First-round judges – 133 total – for NPPA’s Best of Photojournalism Contest are currently evaluating the thousands of entries received for the 2020 contest. These judges, working online, will rank each entry on a 1-10 scale, later allowing the Division Chairs to assign a minimum qualifying score for the final round, narrowing down categories with massive amounts of entries to a more manageable number.
In keeping with our educational mandate, this process allows the final round, on-site judges to spend time in deep discussions about the best entries and eventual award winners.
The final round of judging will be held February 28 through March 1, 2020, at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia in Athens. The judging is open to the public and the final results will be announced after all the judging has been completed.
ONLINE
Dalton Bennett
Andrew Burton
Ranjani Chakraborty
Corinne Chin
Brian Dawson
Tracy DeMarco
Gabriella Garcia-Pardo
Becky Lettenberger
Madeline Marshall
Carlos Waters
STILLS JUDGES
Jonathan Adams
Willie Allen
Lance Booth
Peter Casey
Matt Eich
Mike Fender
Randall Greenwell
Tim Gruber
Erin Hooley
Yunghi Kim
Michael P. King
Jeff Knox
Brent Lewis
Jake May
Michael McCarter
Jared Miller
Jonathan Newton
Christine Nguyen
SmileyPool
AshlenRenner
Martin Smith-Rodden
Renee Jones Schneider
Erika Schultz
Briana Scroggins
Genna Souffle
Andrew Stanfill
Elijah Walker
Dave Weatherwax
Amanda Inscore Whittamore
Saul Young
STILL EDITING JUDGES
Maria Avilia
Margaret Cheatham Williams
Angela Jimenez
David Maialetti
Kent Nishimura
Meg Vogel
TVPJ JUDGES
Mark Anderson
Kurt Austin
Eric Carlton
Hank Cavagnaro
Erin Coker
Rob Collett
Evelio Contreras
Michael Delguidice
James Dougherty
Michael Driver
Anthony Durso
Katie Eastman
John Ferrugia
Jed Gamber
Carolyn Hall-Jensen
Kevin Hartfield
Erin Hayes
Stan Heist
Tomas Hoppough
Oliver Janney
Scott Jensen
Elias Johnson
Brendan Keefe
Brenna Kelly
Todd Krupa
John Larson
Sharon Levy
Tiffany Liou
Joe Little
Jonathan Malat
Stephanie Mattan
Regina McCombs
Ryan Oliveira
Jenni Pinkley
Kyle Porter
Steve Rhodes
Les Rose
Eric Sander
Katie Schoolov
Adam Schrager
Mike Schuh
Eric Sowl
Catherine Steward
Andy Sugden
Kevin Sullivan
Ryan Takeo
Whitney Tyler
Nathan Vickers
Seth Voorhees
Dave Wertheimer
Jim Wilson
Dave Wertheimer
Jim Wilson
TV EDITING JUDGES
Ray Arzate
Andy Buck
Jonathan Cordell
Alanna Delfino
Amanda Dennis
Andrea Hubbell
Jaleesa Irizarry
Jonathan Menell
Matt Rafferty
Haley Rush
Bree Steffen
Catherine Steward
Kylee Wall
Gilbert Zermeno
The University of Georgia, Athens, hosts the BOP competition and is the NPPA headquarters.
