Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Rappahannock Record Entry Title: Countdown to Christmas Entry Credit: Lisa Hinton-Valdrighi Judge Comment: Clearly the winner in this division. Just a great shot with so much facial expression/emotion. Excellent timing and cropping. A keepsake for this family, definitely.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: The News-Gazette Entry Title: The Descendants Entry Credit: Mary Woodson Judge Comment: Poignant moment caught by the photographer. Liked that photographer chose to place subjects as they walk from the structures, and not a random shot of them looking at something inside. Great news photo.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Fauquier Times Entry Title: Jane Doe, exhumed Entry Credit: Hunter Savery, Meghan Mangrum Judge Comment: General news photos should help tell a story, and this one does. Not sure many papers would have printed it, but there is a story here. Some photos look run-of-the-mill until you look further. This is one of those.
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