT MANAGER: Danese Wilburn, Lynda Mapes, Ben Woodard, “This Is Holy Ground” First Place, The New York Times, Natalie Reneau, Video Team Christopher Carr, KHOU Brandon Mowry, WFAA SMALL TEAM Kenon; PHOTOGRAPHERS: Tim Tai, Tyrone Beason Charles Carter, WFAA GENERAL HARD NEWS click here THIRD PLACE No award Heather Khalifa; COPY EDITORS: PORTFOLIO DOCUMENTARY Richard C. Barron, Roslyn Rudolph, “A Game for the Ages” FEATURES click here SMALL TEAM FIRST PLACE David Sullivan “What Was It Worth?” Chad Nelson, KARE FIRST PLACE LARGE TEAM No award “Love Them First - Lessons from Tanner Siegworth, KSL HONORABLE MENTIONS FEATURES Lucy Laney Elementary” FIRST PLACE EXCELLENCE IN SOCIAL MEDIA “Bob & Lulu” SMALL TEAM SECOND PLACE Ben Garvin, Lindsey Seavert, Vox Chad Nelson, KARE “These 3 supertrees can protect us No award No award “Seattle Can’t Handle” Janeen Vogelaar, Melody Gilbert from climate collapse. But can we Joseph Huerta, WFAA HONORABLE MENTION KARE11 SPORTS “The Fight of Their Lives” protect them?” THIRD PLACE SECOND PLACE LARGE TEAM VIDEO PHOTOJOURNALISM Tomas Hoppough, E.W. Scripps REPORTERS: Eliza Barclay (introduction “Black Hawk Down” “A Different Kind Of Force - No award CATEGORIES and Indonesia), Umair Irfan (Brazil), Chad Nelson, KARE SPORTS FEATURE click here Policing Mental Illness” Tristan McConnell (Congo); PHOTOGRA- JUDGES SPORTS click here HONORABLE MENTIONS FIRST PLACE Ed Ou, Kitra Cahana, Jonathan Ade PHERS: Victor Moriyama (Brazil), SMALL TEAM Darren Durlach NBC News Ardiles Rante (Indonesia), Sarah Early Light Media “I Had to Come Down and “The Epitome of Friendship” Waiswa (Congo); EDITORS: Ben Pauker, HONORABLE MENTION Do Something” Chris Hansen, KUSA THIRD PLACE The Players’ Tribune Tawanda Scott Sambou Darren McQuade, WPIX “Bob’s Choice” Eliza Barclay, Susannah Locke; News and Issues | Online Visual Presentation CNN Digital Video SECOND PLACE VISUALS EDITOR: Kainaz Amaria; “The Jackson Vibe” “All Lives Matter” “A Feel for the Game” Joseph Huerta, Mike Perry PHOTOGRAPHER/VIDEOGRAPHER: First Place, “Detained”, Emily Kassie, The Marshall Project Jane Helmke WFAA DESIGN AND GRAPHICS: Amanda KARE11 Alanna Delfino, WBFF FOX Andy Sugden, E.W. Scripps Northrop, Ryan Mark; DEVELOPER: Taylor Baucom; PHOTO EDITOR: GENERAL SOFT NEWS click here THIRD PLACE HONORABLE MENTION Ryan Mark; COPY EDITOR: Tim Williams; Guillermo Hernandez Martinez “The Afghanistan Papers” “Fighting Fentanyl” Steve Flood STORIES: Craig Whitlock; EDITING: STORY: Sari Horwitz, Scott Higham, “School of Hard Knocks” “Verify Road Trip: Climate Truth” ENGAGEMENT: Alexa Lee, Nisha Chittal; PORTFOLIO click here A-1 Broadcast FIRST PLACE David Fallis, Jeff Leen; PHOTO EDITING, Steven Rich, Shelby Hanssen; STORY Eric Carlton, WGCL Chance Horner, Martin Doporto, VIDEO EDITOR: Madeline Marshall LARGE TEAM “It’s a Party and No One’s Invited” RESEARCH, DOCUMENT ILLUSTRATION: EDITING: Peter Finn; PHOTO EDITING: SPOT NEWS click here Bradley Blackburn Mike Ortiz, WFAA IN-DEPTH click here WFAA SECOND PLACE FIRST PLACE Nick