Hoosier State Press Association - The Indiana Publisher - Better Newspaper Contest
Issue link: https://www.ifoldsflip.com/i/96748
Division 4 Best Spot News Photo/Category 15 First place Pole Jeff Morehead, Chronicle-Tribune (Marion) Comments: Grabs your attention right away with an unexpected element. Photographer framed it perfectly. Second place Gas fire Joe Harpring, The Republic (Columbus) Comments: This picture almost made first place. It was a close call. We liked the balance between the flames and the water. Again, an unusual event captured well. It has a nice, subtle quality. Center Township firefighters help after a car struck a pole, shearing it off, on Grant County Road 400 East. The driver of the vehicle was taken to Marion General Hospital. Third place Fire Don Knight, The Herald Bulletin (Anderson) Comments: Huge flames; it looks like the photographer almost beat the fire department to the scene. Nicely done. Best General News Photo/Category 16 First place Iraq War ends Andrew Laker, The Republic (Columbus) Comments: Awesome face. Pure joy. Thanks for capturing it. Second place Vigil Scott Roberson, Daily Journal (Franklin) Comments: A touching photo. This is why we do what we do. Third place Move Jake May, The Herald (Jasper) Comments: Great seeing on the part of the photographer. The diagonals and implied vectors work to bring it together. Best Sports Feature Photo/Category 17 Spc. John Lundy, right, and Spc. Matthew Sturgill, obscured, leap into the arms of Pfc. Devin Horton in a burst of joy Dec. 23 at Camp Atterbury in Edinburgh, Ind., as 109 members of the 1st Battalion, 149th Infantry, Army National Guard prepare to board buses home to Kentucky and join their families for the holidays. The men arrived at the camp Dec. 21 to demobilize after leaving Iraq. First place Football Andrew Laker, The Republic (Columbus) Comments: Great color, great composition. Perfect sports feature photograph. Second place Golf Dave Weatherwax, The Herald (Jasper) Comments: Good moment; not something you see all the time. Good observation by the photographer. Third place Jump Dave Weatherwax, The Herald (Jasper) Comments: Almost perfect. Intriguing pattern formed by the players. Great moment away from the action. Colors make it sing. Best Sports Action Photo/Category 18 First place Columbus East���s Caleb Maley, facing, and Ryan Leffler show off their breast cancer awareness-themed pink socks as they connect on a flying butt bump during team introductions before the Olympians��� final regular season game. Slide Garet Cobb, Times-Mail (Bedford) Comments: This really stood out from the crowd. Great light and perfect pan technique make this a winner. Second place Pass Scott Roberson, Daily Journal (Franklin) Comments: Very good peak-action moment. Crop could have been a bit tighter. Third place Fight Chad Kline, The News-Sun (Kendallville) Comments: Perfect expressions; excellent technical work. We would have cropped in from the left. Dakota Jackson slides during his heat. Jackson finished 18th in the feature after running near the front. Page 45