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JUDGE'S
COMMENTS:
A
graphic image and a sweet moment.
JUDGES
FOR THIS WPJA CONTEST:
1.
Anne Ryan was a staff photographers for
USA Today for ten years covering all types of
assignments including four trips to the Olympic
Games. She has been nominated for the Pulitzer
Prize by both the Sun-Sentinel and USA Today.
She has also received numerous photojournalism
awards in the Atlanta Seminar, Southern Short
Course and a First Place in the Sports Feature
category in POY.
2. Stephanie Grace Lim (San Jose Mercury
News - CA), has won acclaim from the Society
of News Design, National Press Photographers
Association, Associated Press, National Headliners,
& Nikon, as well as Michigan College Photographer
of the Year and a Pulitzer Prize nomination.
Her work has been featured in the illustrious
publications of Life, People, Billboard, Photographer’s
Forum, and Print Magazine.
3. Matt McClain (Ventura County Star
- CA)
Graduate of Indiana University 1998
2003 NPPA Region 10 Still Photographer of the
Year.
2002 NPPA Region 10 Still Photographer of the
Year.
2001 NPPA Region 10 Still Photographer of the
Year.
Matt
has taught at Brooks Institute of Photography
(at the new campus for the photojournalism department
in Ventura).
4.
Mark Mirko (The Hartford Courant - CT)
Presently completing a Knight Fellowship at
Ohio University. will be returning to the Hartford
Courant in June, 2004.
2002 NPPA Region 1 Still Photographer of the
Year.
Worked as a Staff Photographer at The Palm Beach
Post from 1992-2000.
In 1994 Mark was the Region 6 NPPA POY.
In 1992 a team entry of the Post's Photographic
coverage of Hurricane Andrew's devastation was
a Pulitzer Prize finalist.
NPPA
= NATIONAL PRESS PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION
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