Kirkpatrick; DESIGN/DEVELOP- Nick Kirkpatrick; PHOTOGRAPHY: Sal- FIRST PLACE The New York Times The Washington Post MENT: Jake Crump, Armand Emam- wan Georges; DESIGN/DEVELOPMENT: “I Don’t Know Anything” SECOND PLACE FIRST PLACE SOLO VIDEO JOURNALIST “Block Parties, 5 Boroughs, 20 “Gone in a Generation” djomeh, Matt Callahan; GRAPHICS: Jake Crump; GRAPHICS: Aaron Williams; “Making Christmas Brighter” “Myron’s Mind” Ben Worsley, WBFF GENERAL NEWS click here Photographers: See What They Found” REPORTING AND FILMING: Zoeann Laris Karklis, Leslie Shapiro; Copy GRAPHICS EDITING: Danielle Rindler; Chad Nelson, KARE Chad Nelson, KARE SECOND PLACE PHOTOGRAPHERS: Mark Abramson, Murphy; REPORTING: Chris Mooney; editing: J.J. Evans; VIDEO: Joyce Lee; VIDEO: Dalton Bennett, Whitney Shefte; THIRD PLACE SECOND PLACE FIRST PLACE José A. Alvarado Jr., Gabriella Angot- DESIGN/DEVELOPMENT: Madison Walls; SENIOR VIDEO PRODUCTION: Tom LeGro; VIDEO EDITING: Reem Akkad; “If He’s Still In There, He’s Fried” “Jose’s March to ICE” Andrew Snadecki, E.W. Scripps “Guardian of Green Run” “Louie” ti-Jones, Laylah Amatullah Barrayn, EDITING: Reem Akkad, Matthew AUDIO EDITING: Ted Muldoon; DIGITAL SOCIAL PRODUCTION: Ric Sanchez; Foster Gaines, WVEC Brandon Mowry, WFAA Michael Crowe, KING Gabriela Bhaskar, Sarah Blesener, Callahan, Tim Meko, Ann Gerhart, OPERATIONS: María Sánchez Díez; COPY EDITING: Nora Simon, Brian THIRD PLACE Oscar Durand, Kholood Eid, Demetrius Trish Wilson; GRAPHICS: Lauren Tierney AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT: Kanyakrit Malasics; PROJECT PRODUCTION: Julie “Anger and Anguish” THIRD PLACE Freeman, Todd Heisler, Elizabeth D. Vongkiatkajorn, Ric Sanchez; PROJECT Vitkovskaya Kenneth Ryan Beard, KING5 “The Uncommon Loons” Continued on the next page Herman, Mary Inhea Kang, Kirsten MANAGEMENT: Julie Vitkovskaya Devin Krinke, KARE 126 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 127 WINNERS LIST | 2020 WINNERS LIST | 2020

SECOND PLACE FIRST PLACE SECOND PLACE “Do We Need More People to Die?” “Love Them First - Lessons from “Maya Nelson” Kevin Reece, WFAA Lucy Laney Elementary” Anne Herbst, KUSA Ben Garvin, KARE THIRD PLACE THIRD PLACE “Viaduct Last Ride” SECOND PLACE “A Race Against Time” Michael Crowe, KING5 “Bob’s Choice” Mike Ortiz, WFAA Joseph Huerta, WFAA HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE MENTIONS “Blessed” THIRD PLACE “HVL” Kevin Reece, WFAA “Columbine” Joseph Huerta, WFAA Chris Hansen, KUSA FEATURE click here “Good Friends and Good Greens” Anthony Durso, WHTM FIRST PLACE HONORABLE MENTION “Crested Butte in Color” “The Last Clinic Standing: Untitled Anne Herbst, KUSA Abortion in Mississippi” Steve Fedoriska, KCPQ Andrew Snadecki, E.W. Scripps Spot News | Video Photojournalism SECOND PLACE SOLO JOURNALIST click here TEAM EDIT click here First Place, “I Don’t Know Anything” “She’s Got Grit” Ben Worsley, WBFF, Balitmore HARD EDIT Nathan Vickers, KCTV FIRST PLACE FIRST PLACE “The Bomba Squad” THIRD PLACE “Vail’s Tales” “2518 Jefferson Street” Devin Krinke, KARE Kevin Reece, WFAA