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The Atlanta
Photojournalism Seminar
2008 Multimedia judges
2008 marks the second year that there will be categories for Multimedia entries in the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar contest. Because of time constrains the majority of the multimedia entries will be judged offsite by the distinguised group of experts listed below. We thank them for devoting the time and energy to this endeavor. The entries that make the final round will be judged on site at the seminar on Friday, December 5th, 2008.
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Stephen Crowley/New York Times
Stephen Crowley is a staff photographer at The New York Times, based in the Washington bureau. Over the last 25 years he has tried to find insightful moments in the midst of breaking national and international news that can sometimes define, in a single image, politics and culture.
In his personal work Crowley searches for morsels of humanity, irony
and humor, collecting images of the country's character and culture as
hinted by physical structures, shifting light patterns and
happenstance.
On Feb. 5, 2002, Crowley, a graduate of the photography program at
Daytona State College, was cited as "Photographer of the Year" by the White House News Photographers' Association for a portfolio that included his essays "Voices of Afghanistan" and "A Day in the Life of President Bush." In 2002 the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography was awarded to Crowley and four other photographers at The New York Times for work produced during the war in Afghanistan. That same year he received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degrees from the Corcoran College of Art + Design in Washington, D.C. In 2005 American Photo Magazine included Crowley on it's list of the "100 Most Important People in Photography."
His personal photography has been exhibited in shows at the Library of Congress, The National Geographic Society, and the Corcoran Art
Museum.
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David Leeson/The Dallas Morning News
Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist, David Leeson, has been on
staff at The Dallas Morning News since 1984. He has also worked for the Abilene Reporter News and The Times-Picayune in New Orleans.
He has been a finalist for the Pulitzer three times prior to winning
the award in 2004 along with colleague Cheryl Diaz Meyer for
photographs made in March and April 2003 while on the front lines with the US Army 3rd Infantry Division during the invasion of Iraq. He has also won two Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards and numerous regional, state and national awards.
In the fall of 2000, he began shooting video for The Dallas Morning
News making him the first staff photographer in the nation shooting
video full-time for a newspaper. Since then he has completed more than seven documentary films.
Two of his documentaries from the war also won honors. "War Stories" (2003) won a National Headliners award, a national Edward R. Murrow Award and a regional Emmy Award for best television documentary. "Dust to Dust" (2004) was named a finalist for best short film at the USA Film Festival. He won a second Emmy in 2007 as producer/editor of combat footage from Afghanistan.
In 2006, Leeson was named Innovator of the Year in Photojournalism by American Photo magazine for his work using frame grabs for newspaper daily still assignments. The results of his efforts have culminated in the growing trend by newspapers to use existing photo staff, transitioned to high definition video cameras, to obtain both video and stills (frame grabs) from a single assignment.
Leeson is a graduate of Abilene Christian University, is married and
has five children.
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Travis Fox /Washingtonpost.com
Travis Fox is an Emmy Award-winning video producer for
washingtonpost.com, where he covers international and domestic
stories. Past assignments have taken him to the war in Iraq and across
the Middle East, Europe and Asia.
His distinctive web video and
panoramic photos are considered innovative in the field of Internet
journalism. In 2006, he received an Emmy Award for his coverage of
Hurricane Katrina. The White House News Photographers Association has named him Editor of the Year three times, most recently in 2006. In 2002, he was also named Camera Person of the Year.
In addition to washingtonpost.com, Fox's videos are regularly featured on television and in film festivals. He graduated from the Missouri School of Journalism and lives in New York. |
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Gillian Bolsover/The Times Free Press
Gillian Bolsover is a staff photographer/multimedia producer at The
Chattanooga Times Free Press. She graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2006.
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Ben de la Cruz /Washingtonpost.com
Ben de la Cruz is an Emmy Award winning documentary video producer and reporter for washingtonpost.com. Prior to joining the website in January 2000, Ben worked as an independent producer for public television, a print reporter covering the Internet industry and a
freelance photography reviewer for Photo District News magazine. Ben has also co-produced songs released by Sony Music, Dischord and DCide Records. In 2006, Ben produced a series of 12 video stories about racial identity for Being a Black Man, a year-long washingtonpost.com multimedia project that would win the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award in 2007. These videos were also nominated for a national Emmy Award the same year.
Ben got his start as a filmmaker in 1996 by producing for PBS a
documentary about a mentally challenged young man who learns to live on his own. It was a defining experience that taught him how the power of visual storytelling can positively impact social justice issues.
His subsequent documentaries about homelessness, race, criminal
justice, affordable housing, and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
have also been recognized for their excellence by the National Press
Photographers Association, Pictures of the Year International, Casy
Medal for Meritorious Journalism, Scripps Howard National Journalism Award for Web Reporting, the Online News Association Award for multimedia reporting, and the Associated Press Managing Editors Award, among others. Born in Manila, Ben now lives in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
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Colin Mulvany/The Spokesman-Review
After 18 years as a staff photojournalist for the Spokesman-Review, Colin Mulvany made the transition to Internet storytelling by becoming a multimedia producer for his newspaper's online department. For the last four years, Mulvany has been producing video feature stories and audio slideshows for his popular vblog, Video Journal. In his new multimedia editor position, Mulvany is helping his newspaper's photo and news departments transition to a new multimeida focused workflow.
As a print photojournalist, Mulvany was able to creat memorable stories that capitvated his community. He traveled to Romania, following a group of Spokane volunteers, as theyr tried to repair a decrpit orphanage. During his time working on, Living and Dying with Crack, he looked into the effects of a crack epidemic on his community. With Key Moments, his images were made into a 10-part series that documented the life-changing events that shaped the lives of young people.
Mulvany has been honored for his photography and multimedia in the Pitcures of the Year International, Best of Photojournalism, Society of Newspaper Design, and the Nationa Headliners Awards, NPPA Monthly Multimedia Contest to name a few. In his spare time, he teahces photojournalism at the local community ollege and is the National Press Photographer Association Monlty Multimedia Contest chairman.
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