Photograph by Photojournalist of the Year, Matt McClain, The Washington Post | People are seen on a staircase leading into the dome of the United States Capitol on an overcast Tuesday, October 22, 2019, in Washington, D.C. United States diplomat William Taylor was expected to testify for the impeachment inquiry against President Donald J. Trump.

The official results of the 2020 NPPA Best of Photojournalism judging

Final-round BOP judging was held on Friday, February 28 through Sunday, March 1, at The Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia. Twenty-two judges spread over five divisions concurrently judged thousands of entries in over 100 categories for Still Photojournalism; Video Photojournalism; Video Editing; Picture Editing; and Online Video, Presentation and Innovation.

Because the judging occurred simultaneously, is was recorded and will be compiled and accessible through the NPPA website starting at 8 a.m. (EST) on March 17.

Official results for all categories are listed here. The only exceptions are Station of the Year, Editor of the Year, NPPA Photojournalism Award for Reporting, and the Ernie Crisp Photographer of the Year. Those results will be announced at the Southeast Storytelling Workshop/NPPA Video Awards in Nashville, Tennessee, on June 20-21. The Still Photojournalism, Picture Editing and Online Awards will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, on April 18-19.

The winning entries of the Still and Video divisions are set to go live on the competition site at Noon (EST) on March 3. Online and Picture Editing divisions will be posted by the end of the week.

We are extremely grateful to Mark Johnson, our UGA liaison, and the 50 students he gathered. UGA sponsored NPPA Student Chapter members from RIT, Penn State, George Washington University and the University of Texas to support the judging over the weekend.

We would also like to thank our first-round and final-round judges and division chairs. We could not pull this off without your dedication to this profession.

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Best of Photojournalism 2020 is supported and sponsored by Sony Electronics

The University of Georgia, Athens, hosts the BOP competition and is the NPPA headquarters.

STILL PHOTOJOURNALISM

CLIFF EDOM NEW AMERICA AWARD

First Place
“Krocak Farm crisis”
Ricky Carioti, The Washington Post

Runner-up
“Life after hate: The recovery of DaShawn Horne”
Megan Farmer, KUOW Public Radio

Photojournalist of the Year

Matt McClain, The Washington Post

Photojournalist of the Year (Small Market)

First Place
Jake May, The Flint Journal

Runner-up
Jess Phelps, Newark Advocate

Emerging Vision

First Place
Maranie Staab , Syracuse University

Runner-up
Calla Kessler, Independent

Sony Best of Show

“Startled”
Nathan Howard, The Columbian

Breaking News

First Place
“Active shooter attacks Dallas Federal Courthouse”
Tom Fox, The Dallas Morning News

Second Place
“Rescuing the infirmed”
Gina Ferazzi, Los Angeles Times

Third Place
“Police standoff”
Michael Coons, The Acorn Newspapers

Honorable Mention
“Battling the Marsh Fire”
Noah Berger, Associated Press

Honorable Mention
“Masked protester”
Dar Yasin, Associated Press

Honorable Mention
“Saving a life”
Leo Carrea, Associated Press

Breaking News Story

First Place
“Hong Kong: A movement for Democracy”
Vincent Yu, Associated Press

Second Place
“Haiti: Nation on the brink”
Dieu Nalio Chery, Associated Press

Third Place
“Chile on the edge”
Esteban Felix, Associated Press

Honorable Mention
“Dorian's devastation”
Ramon Espinosa, Associated Press

Honorable Mention
“Ebola”
John Wessels,
Independent

Honorable Mention
‘Terror in Nairobi”
Ben Curtis, Associated Press

News and Issues

First Place
“Drowned man and daughter on US-Mexico Border”
Abraham Pineda-Jacome, ZUMA Press

Second Place
“Family mourns”
Jim Weber, The Daily Memphian

Third Place
“Inside Libya’s brutal battle for control of Tripoli”
Andre Liohn, Wall Street Journal

Honorable Mention
“Shattered”
Dorian Ramon Espinosa, Associated Press

News and Issues Story

First Place
“Long shadow”
RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post

