Judges Comments

The vast majority of the entries in this category were just too late to capture any real sense of urgency. Lots of cops standing around looking at stuff may be necessary for the daily paper, but it rarely makes for compelling, storytelling, visuals. First place was a powerfully emotional image with clear news value. Second was the best reaction image in the group, with strong faces and body language and sense of context. Third needed a tighter edit. We saw two images, the overall from the side for context and the victim being helped, alone that were particularly strong and gave us enough to place the entry, but the remaining images were not helping.