TV BOP

 

The Editing Judges have had a busy morning watching Photo Essays, shot and edited by the photographer.    Doug Burgess (WFAA) took 1st with “Invisible Voices” and Troy Hale from Michigan State University placed 2nd with “Formula Racing”

 

In General News Simple Effects (Editors) the judges chose not to award any winners.  They felt each of them had too many technical problems that they couldn’t overlook.

More from the Editing Judges later today.

 

 

Last night, the Photography judges wrapped up the evening with 48 Hr. Feature.  Darren Durlach’s (WBFF) “The Ghosts of the Civil War” placed 1st.  Other winners include:

2^nd-“Junior”  Drew Cook WAVE Louisville

3^rd-“The Dream”  Jonathan Malat  KARE Minneapolis

HM-”Stock Footage” Anne Herbst  KUSA Denver

Today’s judging started with the Solo Video Journalist category.  Two of the nine entries were disqualified because they were also entered in other categories.  You can only enter a story in one category.  Out of the 7 left, the winners are:

1st-”9/11 Remembered” David Delozier KUSA Denver

2nd-”Descending Dollar” Michelle Michael AFN Europe

3rd-”Surgery for Izzy”  David Delozier  KUSA Denver

In-Depth just wrapped up.  This was a tough category for the judges.  Lots of emotional stories. Four of the winners brought tears to more than one judge’s eyes.  (I won’t name names!)

I do want to mention that one of the finalists was BOP judge Scott Jensen.  His story was played in the other room when it was chosen as a finalist.  And he had no part in picking the winners.  He wasn’t even in the room when the finalist’s stories were watched.    

 

A step outside for some fresh air and daylight helped with deciding the winners.  After much discussion it came down to 1st & 2nd places, between “Shawn’s Long Wait”  and “Poor Little Town”.  In the end, Scott Jensen’s “Shawn’s Long Wait” was the judge’s choice for 1st place by the narrowest of margins.  Here’s how the rest of the winners stacked up.

 

2^nd-”Poor Little Town”  Jonathan Malat  KARE Minneapolis

3^rd-“No Regrets”  Brett Akagi  KARE  Minneapolis

HM-”War Widows” David Delozier  KUSA Denver 

HM-”Inside the Shaolin Temple”  Steve Rhodes  WTHR  Indianapolis