POY was virtually judged Feb. 16 to March 10, 2021, from Smith Forum in the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism. We are honored to announce the winners. The credits appear as they were submitted. Please review the list to make sure the credit and affiliation appears as you wish.
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Pictures of the Year International is a program of the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute and the Missouri School of Journalism.
NEWS DIVISION | SPORTS DIVISION | REPORTAGE DIVISION | DOCUMENTARY & EDITING DIVISION
NEWS DIVISIONCategoryWinnersIMPACT 2020: ELECTION SEASONFirst PlaceEmily Elconin, Independent, “Detroit Protest”First Place (2 of 2)Patrick T. Fallon, Freelance for Bloomberg, “Dr. Jill Biden”Second PlaceSaul Loeb, Agence France-Presse, “Lightning in Chief”Third PlacePete Souza, Independent, UntitledThird Place (2 of 2)Gabrielle Lurie, San Francisco Chronicle, “Lights, Camera, Selfie”Award of ExcellenceCarlos Barria, Reuters, “Re-election”Award of ExcellenceDrew Angerer, Getty Images, “The President’s Attorney”Award of ExcellenceKathleen Flynn, Independent, “Charlotte Airport 10/30/2020”Award of ExcellenceErica Lansner, Independent, “Biden-Harris Victory Celebration”Award of ExcellenceMiranda Alam, Independent, “Biden Caucus”Award of ExcellenceBrian Snyder, Reuters, “Reflection”Award of ExcellenceMadalyn McGarvey, Independent, “Biden BBQ”Award of ExcellenceKriston Jae Bethel, Independent, “Obama Speaks to Biden-Harris Drive-In Rally”Award of ExcellenceWin McNamee, Getty Images, UntitledAward of ExcellenceRobert Cohen, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “Historic Win for Cori Bush, Sets Sights on Washington”IMPACT 2020: PROTESTS AND MOVEMENTSFirst PlaceRoberto Schmidt, Agence France-Presse, “George Floyd/Black Lives Matter Protests”Second PlaceAlexander Lourie, Independent, “Unrest in the USA”Third PlaceJohn Minchillo, Associated Press, “George Floyd: Unrest in Minneapolis”Award of ExcellenceDeanne Fitzmaurice, Independent, “Brianna Noble: Urban Cowgirl”Award of ExcellenceDiego Ibarra Sánchez, Independent, “THAWRA: Lebanese Revolution”Award of ExcellenceJoel Marklund, Bildbyrån, “Death of George Floyd Protests”GENERAL NEWSFirst PlaceEvelyn Hockstein, Independent, “Lincoln Emancipation Statue Fury”Second PlaceMatt McClain, The Washington Post, “Racial Reckoning”Third PlaceAl Bello, Getty Images, “Covid-19 Pandemic Hug”Award of ExcellenceMario Tama, Getty Images, “Maria and Isaias”Award of ExcellenceLauren DeCicca, Independent, “Social Distancing in Thai Schools”Award of ExcellenceLawrence Bryant, Independent, “Minneapolis-Police/Protests in St. Louis”Award of ExcellenceDave Killen, The Oregonian, “Portland George Floyd Protests May 29”Award of ExcellenceBarry Chin, Boston Globe, “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner”Award of ExcellenceHeidi Levine, Independent, UntitledAward of ExcellenceJohn Minchillo, Associated Press, “George Floyd Minneapolis”SPOT NEWSFirst PlaceHector Retamal, Agence France-Presse, “China-Health-Virus”Second PlaceHassan Ammar, Associated Press, “Lebanon Explosion”Third PlaceNoah Berger, Associated Press, “Saving his Home”Award of ExcellenceVichan Poti, Zuma Press, “Just Another Brick in the Wall”Award of ExcellenceDanish Siddiqui, Reuters, “A Mob Out for Blood”Award of ExcellenceDylan Martinez, Reuters, “Patrick Hutchinson”Award of ExcellenceJohn Moore, Getty Images, “Frontline Medics”Award of ExcellenceAngelos Tzortzinis, Agence