TV BOP

Hi everyone–Great week of judging! Here are the judges’ video comments in our youtube playlist:
The youtube page is: nppabopvideo and the playlist can also be found here
Thanks to Bob Gould and his students Chloe Hill and Daniel Hamburg for getting these shot and uploaded.

The Life Cycle of a PBJ“Life Cycle of a PBJ” by Douglass Burgess of KING TV

Amanda and I quickly agreed that “The Life Cycle of a PBJ” was by far the best piece of the show.  The storytelling was great, thanks in a large part to the editing.  Intertwining three stories into one package is not an easy task, but this entry made it work very well. – Matt Rafferty

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James Evans from CNN is the NPPA Video Editor of the Year.

Runner UP is Greg T. Johnson from WFAA-TV

https://nppa.org/node/60532

Lynn, Brian, and Seth watched 39 Photographer of the Year entries before they came to Michigan State University a couple of days ago.  Once here, they compared notes and narrowed down their finalists to these 14:

POY Finalists

Doug Burgess/KING

Jeff Christian/KING

Rob Collett/KTUL

Steve Fedoriska/KOMO

Chris Hansen/KUSA

Eric Kehe/KUSA

David Larson/WBFF

Jonathan Malat/KARE

Jon Martin/KOMO

Bill Middeke/KARE

Nick Moron/WAVY & WITI

Matt Mrozinski/KING

Kevin Sullivan/KUSA

Chris Wood/News 12 CT

After watching those 14, they narrowed it down to these 6:

Chris Hansen/KUSA

Jeff Christian/KING

Jonathan Malat/KARE

Kevin Sullivan/KUSA

Doug Burgess/KING

Matt Mrozinski/KING

Then it was down to 3:

Jeff Christian/KING

Kevin Sullivan/KUSA

Doug Burgess/KING

 When it came to the final two, it was King vs. King….well, KING actually. 

The Runner up is Jeff Christian from KING-TV

“His entry was all around good shooting, spot was his weakest category, but he spanned a broad range,” Brian Kaufman said.  “His stories had the most memorable quotes!”

Seth Voorhees said, “Talking to the woman who fell down the hill and making something great out of it.  He easily could have walked away from it.  There was consistency across the board.”

Talking about the Ernie Crisp Photographer of the Year, “He has the ability to take really complicated stories and shoot them in a way that made them conversational,” Brian Kaufman said.

Lynn French added, “He has a signature to his stories you could easily pick them out.” 

This year’s Ernie Crisp Photographer of the Year goes to:

Doug Burgess from KING-TV.

See the winning entries here :https://nppa.org/node/60591

1st Place goes to “Voices of an Era: Stories of the Gay Rights Movement” by Brad Horn

2nd Place “Homecoming” by James Evans from CNN

3rd Place “Run For Your Live” by Meg Pearlstein from CNN.com

See winning videos here:  https://nppa.org/node/60612

Every year after all the entries have been watched, each of the judge’s choose their favorite story from the week.

Brian Kaufman chose “As I Am”

See it here: https://nppa.org/node/60397

Both Seth Voorhees and Lynn French chose “Life Cycle of a PBJ” 

See it here: https://nppa.org/node/60451

The photography judges watched all 12 Large Market Station of the Year entries before arriving at Michigan State University.  Once together, all three had their favorites.  Luckily, they all picked the same 6 as their finalists. 

Those 6 were:

KARE-TV Minneapolis, MN

KING-TV Seattle, WA

KUSA-TV Denver, CO

WBFF-TV Baltimore, MD

WITI-TV Milwaukee, WI

WTVF-TV Nashville, TN

After watching all 6, “It came down to rain vs. snow,” Brian Kaufman said. 

The Runner up is KARE-TV in Minneapolis. 

“There were some really awesome stories, the consistency was great.  There were stories in there that were among the best we’ve seen all week,” Seth Voorhees said.

Brian Kaufman added, “They had good breaking news stories.”

As for the winner, “The shooting was consistent across all stories, it could have been the same photographers shooting all the stories, it was that consistent,” Lynn French said.  “They found such good characters.  It encompasses a year within a station and they just had a great year.”

“It one the one entry that didn’t have any weak stories.  They even pulled characters into a spot news story,” Brian Kaufman said.

Seth Voorhees added, “Everything was solid, spectacular, the stories had the most complexity.  It was unbelievable, to pull it off and make it that good was amazing.  There were a lot of different reporters and the quality didn’t drop off.”

This year’s Large Market Station of the Year is KING-TV in Seattle.

See the winning entries here:  https://nppa.org/node/60536

1st Place goes to”Irish Dancers” by Peter Rosen from KSL-TV

2nd Place goes to “Freedom Isn’t Free” by Greg T. Johnson from WFAA-TV

3rd Place goes to “Fashionweek” by James Evans from CNN

See the winning videos here:  https://nppa.org/node/60608

I’ve left you waiting long enough!

Here are the Lg. Mkt SOY finalists!  Stand by your phones…I’ll be calling soon

KARE-TV Minneapolis, MN

KING-TV Seattle, WA

KUSA-TV Denver, CO

WBFF-TV Baltimore, MD

WITI-TV Milwaukee, WI

WTVF-TV Nashville, TN

Judges have chosen winner in the Editor’s Effects category  Here they are

1st Place goes to “Answering the Call” by Steve Rhodes of WTHR

Judges thought it was without question the most creative piece of the group.  The book effect is a great fore-shadow for the reveal. There were great transitions between the graphics and the video.  Judges like the use of time-lapse in this piece too.

2nd Place goes to “London’s Sensational Ride” by Steve Rhodes of WTHR

Judges thought this had great graphics and were impressed with the video layering.  When the taxi driver describes the city of London the effect fit perfectly.

3rd Place goes to “We Bought a Shell Company” by Evan Stulberger from WNBC

Judges like the natural sound sequencing in this piece and were impressed by the opening segment of the story.

HM goes to “Anti-Drug” by Jonathan Malat from KARE-TV

This story had a very appropriate use of simple effects.  There were also good moments.

See the winners here: https://nppa.org/node/60582