Forrest Sanders, WSMV SECOND PLACE SECOND PLACE “We Needed This” HONORABLE MENTIONS Hard Feature, Photographers | Video Editing “Jose’s March to ICE” Brandon Mowry, WFAA “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” First Place, “Honoring Lou”, Chris Hansen, KUSA Michael Crowe, KING Forrest Sanders, WSMV THIRD PLACE THIRD PLACE “Back on Her Feet” “Baseball Saved My Life” “It’s Not Fair” STATION OF THE YEAR HONORABLE MENTION FIRST PLACE Katie Eastman, KUSA Michael DelGiudice, WNBC Hank Cavagnaro, KVUE MEDIUM MARKET click here “The Poppy” “Honoring Lou” HONORABLE MENTION IN-DEPTH click here Chris Blake, KUSA Chris Hansen, KUSA SOLO JOURNALIST click here FIRST PLACE “Fighting Fires and Cancer” SOFT EDIT FIRST PLACE WTVR, Virginia GENERAL HARD NEWS EDIT SECOND PLACE Martin Doporto, WFAA “Alzheimer’s and a Song” (PHOTOGRAPHERS ONLY) “Alzheimer’s and a Song” FIRST PLACE HONORABLE MENTIONS BUMPS/TEASES/PRE-SHOW EDIT Peter Rosen, KSL Peter Rosen, KSL “Concert in the Woods” WVEC, Virginia click here (EDITORS & PHOTOGRAPHERS) General Hard News | Video Photojournalism Evan Kruegel, KDVR SECOND PLACE WLOS, North Carolina FIRST PLACE THIRD PLACE click here “Uncuffed” “Execution Day” “Caught on a Jail Call” First Place, “What Was It Worth?”, SECOND PLACE STATION OF THE YEAR FIRST PLACE Taylor Mirfendereski, KING Kyle Porter, KHOU Ruth Morton, WBFF Tanner Siegworth, KSL, Salt Lake City “She’s Got Grit” SMALL MARKET click here “Baltimore: City in Crisis” Nathan Vickers, KCTV THIRD PLACE SECOND PLACE HONORABLE MENTION FIRST PLACE Alex Rever, WBFF “JUNIOR” “It Doesn’t Seem Real” “Saving His Music” THIRD PLACE KCCI, Des Moines SECOND PLACE Kevin Reece, WFAA Tanner Siegworth, KSL Kurt Austin, KGW “Lawnmower Man” SECOND PLACE “Facebook Teases” Jonathon Gregg, HONORABLE MENTION THIRD PLACE PHOTO ESSAY EDIT click here KTUU, Anchorage Peter Rosen, KSL Spectrum News 1 Kentucky “Maggie’s Stage” “You Learn Not to Look Up” (EDITORS ONLY) THIRD PLACE Katie Eastman, KUSA THIRD PLACE Michael Crowe, KING HONORABLE MENTION FIRST PLACE Spectrum News Rochester “DPD Officers Shot Cold Open” “Diana & Dino” NPPA PHOTOJOURNALISM HONORABLE MENTION “To the Moon and Back” Josh Whitston, KMGH Heidi Wigdahl, KARE AWARD FOR REPORTING click here HONORABLE MENTION “Harm City” Kyle Porter, KHOU HONORABLE MENTIONS KMTV, Omaha Ruth Morton, WBFF SOFT PHOTO ESSAY EDIT FIRST PLACE HONORABLE MENTION “Battle for the Axe” (PHOTOGRAPHERS ONLY) Boyd Huppert, KARE SOFT FEATURE EDIT click here “This is Holy Ground” Jason Hanson, KSTP click here (PHOTOGRAPHERS ONLY) Greg T. Johnson, WFAA HONORABLE MENTIONS VIDEO EDITING “One Giant Leap” FIRST PLACE Joy Lambert, WBFF CATEGORIES FIRST PLACE HARD PHOTO ESSAY EDIT Kyle Porter, KHOU “America’s Birthday” “Looking at the Big Picture” click here Jonathon Gregg, JUDGES SOCIAL EDIT click here Social Edit, Editors & Photographers | Video Editing Michael Grady, KUSA Peter Rosen, KSL (PHOTOJOURNALISTS ONLY) Spectrum News 1 Kentucky Jaleesa Irizarry, KENS5 (EDITORS & PHOTOGRAPHERS) First Place, “Invasive