Use of Photography as a Whole ( 3,001 to 7,000)Back
Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Alexandria - The Echo Press Entry Title: Use of Photography Entry Credit: Echo Press Judge Comment: Some nice work here all around. Photos with moments and clearly thought out compositions. Good use of size and variety.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: New London/Spicer - Lakes Area Review Entry Title: 10/26, 2/15, 5/16 Entry Credit: Brett Blocker, Macklin Caruso Judge Comment: Paper has nice work, especially sports and photos of the week. Also nice job using mostly staff photos as opposed to submitted work.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Anoka County Union Herald Entry Title: Anoka County UnionHerald Use of Photography As a Whole Entry Credit: Jonathan Young, Connor Cummiskey, Paige Kieffer, Patrick Slack, Emilee Wentland Judge Comment: Paper has some photos with nice moments, and does a good job using a variety of sizes in its layout. The best photo was not always the lede photo, though, and there seems to be a lot of submitted photos or by non-staff members.
Competition Comment: A fun category to judge. There was some nice photo work to look at, even if it wasn't always used the way most photographers would like. A number of entries lost ground due to reasons like large amounts of submitted photos, inconsistent use of photos from the front page going into the paper, photos being used to small, or underwhelming photos from moments with clear potential.
