Thanks to Mark Gormus, Dean Hoffmeyer, Eva Russo, Bruce Parker and Clem Britt of the Richmond Times Dispatch in Richmond, VA for judging our clips.

Don’t for get you have until March 10th to send in February’s clips. Only have received two entries so far. Just a reminder to take out all identifiers in the file info. No name of publication, city, etc.

Gerry Melendez of The State racked up the most points
in January with 162 points. Congrats.

Spot News
1st Place-Ken Ruinard Anderson Independent-Mail
comments: Nice moment. We all liked it.

2nd Place-Sefton Ipock-Anderson Independent-Mail
comments: Emotion captured very well

3rd Place-Randall Hill-Myrtle Beach Sun News
comments: Nice attention to light

General News
1st place-Gerry Melendez-The State
comments: good moments from the campaign trail

2nd place-Angie Kershner-Florence News
comments: good visual seeing and use of color

3rd place-Angie Kershner-Florence News
comments: everyday assignment handled well

Feature
1st place-Sefton Ipock-Anderson Independent-Mail
comments: our favorite all around

2nd place-Nathan Gray-Anderson Independent-Mail
comments: some visual thinking going on here. might have been cleaner with a crop

3rd place-Gerry Melendez-The State
comments: We’ve seen this before, but this one is still nice

Sports (not a very strong category according to judges)
1st place-Nathan Gray-Anderson Independent-Mail
comments: Nice face and fairly clean

2nd place-Angie Kershner-Florence News
comments: On camera flash and basketball should not mix, in our humble opinion. Otherwise this would be a clear first place.

3rd place-Gerry Melendez-The State
comments: the best of what was left

Multiple
1st place-Gerry Melendez-The State
comments: Far and away the most striking group of photos

2nd place-Randall Hill-Mrytle Beach Sun News
comments: Please Please Please edit a little bit more. A few images here add nothing to the rest of the group

3rd place-Grace Beahm-Charleston Post and Courier
comments: A couple nice, thoughtful images, but each picture often says the same thing as the others.

Current Standings
1st. Gerry Melendez-The State-162 points
2nd. Angie Kershner-Florence News-112 points
3rd. (tie) Sefton Ipock-Anderson Independent-Mail-92 points
3rd. (tie) Nathan Gray-Anderson Independent-Mail-92 points
4th. Randall Hill-Myrtle Beach Sun News-72 points
5th. Ken Ruinard-Anderson Independent-Mail-52 points
6th. Grace Beahm-Charleston Post and Courier-32 points
7th. Lindsey Simple-The State-2 points
8. Rebecca Ducker-Florence News-2 points
9. Tom Priddy-2 points