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The Photojournalism Championship is the culmination of the two monthly photo competitions held during the academic year and a semifinal round for top scorers of those monthly competitions.
These six finalists submitted the top winning images from 211 entries received in the News & Features and Picture Story/Series competitions.
During the Championship, the photo finalists completed a portfolio of images based on a spot assignment. Judges reviewed the work and selected the winners, who were announced at the awards ceremony on June 14.
Finalist Alie Skowronski is shown taking photographs for her Championship assignment.
THE ASSIGNMENT:
A photo story about “Chaotic Normalcy”
Throughout the last 18 months, the global pandemic and economic downturn have filled many of our days with uncertainty and unfamiliar protocols. Nothing that we are doing today, or have lived through in the last year, is normal. Racial divisions, political frictions, immigration restrictions, and Covid-19 afflictions have shaped our daily lives in ways we could not have imagined.
How we celebrate birthdays, graduations, and other pinnacle achievements have changed. Additionally, the manner in which we mourn the loss of friends and family who have succumbed to COVID-19 or the passage of time has stretched the community’s bounds and tested our resilience. As we all begin to pick up the pieces and strive to regain order in our lives, the world has changed, and how communities are woven has unraveled, frayed, and then mended together.
The photo judges Marcia Allert, Mark Morris, and Luis Rios chose the assignment, evaluated the photos and selected the winners.