Second Place
“Mexico homicide epidemic”
Gary Coronado, Los Angeles Times

Third Place
“Baltimore pushes back”
Stephanie Keith, Independent

Honorable Mention
“The champion who picked a date to die”
Lynsey Addario, Lukkas Inc

Politics

First Place
“Pelosi clap”
Doug Mills, The New York Times

Second Place
“Feel the Bern”
Yana Paskova, Freelance for Reuters

Third Place
“First Family”
Tom Brenner, Independent

Honorable Mention
“Kamala in Harlem”
Drew Angerer, Getty Images

Honorable Mention
“Withholding”
Tom Brenner, Independent

Honorable Mention
“When it rains”
Jabin Botsford, The Washington Post

Politics Story

First Place
“Very stable genius”
Jabin Botsford, The Washington Post

Second Place
“The 2020 Democrats”
Drew Angerer, Getty Images

Third Place
“Scenes from an impeachment”
Damon Winter, The New York Times

Honorable Mention
“Donald and the terrible, horrible, not good, very bad year”
Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images News

Environment

First Place
“Troubling reality of melting ice in Greenland”
Steffen Olsen, ZUMA Press

Second Place
“The Olemaun Ice Cellar”
Katie Orlinsky, Independent

Third Place
“America burning”
Wally Skalij, Los Angeles Times

Honorable Mention
“Severe weather outbreak”
Mike Simons, Tulsa World

Environment Story

First Place
“Delhi pollution”
Alessandro Gandolfi, Parallelozero Agency

Second Place
"The carbon threat" for National Geographic
Katie Orlinsky, Independent

Third Place
“Fishing in oil”
Rodrigo Abd, Associated Press

Honorable Mention
“Forest guardians Amazon”
Ueslei Marcelino da Silva, Reuters News

Sports Action

First Place
“Australian Open”
Lucy Nicholson, Reuters

Second Place
“Up”
Patrick Smith, Getty Images

Third Place
“Bend it like Priscilla”
Patrick Smith, Getty Images

Honorable Mention
“Bergeron”
David Klutho, Sports Illustrated

Honorable Mention
“Tiger Woods comes back”
Andres Kudacki, for the Associated Press

Sports Feature

First Place
“Startled”
Nathan Howard, The Columbian

Second Place
“Save the beers”
Patrick Smith, Getty Images

Third Place
“Indonesian child jockeys”
Adam Dean, for The New York Times

Honorable Mention
“Street basketball”
Stephanie Chambers, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Honorable Mention
“Foggy morning”
Tom Pennington, Getty Images

Honorable Mention
“City lights”
Karsten Moran, Independent

Sports Photojournalist of the Year

First Place Portfolio
Alexey Filippov, Sputnik

Runner-up
Stephanie Chambers, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Feature

First Place
“Spring Point Colony”
Leah Hennel, Independent

Second Place
“Hoop dreams”
Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press

Third Place
“Goodbye for now”
August Frank, Gillette News-Record

Honorable Mention
“Untitled”
Benjamin Norman, Independent

Feature Story

First Place
“Indonesian child jockeys”
Adam Dean, for The New York Times

Second Place
“Lesha's life”
Pavel Volkov, Vechernya Moskva

Third Place
“Women becoming Marines”
Lynsey Addario, Lukkas Inc

Honorable Mention
“Holding on to a racing tradition”
Victor Blue, Independent

Portrait/Personality

First Place
“Guardian warrior”
Ami Vitale, National Geographic

Second Place
“New skin”
Bronte Wittpenn, Austin American-Statesman

Third Place
“Phoenix”
Pavel Volkov, Vechernya Moskva

Honorable Mention
“Boxer, Nairobi, Kenya”
Scott Dalton, Independent

Honorable Mention
“Spring break twins”
Scott McIntyre, Independent

Honorable Mention
“Natan at home”
Tariq Zaidi, Independent

Portrait Series

First Place
“Tintypes: The 2019 NBA Draft class”
Guillermo Hernandez Martinez, The Players' Tribune

