The live streaming of the judging of the 2014 National Pictures of the Year from Vancouver, British Columbia, has been completed. (The above video is a recording). The list of the finalists and their entries is available here.

A big “thank you” to moderator Ric Ernst and judges Erica Shultz, Rick Collins, and Les Bazso.

We thank Edmonton Journal multimedia photographer Ryan Jackson for his work in producing the day-long broadcast and then editing the rebroadcast version (above). We also thank Ali Ledgerwood who assisted Ric with moderating the judging.

 

 

NEWS PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION OF CANADA RECOGNIZES TOP PHOTOJOURNALISTS OF 2013

The News Photographers Association of Canada (NPAC) is pleased to announce the winners of its seventh annual National Pictures of the Year (NPOY) awards competition, held during the National Pictures of the Year Gala event held May 24, 2014, in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Over the past eight years, NPAC and its generous sponsors have awarded over $100,000 in prize money through the NPOY, making it Canada’s most prestigious and richest photojournalism awards program.

The National Pictures Of The Year awards competition was created by NPAC to recognize excellence in Canadian photojournalism. NPAC is a volunteer-run, non-profit association of professional and student photojournalists in Canada. NPAC celebrates and champions quality and ethical photography in journalism.

 

Photograph of the Year – Jordan Verlage/The Canadian Press – Kevin Yeats hits the water with his cat Momo after narrowly escaping his sinking truck through the rear window after the Highwood River overflowed its banks in the town of High River, Alberta, June 20, 2013.

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