 | Stephanie Ottjepka is the chief editor at WTVT, the Fox O & O in Tampa. Stephanie has been working in broadcasting for 15 years, starting at an independent station in Sarasota and working her way to Chief Editor at WTVT 10 years ago. She was 2005 Runner-up Editor of the Year for her work in 2004. |
 | Michael Humphries has been a news photographer since June 1988. He’s worked in Victoria, Bryan-College Station and San Antonio, Texas (KVCT, KBTX, KSAT and KENS, respectively). He’s been an NPPA member since 1995 and have placed 30-something times in the quarterly contest in Region 8. I've also shot three Emmy-winning stories, portions of a Murrow-winning documentary and a few Texas Associated Press Broadcasters awards, including 1st Place awards for Individual Photojournalism (Division I, 1998) and Deadline Editing (Division I, 2003). He has also served as a mentor to more than a dozen photographers, helping them to both grow as photojournalists and, in several cases, move on to bigger markets. Michael has been married for sixteen years and has two daughters. |
 | Ram Guzman has served as the Chief Editor at KTVT, the CBS O & O in Dallas/Ft. Worth since 2002. He began his career in 1999 at KRIS-TV in Corpus Christi shortly after graduating from Texas A&M-Kingsville. In his career, Ram has won several NPPA BOP editing awards, 2 Emmys, 4 Press Club of Dallas Katies, and several Texas AP Broadcasters awards. In 2003, he served as a BOP TV Editing contest judge. This is his first year as the Best of Photojournalism TV Editing Chair. |
 | Regina McCombs is a multimedia photographer/producer for StarTribune.com, the online division of the Star Tribune, Minneapolis-St. Paul. She arrived there after 13 years as a television photographer and producer at KARE-TV in the Twin Cities. Winner of numerous Best of Photojournalism and Pictures of the Year International awards for multimedia storytelling, she is a regular speaker around the country, talking about finding new ways to tell stories on the Web. For StarTribune.com, she does a little bit of lots of things - filing news stories from the field, shooting video, stills, recording audio, creating slide shows, producing major projects and training staff in creating multimedia for the Web. She's also taught classes in online journalism and TV news at the University of Minnesota, where she finished her master's degree. |
 | Joel Eagle is celebrating his twentieth anniversary at WJZ-TV in Baltimore this August. In those two decades Joel has done it all ... shooting, producing, writing and editing. He’s worked on everything from documentaries, telethons, magazine and dance shows to the current position he has held since 1993, that of News Photographer. Since joining the staff of Eyewitness News he has won numerous NPPA awards, been nominated for 13 Emmys, winning six, and has twice been on the staff of the NPPA workshop in Norman Oklahoma. A 1987 graduate of the University of Miami, with a BA in communications, Joel enjoys travel, sports, music, and gardening in his free time. |
 | Mark Morache is currently a photographer/editor for Evening Magazine at KING TV in Seattle, the first daily local tv show produced entirely in HD. That's a long way from his first news job in 1980 shooting 16mm news film for WMTV, Madison, WI. He's also worked at KIRO and KOMO in Seattle. |
 | Merry Murray is in her third year as the Best of Photojournalism Television contest chair. She has been an NPPA volunteer for more than 15 years, including serving as a Quarterly Contest Chair in three regions. Merry is also the National Judging Coordinator for the Quarterly Contest. She’s an award winning photojournalist for KSNW-TV in Wichita, KS, and has worked for stations in Lexington, KY; Grand Rapids, MI; and Nashville, TN. She’s married and has two “sons,” her West Highland Terrier, Buster, and a Black Lab, Dakota. |
 | In the 11th grade Erica Simpson had to choose between "television production" and "typing" for her elective. Typing sounded boring so she picked TV production. That one class sparked a passion for editing video that remains today. After attending Grossmont College in San Diego, and a brief stint working on the television series "Renegade", Erica tried her hand at TV news. She started as an editor at KUSI and after 10 months moved to KGTV where she quickly moved up the ranks. She has worn many hats at the ABC affiliate, but her favorite is as a photojournalist. She also has a freelance business and works part time for the San Diego Padres. In her spare time she shoots documentaries, snowboards and travels the world. |
 | Jay Korff is a general assignment reporter with ABC7/WJLA-TV. He came to Washington D.C. in 2003 after working for the nine years at WKRN-TV in Nashville, Tennessee. Before that, he reported for stations in Fort Wayne, Indiana; LaCrosse, Wisconsin; and Helena, Montana. Jay has received 30 Emmy Award nominations, eight Emmy Awards and a regional Edward R. Murrow award. He's also has been honored numerous times by the Associated Press and the Society of Professional Journalists for his writing and reporting. Jay believes he grew the most as a story-teller while working with a number of esteemed NPPA-style photographers in Nashville, including the 2003 Regional 6 Photographer of the Year, David Willis. Jay is a native of the Philadelphia area. He graduated from Indiana University with a degree in Telecommunications, while minoring in Political Science. He is an avid trail runner and mountain biker. He's completed three 50-kilometer trail races and now enjoys ultra-endurance mountain bike racing. |