France-Presse, “The end of Moria”Award of ExcellenceAmanda M. Perobelli, Independent, “A Protest against the Death of a Black Man” Award of ExcellenceRodrigo Cabrita, Independent, “Life in a Tear”Award of ExcellenceJulio Cortez, Associated Press, “Racial Unrest: America Turned Upside Down”Award of ExcellenceJonathan Ernst, Reuters, “Smoke”Award of ExcellenceHelen Richardson, The Denver Post, “Heated Confrontation Leads to Deadly Consequences”DAILY LIFEFirst PlaceBrais Lorenzo, Independent, “Birthday”Second PlaceChristopher Hopkins, Independent, “I want to Hold her Hand”Third PlaceMads Nissen, Politken, “Hold Me Close - First Hug in Five Months”Award of ExcellenceAnas Alkharboutli, Deutsche Presse-Agentur, “Eid in Syria”Award of ExcellenceJonah Haviland-Markowitz, Independent, UntitledAward of ExcellenceJanet Jarman, Independent, “Covid Twins”DAILY LIFE PICTURE STORYFirst PlaceHiroko Masuike, The New York Times, “A Funeral Worker Burying His Father”Second PlaceWu Fang, Chinese Photographers Association, “Truck driver Takes His Son on Long Distance”Third PlaceOlmo Calvo, Independent, “Waiting for Iria”Award of ExcellenceJay Janner, Austin American-Statesman, “Night to Shine”Award of ExcellenceAlex Kormann, Star Tribune, “The Fighter”Award of ExcellenceJane Tyska, East Bay Times, “Pandemic Emptiness”Award of ExcellenceJérémy Lempin, Independent, “Doctor Peyo and Mister Hassen”COVID-19 NEWS PICTURE STORYFirst PlaceTyler Hicks, The New York Times, “The Amazon, Giver of Life, Unleashes the Pandemic”Second PlaceSedat Suna, European Pressphoto Agency, “Outbreak Diaries in Turkey”Third PlaceEmilio Morenatti, Associated Press, “Loneliness in the Pandemic”Award of ExcellenceJohn Moore, Getty Images, “Frontline Medics”Award of ExcellenceMisha Friedman, Independent, “The Residency: Managing Grief in the Time of COVID”LOCAL TEAM PICTURE STORYFirst PlaceNewsday, “Justice for George Floyd”FinalistReuters, “New York’s COVID-19 Hell”FinalistAnadolu Agency, “An Open Door to Europe”FinalistBoston Globe, “Life and Death during a Pandemic”PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR, LOCALFirst PlaceGabrielle Lurie, San Francisco ChronicleFinalistBrais Lorenzo, IndependentFinalistJoshua Bickel, The Columbus DispatchFinalistLuis Antonio Rojas, IndependentFinalistRobert Cohen, St. Louis Post-DispatchSPORTS DIVISIONCategoryWinnersPORTRAIT SERIESFirst PlaceDavid Goldman, Associated Press, “At Veterans’ Home, The Legacies of Lives Lost”Second PlaceTaylor Baucom, The Players’ Tribune, “The Hard Part Out Loud”Third PlaceValery Sharifulin, TASS News Agency, “After Shift”Award of ExcellenceLeonel de Castro, Independent,”Spoils of War”Award of ExcellenceSergei Stroitelev, Independent, “Am I Not Scared Anymore?”SPORTS ACTIONFirst PlaceSergei Bobylev, TASS News Agency via Zuma Press, “Russian Figure Skating Championships”Second PlaceDan Mullan, Getty Images, “Falling at the Last”Third PlacePatrick Smith, Getty Images, “Duck Dive”Award of ExcellenceDarrian Traynor, Independent, “Zverev”SPORTS LIFE AND RECREATIONAL SPORTSFirst PlaceJordi Cohen, Independent, UntitledSecond PlaceÉtienne Laurent, European Pressphoto Agency, “USA Dodgers Baseball World Series”Third PlaceMaddie Meyer, Getty Images, “Walk to the Locker Room”Award of ExcellenceMaja Hitij, Getty images, “Fans Gone”Award of ExcellenceEbrahim Alipoor, Independent, “Athletic Clubs in COVID-19”SPORTS PICTURE STORYFirst PlaceRoman Vondrous, Czech News Agency, “Loyal Fans in Covid Era”Second PlaceJack Mikrut, Dagens Industri, “Racing Pigeons”Third