1st Place
Sarah Leen; Whitney Johnson; Kathy Moran; James Wellford; Todd James; Jennifer Samuel; Vaughn Wallace; Sadie Quarrier; Molly RobertsNational Geographic
2nd Place
Ariel Zambelich, Senior Photo Editor; Chelsea Matiash, Senior Photo Editor; JuliAnna Patino, Photo FellowThe Intercept
Judges: The judges for the 2019 Best of Photojournalism Picture Editing categories were J. David Ake, Director of Photography for the Associated Press, Keith Jenkins, Director of Digital Content at NPR, Elizabeth Cheng Krist, an independent editor formerly with National Geographic, Kathy Kieliszewski, Photo and Video Director of the Detroit Free Press, and Timmy Huynh, Photo Editor at the Wall Street Journal.