The 2014 What We Do photojournalism competition and exhibition was judged on Saturday, April 12, 2014 in Frank E. Gannett Hall on the RIT campus. The judges were selected by the RIT NPPA from a pool of alumni who have distinguished themselves in the photojournalism industry. The 2014 What We Do judges were Max Schulte, a Buffalo native, who has worked at the Democrat and Chronicle for 15 years, Edmund Fountain, a New Orleans based freelancer and Seth Gitner, an assistant professor in the Newspaper and Online Journalism department at the Newhouse School at Syracuse University.

The competition is produced and sponsored by the RIT NPPA and the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences; prizes have been sponsored by The Gitner Family, Nikon Professional Services and White House News Photographers Association.

Winning work will be on displayed in the Dyer Gallery at NTID. The awards reception will be held April 25, 2014 at 6 p.m.

The Gitner Family Award for Photojournalism

Portfolio – Niki Walker

The Nikon Award Portfolio

Best Portfolio – Evan Ortiz

Picture Story

First Place – Joe Philipson

Second Place – Sarah Ann Jump

Third Place – Evan Ortiz

Honorable Mention – Zack DeClerck

Honorable Mention – Sarah Ann Jump

Feature

First Place – Emily Kask

Second Place – Niki Walker

Third Place – Evan Ortiz

Honorable Mentions – Tom Brenner, Evan Ortiz

News

First Place – Zack DeClerck

Second Place – Tom Brenner

Third Place – Rugile Kaladyte

Honorable Mention – Dan Witkowski

Sports Action

First Place – Rugile Kaladyte

Second Place – Tom Brenner

Third Place – Flannery Allison

Honorable Mention – Josh Barber

Sports Feature

First Place – Niki Walker

Second Place – Emily Kask

Third Place – Josh Barber

Honorable Mention – Rugile Kaladyte

Honorable Mention – Emily Kask

Portrait/Illustration

First Place – Zack DeClerck

Second Place – Josh Barber

Third Place – Matt Burkhartt

Honorable Mentions – Sarah Ann Jump

Multimedia

First Place, Niki Walker

Redefining Family from Niki Walker on Vimeo.

Second Place, Zack DeClerck

Bradley from Zack DeClerck on Vimeo.

Third Place, Evan Ortiz

Honorable Mentions:

Bull of Black Mountain from Joe Philipson on Vimeo.

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