PlaceWally Skalij, Los Angeles Times, “Death of Kobe Bryant”Award of ExcellenceAlain Schroeder, Independent, “Dead Goat Polo”Award of ExcellenceJessica Christian, San Francisco Chronicle, “A Wrestler Breaks Free”SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEARFirst PlaceEzra Shaw, Getty Images FinalistScott Barbour, Australian Associated PressREPORTAGE DIVISIONCategoryWinnersSCIENCE AND NATURAL HISTORY SINGLESFirst PlaceLuis Tato, Independent, “Locust Invasion in East Africa”Second PlaceŞebnem Coşkun, Anadolu Agency, “New Danger to Life Below Water ‘Covid-19 Wastes’”Third PlaceLotta Härdelin, Dagens Nyheter, “Victim of Bushfires”Award of ExcellenceNeil Aldridge, Independent, “Flight of the Night Hunter”Award of ExcellenceLance McMillan, Independent, “A Caring Hand”Award of ExcellenceAdam Dean, Independent, UntitledAward of ExcellenceEzra Acayan, Independent, “Taal Volcano Eruption”SCIENCE AND NATURAL HISTORY PICTURE STORYFirst PlaceJasper Doest, Independent, “Sacred No More”Second PlaceAdam Dean, Independent, “The Virus Hunters”Third PlaceJasper Doest, Independent, “Pandemic Pigeons”Award of ExcellenceEzra Acayan, Independent, “Taal Volcano Eruption”Award of ExcellenceBrendan Hoffman, Independent, “Saving the Indus River”ENVIRONMENTAL VISION AWARDFirst PlaceMustafa Bilge Satkın, Independent, “Drowned History”FinalistJohn Stanmeyer, Independent, “Water Everywhere, And Nowhere - India”COVID-19 PERSONAL EXPRESSIONFirst PlaceElisabetta Zavoli, Independent, “And in Darkness You Find Colors”Runner-UpSarah Pabst, Independent, “Morning Song”FinalistRosem Morton, Independent, “Donning and Doffing”FinalistBarbara Zanon, Independent, “Filling the void”FinalistTamara Merino, Independent, “Quarantine Diary”FinalistMaryam Saeedpoor, Independent, “In Quarantine”FinalistHaruka Sakaguchi, Independent, “Asian Americans Reflect on Seeing Themselves, Race, and the Pandemic”FinalistBethany Mollenkof, Independent, “Giving Birth in a Time of Death: a Love Letter to My Daughter”Semi-FinalistLasse Bak Mejlvang, Independent, “Mio min Mio”Semi-FinalistLeah Nash and Christopher Onstott, “Population Isolation”Semi-FinalistRicardo Garcia Vilanova, Independent, “Covid 19: A Tragic Glance”Semi-FinalistDina Litovsky, Independent, “Dark City”Semi-FinalistAmy Sacka, Independent, “Every Breath”Semi-FinalistGiovanni Capriotti, Independent, “Stolen Spring”Semi-FinalistAlessandro Penso, Independent, “Stay Home”Director’s ChoiceElizabeth Dalziel, Independent, “Homeschooling”NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL NEWS PICTURE STORYFirst PlaceOnur Çoban, Independent, “A Short-lived Exodus from Turkey to Europe”Second PlaceAmru Salahuddien, Independent, “The Fight for the Capital”Third PlaceGökhan Balci, Anadolu Agency, “The European Dream”Award of ExcellenceJohn Taggart, Independent, “The #MeToo Trial of the Decade”Award of ExcellenceHassan Ammar, Associated Press, “Explosion Chaos in Beirut”LOCAL NEWS PICTURE STORYFirst PlaceGabrielle Lurie, San Francisco Chronicle, “Theo: Homeless at 7”Second PlaceLaurie Skrivan, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “Working to Keep the Lights on - the Impossible Choice of Working or Staying Home to School Children”Third PlaceHelen Richardson, The Denver Post, “Deadly Shooting at Dueling Rallies”Award of ExcellenceJessica Phelps, Newark Advocate, “Life Locked Up in the County Jail”Award of ExcellenceBrais Lorenzo, Independent, “The Pandemic in Ourense”Award of ExcellenceYehyun Kim, CT Mirror, “Night to Shine”ISSUE REPORTING