2008 Photography Results - New Jersey Press Association

2009 NJPA Photography Contest Results

Best of Show

“Tent City Squatter”

Aristide Economopoulos
The Star-Ledger

Spot News

Weekly

1st Place: “Firefighters in the Sky”
Pierfrancesco Baccaro
Passaic Valley Today
Community Newspapers of North Jersey Media Group

2nd Place: “Heist”
Adam Anik
The Montclair Times
Community Newspapers of North Jersey Media Group

3rd Place: “Fatal Coffee”
Adam Anik
The Montclair Times
Community Newspapers of North Jersey Media Group

Daily

1st Place: “Triangle Park Murder”
Joe Shine
The Jersey Journal

2nd Place: “Twilight Blaze”
Andrew Miller
Courier News

3rd Place: “Pole Sitting”
Ben Fogletto
The Press of Atlantic City

General News

Weekly

1st Place: “Bliss”
Eric Sucar
Independent
Greater Media Newspapers

2nd Place: “100th Anniversary”
Jennifer Brownstone Kopp
Cape May Star & Wave
Sample Media

3rd Place: “Hollie Flower”
Adam Anik
Verona-Cedar Grove Times
Community Newspapers of North Jersey Media Group

Daily

1st Place: “Liberty Makeup”
John Munson
The Star-Ledger

2nd Place: “Back Home”
Bryan Littel
The News of Cumberland County

3rd Place: “Honored”
Kathy Johnson
Courier News

2009 NJPA Photography Contest Results

General News Picture Story

Weekly

1st Place: “Crash Course”
Dale Mincey
Nutley Sun
Community Newspapers of North Jersey Media Group

2nd Place: “O Day”
Adam Anik
The Montclair Times
Community Newspapers of North Jersey Media Group

3rd Place: no winner

Daily

1st Place: “Funeral”
Jackie Schear
The Trentonian

2nd Place: “Miracle on the Hudson Survivors”
Reena Rose Sibayan
The Jersey Journal

3rd Place: “Desperation Street”
Leslie Barbaro
The Record (Bergen County)

2009 NJPA Photography Contest Results

Sports Action

Weekly

1st Place: “Breaking the Waves”
David Nahan
Ocean City Sentinel
Sample Media

2nd Place: “Heads Up”
Jeff Granit
The News Transcript
Greater Media Newspapers

3rd Place: “Last Breath”
David Nahan
Ocean City Sentinel
Sample Media

Daily

1st Place: “Heart”
Cody Glenn
The Daily Journal

2nd Place: “Catch”
Chris Faytok
The Star-Ledger

3rd Place: “Going Down”
Peter Ackerman
Asbury Park Press

2009 NJPA Photography Contest Results

Sports Feature

Weekly

1st Place: “Pros”
Eric Sucar
Tri-Town News
Greater Media Newspapers

2nd Place: “Serving in the Sun”
Eric Sucar
The News Transcript
Greater Media Newspapers

3rd Place: “Champions Again”
Max Levine
Hammonton News
Atlantic County Newspaper Group

Daily

1st Place: “Please, Please, Please”
Tony Kurdzuk
The Star-Ledger

2nd Place: “No Worries”
Karen Mancinelli
Daily Record

3rd Place: “Coach Geno”
Jackie Schear
The Trentonian

2009 NJPA Photography Contest Results

Sports Feature Picture Story

Weekly

1st Place: “Bull”
Mary Rudloff
Ocean City Sentinel
Sample Media

2nd Place: “Lifeguards”
David Nahan
Ocean City Sentinel
Sample Media

3rd Place: “Victory”
Joe Camporeale
Ramsey Suburban News
Community Newspapers of North Jersey Media Group

Daily

1st Place: “Remembering Harry”
Tori M. Nichols
Gloucester County Times

2nd Place: “The Barclays at Liberty National”
Reena Rose Sibayan
The Jersey Journal

3rd Place: no winner

2009 NJPA Photography Contest Results

Feature “Yoga in the Sun”
Eric Sucar
Weekly The Hub
1st Place: Greater Media Newspapers

2nd Place: “Ride Down”
Eric Sucar
3rd Place: Tri-Town News
Greater Media Newspapers
Daily
1st Place: “Wind Skater”
2nd Place: Anthony Lawson
3rd Place: Aim Jefferson
Community Newspapers of North Jersey Media Group

“Bamboozled”
Tony Kurdzuk
The Star-Ledger

“Pool”
Aristide Economopoulos
The Star-Ledger

“King and Queen”
Bryan Littel
The News of Cumberland County

2009 NJPA Photography Contest Results

Feature Picture Story

Weekly

1st Place: “Bay Watch”
Jeff Granit
Independent
Greater Media Newspapers

2nd Place: “Ducktails”
Pierfrancesco Baccaro
Neighbor News
Community Newspapers of North Jersey Media Group

3rd Place: “Seniorcize”
John P. Keating
South Brunswick Post
Packet Publications

Daily

1st Place: “The Naked Cowboy”
Dylan Wilson
The Jersey Journal

2nd Place: “All Points West Festival”
Reena Rose Sibayan
The Jersey Journal

3rd Place: no winner

2009 NJPA Photography Contest Results

Portrait “The Jazz Singer at Rest”
Mark Czajkowski
Weekly The Princeton Packet
1st Place: Packet Publications

2nd Place: “Ted Curson”
Adam Anik
3rd Place: The Montclair Times
Community Newspapers of North Jersey Media Group
Daily
1st Place: “Indo American Fair”
2nd Place: Phil McAuliffe
3rd Place: The Princeton Packet
Packet Publications

“Tent City Squatter”
Aristide Economopoulos
The Star-Ledger

“Last WWI Vet”
Laurence Kesterson
The Philadelphia Inquirer

“Justin’s Mother”
Patti Sapone
The Star-Ledger

2009 NJPA Photography Contest Results

Pictorial

Weekly

1st Place: “Cloud Burst”
Jack Reynolds
The SandPaper

2nd Place: “Reflective Duck Swim”
Anthony Lawson
Aim Jefferson
Community Newspapers of North Jersey Media Group

3rd Place: “Morning Fog”
Dennis Dalelio
Aim Sussex County
Community Newspapers of North Jersey Media Group

Daily

1st Place: “Geese”
Bryan Littel
The News of Cumberland County

2nd Place: “A View from the Pond”
David Bergeland
The Record (Bergen County)

3rd Place: “Oars on the Water”
Tom Gralish
The Philadelphia Inquirer

2009 NJPA Photography Contest Results

Illustrations

Weekly

1st Place: “Bunker Gear”
Adam Anik
Verona-Cedar Grove Times
Community Newspapers of North Jersey Media Group

2nd Place: no winner

3rd Place: no winner

Daily

1st Place: “Walking on Air”
Danny Drake
The Press of Atlantic City

2nd Place: “Mummy’s BooBoo”
Vernon Ogrodnek
The Press of Atlantic City

3rd Place: “Jumpin Jamie”
Leslie Barbaro
The Record (Bergen County)

2009 NJPA Photography Contest Results