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Ernie Crisp Television News Photographer of the Year
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48 Hour Web
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Past Winners: 2006
Past Winners: 2005
Past Winners: 2004
Past Winners: 2003

48-Hour Web

A story that covers a planned of unplanned news event or a subject of general interest and importance.  It can be spot news or a follow up  or side bar to spot news.  The event should be timely.  The entry should contain no music, except where it's part of the natural sound of the story. Stories must have been shot, edited, and posted on the web within 8 hours.  Max. length is 10 minutes.

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1st place: no award

Here are the runners-up:

2nd place:Paths to Escape Perilous; Travis Fox/washingtonpost.com

3rd place:Tragic Flight Path; John Paraskevas/Newsday

Honorable Mention:Dupont’s Annual Drag Race; Akira Hakuta/Washingtonpost.com

Honorable Mention:Heroin’s Wake, Rick Gershon/Dallas News
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Comments
Jay Korff-This is a new category that has so much promise. We watched a number of stories that while solid, need more development and visual sophistication. The top two stories, though, are wonderful examples of emotional storytelling.

Joel Eagle-Almost all the stories in this category lacked the basic fundamentals of good storytelling. The entrants also need to work on their composition.  Even though these stories are for a more narrow audience than broadcast, they still need the same elements that make any story memorable.

Regina McCombs-Turning things on deadline is tough for a lot of newspaper folks learning to do video, but even so, this category was a little disappointing. Few people developed good central characters, and there was very little sequencing and a lack of story structure with clear beginning, middle and ends. Some technical issues: uneven audio levels within stories, shaky shots and backlight interviews.

Erica Simpson-This category was a tough one to judge. I feel that the basic standard of exceptional visual storytelling should apply here, and I was somewhat disappointed in the entries we viewed. We did not pick a first place winner in this category because we want the bar to be high and remain high for this new frontier in Web photography.

Mark Morache-There were strong entries that suffered from poor technique, and weak entries that suffered from no central story. We felt it was important to keep a high standard in the Web catagories, and nothing knocked our socks off, so we didn’t award a first place. The winner stood out because of a compelling story, solid shooting and editing, and a good eye for detail.