PICTURE STORYFirst PlaceJohn Moore, Getty Images, “Pandemic Evictions”Second PlaceNikos Pilos, Independent, “The Reguge_55 Square Meters”Third PlaceRobert Cohen, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “Gun Violence in St. Louis: ‘There’s no War Going on...but You Might Think There Was’”Award of ExcellenceValentina Sinis, Independent, “Broken Princess”COMMUNITY AWARENESS AWARDFirst PlaceJohis Alarcón, Independent, “I am, Still”FinalistTodd Heisler, The New York Times, “The New York City of Our Imagination”FinalistSara Naomi Lewkowics, The Marshall Project and National Geographic, “The Cheer Team Caught Between Two Worlds”FinalistAddress Latif, Reuters, “Centro Penal de la Esperanza, Honduras”FinalistGonçalo Fonseca, Independent, “New Lisbon”WORLD UNDERSTANDING AWARDFirst PlaceJalal Shamsazaran, Independent, “The Agony of Remembering”FinalistLoren Elliott, Reuters, “Migrant Asylum during the Trump Years”FinalistAlessandro Penso, Independent, “European Dream”FinalistSanti Palacios, Independent, “On the Edge”PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR, INTERNATIONALFirst PlaceSalwan Georges, The Washington PostFinalistLynsey Addario, IndependentFinalistDavid Guttenfelder, IndependentFinalistRodrigo Abd, Associated PressFinalistPhilip Montgomery, IndependentFinalistJohn Moore, Getty ImagesDOCUMENTARY & EDITING DIVISIONCategoryWinnersDOCUMENTARY NEWS REPORTINGFirst PlaceEmily Rhyne, Kassie Bracken, Caroline Kim, Aaron Byrd, Jonah M. Kessel, Sameen Amin, Solana Pyne, Nancy Donaldson Gauss, The New York Times video team, “Lord Have Mercy - Inside One of New York’s Deadliest Zip Codes”Second PlaceWhitney Hurst, Christiaan Triebert, Jonah M. Kessel, Jeff Bernier, Sarah Maslin Nir, Susan C. Beachy, Meg Felling, Dahlia Kozlowsky, Solana Pyne, Nancy Donaldson Gauss, The New York Times video team, “A Racist Attack Was Caught on Camera. 45 Years Later, It Still Stings.”Third PlaceLucas Waldron, ProPublica, “Deadly Restraint”Award of ExcellenceBrian Redondo, The New Yorker, “USA vs. Scott”Award of ExcellenceYousur Al-Hlou, Ora Dekornfeld, Sarah Kerr, Jonah M. Kessel, Sameen Amin, Solana Pyne, Nancy Donaldson Gauss, The New York Times video team, “Coronavirus ‘Ripped a Hole’ in N.Y.C.’s Black Community. This Funeral Director Knows.”Award of ExcellenceRaishad Hardnett and Astrid Rodrigues, The Philadelphia Inquirer, “‘I took the wrong turn’: Rickia Young Recounts Violent Police Encounter for the First Time”Award of ExcellenceAndrea Patiño Contreras, Univision Noticias Digital, “United for Trump, but Split over ICE”DOCUMENTARY DAILY LIFEFirst PlaceClaire H. Collins, Los Angeles Times, “Inside L.A.’s Juvenile Detention System, Art Creates a Path for Change”Second PlaceEd Kashi and Julie Winokur, Talking Eyes Media, “Sheila & Joe”Third PlaceShweta Gulati, National Geographic, “Class of 2020 Says Goodbye”Award of ExcellenceBrian Redondo, The New Yorker, “Yves & Variation”Award of ExcellenceKathleen Flynn, Spencer Bakalar and Justine Simmons, Independent/Time, “Heroes of the Front Lines”DOCUMENTARY STORYTELLER OF THE YEARFirst PlaceYousur Al-Hlou, The New York TimesFinalistEmily Kassie, IndependentFinalistEmily Rhyne, The New York TimesDOCUMENTARY JOURNALISMFirst PlaceWeixi Chen, Independent, “Wuhan on the 6th Floor”FinalistEmily Kassie, The Marshall Project, “Anatomy of Hate”FinalistBrian Redondo, The New Yorker, “Quiet No More”NEWSPAPER PICTURE EDITINGFirst PlaceCasper Dalhoff, Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten, “Coming from the Abyss”Second