Species”, Andy Sugden, E.W. Scripps SECOND PLACE Ray Arzate, KVVU Fox5 SECOND PLACE FIRST PLACE ERNIE CRISP FIRST PLACE “Box Art” “Haunter Halls” “Helping with Tamales” PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR EFFECTS EDIT click here “Invasive Species” SECOND PLACE THIRD PLACE Michael Driver, KCPQ Tanner Siegworth, KSL Kurt Austin, KGW click here (EDITORS & PHOTOJOURNALISTS) Andy Sugden, E.W. Scripps “Look Up, Camera” “The Influencers” THIRD PLACE THIRD PLACE SECOND PLACE Aaron Adelson, KARE Andy Sugden, E.W. Scripps FIRST PLACE FIRST PLACE SECOND PLACE “Beat Box” “A Visual Cue for Misery” “They Don’t Hear Our Voices” Chad Nelson, KARE “Happy Canada Day, eh” “Welcome to Bardstown” HONORABLE MENTION HONORABLE MENTION Michael Driver, KCPQ Joe Little, KNSD Matthew Pearl, WXIA Peter Rosen, KSL Beth Peak, WHAS “Crime Talk” “NASA’s Giant” HONORABLE MENTION EDITOR OF THE YEAR HONORABLE MENTIONS THIRD PLACE Greg T. Johnson, WFAA Kyle Porter, KHOU Anne Herbst, KUSA SECOND PLACE THIRD PLACE (EDITORS & PHOTOGRAPHERS) “Friendship and the Flag” “When Horses Are the Therapists” “The Keeper of the Light” “I Just Want To Go Home” FEATURE EDIT click here SPORTS EDIT click here click here STATION OF THE YEAR Anne Herbst, KUSA Steve Fedoriska, KCPQ Chad Nelson, KARE Mike Perry, KING (EDITORS ONLY) (EDITORS & PHOTOGRAPHERS) LARGE MARKET click here FIRST PLACE “Weird, TX: Stranger” DOCUMENTARY EDIT FIRST PLACE THIRD PLACE DEADLINE EDIT FIRST PLACE Chad Nelson, KARE FIRST PLACE Brandon Mowry, WFAA (EDITORS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS) “Ryan Matthews” “Good Taste” (EDITORS ONLY) “Olympic Dreams and a Nightmare” KUSA, Denver Andy Wallace, WFAA HONORABLE MENTION Tanner Siegworth, KSL HARD FEATURE EDIT click here click here Chad Nelson, KARE FIRST PLACE Kyle Porter, KHOU HONORABLE MENTIONS (PHOTOGRAPHERS ONLY) SECOND PLACE WFAA, Dallas “ta ta ta ta... ta ta” “Leap for Mankind” KARE, Minneapolis Martin Doporto, WFAA Curtis Akers, WTVR 128 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 Best of Photojournalism | 2020 129 Visual journalism that illuminates and educates The Best of Photojournalism

Sony Best of Show | By Nathan Howard, The Columbian, Vancouver, Washington “Startled” Julie Rouzee is startled by a pheasant as it’s flushed out by her footsteps during a hunt near the Port of Vancouver. Rouzee is part of the Vancouver Wildlife League, a group keeping pheasant hunting alive. The twice-weekly volunteer pheasant release program populates a small hunting area within miles of downtown Vancouver, drawing hundreds of hunters. Thank you, Sony!

The NPPA is grateful for Sony’s generous sponsorship of this special edition of News Photographer magazine and the Best of Photojournalism contest. This year of the pandemic has been challenging for all, and Sony’s philanthropic giving has allowed us to continue the tradition of a special printed edition that highlights the contest results.

The 2021 BOP competition opens for entries on Dec 22.

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