All stories would have benefitted from a tighter edit. Judges encourage entrants to get another set of eyes on their entries to help narrow things down. 1) Girls wrestling had the most cohesive story line and was well-shot. 2) High news value was dragged down by too many photos 3) had the basics of wide-medium and tight but no emotion to make judges connect with the subjects.
Judges:
Caroline E. Couig/Independent Visuals Editor, Bradley E. Clift/Independent Photographer
Judges Comments
All stories would have benefitted from a tighter edit. Judges encourage entrants to get another set of eyes on their entries to help narrow things down. 1) Girls wrestling had the most cohesive story line and was well-shot. 2) High news value was dragged down by too many photos 3) had the basics of wide-medium and tight but no emotion to make judges connect with the subjects.