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JUDGES: SPRING 2006 CONTEST
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SARAH LEEN, PICTURE EDITOR
Sarah Leen joined the staff at the National Geographic Society magazine in
2005 as a Photo Editor. Leen is responsible for story concepts, budgets,
photo editing and working with the design staff on layouts for the magazine.
As a photographer for the National Geographic magazine for nearly 20 years,
her assignments have taken her to the shores of Lake Baikal in Siberia, the
Kamchatka peninsula in Russia’s Far East, the Republic of Macedonia,
the Mexican volcano Popocatepetl to the suburbs of America for a story on
Urban Sprawl. She has also worked as a staff photographer for the Topeka
Capital-Journal and the Philadelphia Inquirer newspapers. Her final picture
story for NGM, “After Oil,” about alternative energy, was the
cover story for the August 2005. Leen has participated as a photographer
on many of the Day in the Life series of books, The Power to Heal, A Passage
to Vietnam and Women of the Material World. Her work is included in National
Geographic: The Photographs, Women Photographers of the National Geographic,
100 Best Pictures by the National Geographic, and Swimsuits: 100 Years of
Pictures. The National Geographic Society published a book of her work titled
American Back Roads in 2000. Leen attended the University of Missouri School
of Journalism where she was named College Photographer of the Year in 1979.
In 1986, she received a Robert F. Kennedy Awards honorable mention for a
project on a couple coping with Alzheimer’s. In 2003 the lead photo
for her fifteenth article for the National Geographic magazine, “Skin:
The Body’s Edge”, won second place in the Science and Technology
category of the World Press Photos competition in 2003. In the 2004 Pictures
of the Year International competition she won the 1st Place Feature Picture
Story award for her National Geographic magazine story on the Stikine River
in British Columbia.
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DAN HABIB, PICTURE EDITOR
Dan Habib has been the photography editor of the Concord Monitor since 1995,
where he was a staff photographer from 1988-1992. Habib, a University of
Michigan political science graduate, has had his freelance work published
in numerous publications, including Time, Newsweek, Yankee, Life, Boston
Magazine, Mother Jones and the New York Times. Habib has been named NH Photographer
of the Year six times, and was one of 12 young photojournalists from around
the world to participate in the 1995 World Press Photo Masterclass in Amsterdam.
He has been a judge of Pictures of the Year, Best of Photojournalism and
White House News Photographer's Association, and on the visiting faculty
of the Poynter Institute and the Atlanta Seminar. The Monitor won first place,
Best Use of Photography, in the most recent Best of Photojournalism competition.
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PETER POWER, PHOTOJOURNALIST
Peter
Power is a 15-year veteran of The Toronto Star. His work at Canada's
largest daily newspaper has allowed Power to document the Toronto
community and area, as well as national and international breaking
news, and in-depth feature stories. For The Star he has covered
important world events ranging from the Zapatista uprising in Chiapas,
Mexico (1994), to the destruction of Hurricane Andrew as it swept
first through Florida to Louisiana. Power also thrives on variety,
relishing his assignments covering Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan,
the slums ("favelas") of Rio de Janeiro, and three Olympic
Games for The Star.
His work has earned numerous Industry awards and accolades including three
of Canada's National Newspaper Awards (NNA)--he's been nominated six times.
Only one other photographer in Canada, now retired, has more NNAs. He has
also been named the National Press Photographer's Association's Region Two
Photographer of the Year three times, and once earned the same honor from
the Eastern Canadian Press Photographers Association. To his credit, he has
numerous Picture of the Year honors from various professional organizations
including the Society for Newspaper Design.
Power also sits as a member of the Advisory Committee for Loyalist College's
Photojournalism Program--the school he graduated from in 1989. Prior to 1989,
Power spent five years in the Canadian military under the Regular Officer
Training Plan. This was a period of his life which he largely credits for
his personal discipline, attention to detail, and problem solving skills--all
of which he says he uses on a daily basis as a photojournalist.
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JOE WEISS, PHOTOJOURNALIST / PRODUCER
Joe Weiss has worked as a photojournalist, multimedia reporter, designer,
programmer, producer and editor in print and online media since 1996. He's
currently an interactive producer at The News & Observer in Raleigh,
N.C. Previously he was the Director of Photography and Multimedia at The
Herald-Sun in Durham, N.C. and twice worked for MSNBC.com as a multimedia
producer in Redmond, Wash.
His multimedia reports have garnered national and international recognition
including the Online Journalism Award for Creative Use of the Medium (2001)
from the Online News Association and two Digital Edge awards from the NAA
(2001, 2003). Most recently his work received a Gold medal in the 2005 Society
for News Design's Interactive Design competition.
He has judged several awards including the Pictures of the Year International
(2004), Society for News Design's Interactive Design Awards (2002), and the
Online News Association's Online Journalism Awards (2002). Weiss frequently
speaks at seminars and workshops concerning the integration of photojournalism,
audio reportage and multimedia technology. He started his life in journalism
as a photographer at The Herald-Sun after attending the University of North
Carolina at Wilmington and Randolph Community College.
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TORSTEN KJELLSTRAND, PHOTOJOURNALIST
Torsten Kjellstrand is a staff photojournalist at The Oregonian. He previously
worked as a staff photojournalist at The Herald in Jasper, Indiana and at
The Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Washington. In 1995, he was named POY Newspaper
Photographer of the Year. He was a Knight Fellow at Stanford University in
2003-4. Torsten graduated from Carleton College with an English degree, after
which he spent a year at Uppsala University studying literature as a Fulbright
Scholar. He earned a masters in journalism and from the University of Missouri – Columbia.
As a boy, Torsten came to this country from Sweden. He has two children,
Bjorn and Maria; two dogs, Solo and Laces; three canoes; four bicycles; eight
pairs of Nordic skis; and one wife, Jean.
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ANDREA BRUCE, PHOTOJOURNALIST
Andrea Bruce studied journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill. After several internships, she landed her first staff job at the Concord
Monitor in New Hampshire. A brief stint at the St. Petersburg Times then
led to an offer at The Washington Post. In 2006, for the third time, Andrea
was named Photographer of the Year by the White House News Photographers
Association (WHNPA). Andrea, who has worked for the Post since 2001, also
claimed the award in 2003 and 2005. Among her images from 2005 were coverage
of the earthquake in Pakistan and military funerals at Arlington National
Cemetery. She also received the John Faber Overseas Press Club Award in 2005
for her photos of an Iraqi prostitute.
For 2006, Andrea also won first and second place in the WHNPA domestic news
category, first place in the portfolio category, second and third place in
the feature category, second place in the picture story/news category and
awards of excellence in the portrait/personality and international news categories.
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