79 Behind the Scenes
CPOY Blog
Behind the scenes of College Photographer of the Year
What's the secret sauce for an educational contest that has survived nearly 80 year and is expanding its international reach year after year?
It's the sponsors, the coordinators, the volunteers, the judges, the social media team, the audio team, the website gurus, our partner POY, the student entrants and the "grandparent coordinators" of past years who answer late night calls for help.
Scroll on for our peek behind the scenes of the judging, the awards, the gallery shows and more.
CPOY 79 JUDGING, October 2024
The 79 CPOY Judges!
Hear from the CPOY 79 judges
C79-Judges-Still Division
Watch this video to learn more about CPOY 79 Still Division judges Sandra M. Stevenson, Maye-E Wong and Tim Nwachukwu as they answer questions about photojournalism and the CPOY contest.
The Set Up
judging week, CPOY 79
Social Media Blitz 79
Hannah Schuh, Claire Nguyen and Bailey Stover, Mizzou Photojournalism students, ran the 789th social media, creating an incredible number of fun infographics, behind the scenes images and winning image posts. Thank you all!