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TV News Reporting

The NPPA Photojournalism Award for Reporting is to honor those reporters and field producers who, in collaboration with a television photojournalist, produce outstanding visual stories. Entrants must submit a compilation of 3 packages they have written from the individual categories listed below. This is not only a writing category. The judges will be looking at the overall visual storytelling and how the reporter/field producer contributed to the quality.

The compilation tape may not exceed 20 minutes and can include live shots. There is no penalty if a story is shot by more than one photographer. Include a list with the story titles.

The judges may award a First, Second, and Third place at their discretion.

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Winner: Boyd Huppert/KARE Minneapolis, Minn.

2nd place: Joe Fryer/KARE Minneapolis, Minn.

Judges
Comments

Jay Korff-The two winners in this category are true craftsmen. When you watch their stories, you get the sense that they instinctually understand the relationship between pictures and words. But we all know it takes a lot of work to create a memorable narrative. Put simply, they make the difficult appear effortless. They know how to write, what to write and when to let the story write itself. This collection of meaningful stories should set the benchmark for quality television reporting.

Joel Eagle-Lot's of the tapes that we looked at were interchangeable -- same deliveries, pregnant pauses, etc. Regardless of the subject matter, many got the same treatment, and it became cliche quickly. The two winners let the stories tell themselves, giving their work the seamless quality of master storytellers. How lucky to be a television viewer in the Twin Cities.

Erica Simpson-Our winner in this category is a master storyteller. He takes you on a journey, paints a picture and makes you care about a subject. Second place is also at the top of his game -- writing to the corners, revealing simple truths. Any reporter who wants to hone their craft should study the work of these winners.

Mark Morache-We love reporters. There have been many days I've spent more time with one of them than with my wife. We saw many individual stories where they did wonderful things: writing right up to a video moments so they could stop talking and let the viewer experience it, giving the viewers a detail or two that made the video more powerful, delivering powerful prose that was more determined to express than impress. The two who did it consistently were Boyd Huppert and Joe Fryer. They are true photojournalists who can communicate with words, pictures and sound, even if they never pick up a camera or punch an edit button. I'd love to work with either one of them someday.

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TV News Reporting