Second Place
“Meeting of the tribes”
Rodrigo Abd, Associated Press

Honorable Mention
“Cutout: Remembering loved ones in New Orleans”
Tyrone Turner, WAMU 88.5 for NPR

Honorable Mention
“SAPEURS - Ladies and gentlemen of the Congo”
Tariq Zaidi, Independent

Honorable Mention
“Blended in Hong Kong”
Felipe Dana, Associated Press

VIDEO PHOTOJOURNALISM

Spot News

First Place
“I don't know anything”
Ben Worsley, WBFF

Second Place
“If he's still in there, he's fried”
Andrew Snadecki, E.W. Scripps

Third Place
“Anger and anguish”
Kenneth Ryan Beard, KING5

Honorable Mention
“I won't drink it”
Ruth Morton, WBFF

Honorable Mention
“Oh! They're great!”
Andy Wallace, WFAA

Deadline

First Place
“When will it end?”
Brandon Mowry, WFAA

Second Place
“Backstage video”
Michael Driver, KCPQ

Third Place
“God was watching”
Devin Krinke, KARE

Honorable Mention
“Washing the pain away”
Justin McCray, KMSP

Honorable Mention
“Frank's will”
Adam Sotelo, KSL

Live

First Place
“Fiery I-70 crash”
Robert Pugsley, KDVR

Second Place
“Beyond the banks”
Kevin Williams, NBCDFW

Third Place
“Rain lighten up, water slacken up”
Christopher Carr, KHOU

General Hard News

First Place
“What was it worth?”
Tanner Siegworth, KSL

Second Place
“Seattle can't handle”
Joseph Huerta, WFAA

Third Place
“Black Hawk down”
Chad Nelson, KARE

Honorable Mention
“I had to come down and do something”
Darren McQuade, WPIX

Honorable Mention
“All lives matter”
Alanna Delfino, WBFF FOX

General Soft News

First Place
“It's a party and no one's invited"
Mike Ortiz, WFAA

Second Place
“Making Christmas brighter”
Chad Nelson, KARE

Third Place
“Guardian of Green Run”
Foster Gaines, WVEC

Honorable Mention
“The last line ”
Ray Boone, KSL

Honorable Mention
“The sound of motivation”
Corky Scholl, 9NEWS

News Feature

First Place
“They say this trail's not accessible”
Rico Romero, Nexstar Media

Second Place
"It’s changed the way of seeing life”
Mauricio Rodriguez Pons, Univision News Digital

Third Place
“Manny Quinn”
James Dougherty, KMGH

Honorable Mention
“Freeze frames of Elena Shoemaker”
Tiffany Liou, WFAA

Honorable Mention
“Joy”
Matt Mrozinski, KING

Honorable Mention
“A legacy of honor”
Andy Sugden, E.W. Scripps

48 Hour Feature

First Place
“24 Hours with Jake”
Anne Herbst, KUSA

Second Place
“Art that heals”
Brandon Mowry, WFAA

Third Place
“A game for the ages”
Chad Nelson, KARE

Honorable Mention
“Bob & Lulu”
Chad Nelson, KARE

Honorable Mention
“The fight of their lives”
Tomas Hoppough, E.W. Scripps

Sports Feature

First Place
“The epitome of friendship”
Chris Hansen, KUSA

Second Place
“A feel for the game”
Andy Sugden, E.W. Scripps

Third Place
“School of hard knocks”
Eric Carlton, WGCL

In-Depth

First Place
“Myron's mind”
Chad Nelson, KARE

Second Place
“Louie”
Brandon Mowry, WFAA

Third Place
“The uncommon loons”
Devin Krinke, KARE

Honorable Mention
“The last word”
Mike Ortiz, WFAA

Honorable Mention
“A Christmas carol”
Chris Hansen, KUSA

Investigative

First Place
“Inconceivable”
Corky Scholl, 9NEWS

Second Place
“Through their eyes: Afghanistan”
Andr