PlaceDavid Furst, The New York Times, “The Great Empty”Third PlaceJolie Ruben, The New York Times, “Sources of Self-Regard”Award of ExcellenceOlivier Laurent, The Washington Post, “How China is Choking the Mekong”Award of ExcellenceChloe Coleman, The Washington Post, “Love and Loneliness in the Time of the Coronavirus”MAGAZINE PICTURE EDITINGFirst PlaceDebbie Samuelson, The New York Times Magazine, “There Has to Be Some Dignity in This”Second PlaceKurt Mutchler, National Geographic, “Arctic Dreaming” Third PlaceDavid Miller, Pacific NW, “We’re in This Together”Award of ExcellenceMallory Benedict, National Geographic, “Songs to Soothe”Award of ExcellenceShannon Simon, The New York Times Magazine, “The Epicenter: Inside New York City’s Hospitals as They Face the Pandemic”VISUAL EDITOR OF THE YEARFirst PlaceJeffrey Furticella, The New York TimesFinalistAndrew Katz, TIMEFinalistDudley Brooks, The Washington PostFinalistChloe Coleman, The Washington PostFinalistOlivier Laurent, The Washington PostFinalistNatalia Jiménez, The Washington PostONLINE STORYTELLING DAILY LIFE AND NEWS REPORTINGFirst PlaceJeffrey Furticella, The New York Times, “The New York of Our Imagination”Second PlaceDavid Furst, The New York Times, “We Take the Dead from Morning ‘til Night”Third PlaceJeffrey Furticella, The New York Times, “No Papers, No Jobs: The New Street Vendors of Queens”FinalistEspen Rasmussen, VG Helg, “The Longest Day”FinalistJolie Ruben, The New York Times, “Sources of Self-Regard”FinalistEspen Rasmussen, VG Helg, “The Longest Day”FinalistAnna Boone, Jenni Pinkley, Deb Pastner, photo/video team, Star Tribune, “One Week in Minneapolis”FinalistGabrielle Lurie, Danielle Mollette-Parks, Audrey DeBruine, Guy Wathen, Nicole Frugé, San Francisco Chronicle, “Theo”FinalistChloe Coleman, The Washington Post, “Love and Loneliness in the Time of the Coronavirus”FinalistMallory Benedict, National Geographic, “What the Lullabies We Sing to Our Children Reveal about Us.”FinalistJeffrey Furticella, The New York Times, “Transit Workers were N.Y.C.’s Pandemic Lifeline. These 3 Paid a Price.”ONLINE STORYTELLING PROJECT OF THE YEARFirst PlaceA collaboration between Talking Eyes Media, Center for Migration and the Global City at Rutgers-Newark, and VII Photo, “Newest Americans”FinalistAnne Raup, Anchorage Daily News, “Unheard”FinalistJelle Krings, Independent, “Shield of Europe - The Human Cost of Migration Policy”FinalistMeaghan Looram, The New York Times, “Father Soldier Son”FinalistSergey Karpov, Takie dela media, “The Life of the Man”FinalistNicole Frugé, Guy Wathen, Danielle Mollette-Parks, Jessica Christian, Carlos Avila Gonzalez, Liz Hafalia, Gabrielle Lurie, Lea Suzuki, Scott Strazzante, Santiago Mejia, Manjula Varghese, Kazi Awal, Abhinanda Bhattacharyya, Tam Duong, and Daymond Gascon, San Francisco Chronicle, “Class of 2020”ANGUS McDOUGALL EXCELLENCE IN EDITING AWARDFirst PlaceMeaghan Looram, The New York TimesFinalistPhoto/video team, Star TribuneFinalistKathy Ryan, The New York Times MagazineFinalistMaryAnne Golon, The Washington PostPHOTOGRAPHY BOOK OF THE YEARFirst PlaceJoAnne McArthur and Keith Wilson, We Animals Media, “HIDDEN: Animals in the Anthropocene”FinalistValery Melnikov, “Dark Days”FinalistGeorge Steinmetz, “The Human Planet: Earth at the Dawn of the Anthropocene”FinalistTariq Zaidi, “Sapeurs: Ladies and Gentlemen of the Congo”Pictures of the Year is a program of theDonald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism.
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