78 Behind the Scenes
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Behind the scenes of College Photographer of the Year
Scroll on for our peek behind the scenes of the the 78th College Photographer of the Year judging, awards, gallery shows and more.
CPOY 78 AWARDS, September 2024
Angelina Katsanis of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (Gold in Multimedia: Online Storytelling), Vincent Alban of Rochester Institute of Technology (College Photographer of the Year 78) and Minh Connors of the University of Missouri (Runner-Up College Photographer of the Year 78) in the 78 CPOY Winners Exhibit during the Photo Festival and Awards.
CPOY 78 JUDGING, October 2023
The 78 CPOY Judges!
Christian Gooden, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Dominique Hildebrand, National Geographic
Whitney Matewe, NBC and MSNBC
Craig F. Walker, The Boston Globe
Andrea Patiño Contreras, Independent Filmmaker
Guy Wathen, San Francisco Chronicle
Kenzie, Bruce, Blue Chalk Media
Hear from the CPOY 78 judges
C78-Judges-Still Division-Introduction
CPOY 78 Still Division judging panel includes Craig Walker, Whitney Matewe, Dominique Hildebrand and Christian Gooden! Watch this video to learn more about this year's judging panel!
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C78-Judges-Still Division-Introduction
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C78-Judges-Still Division-Whitney Matewe
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C78-Judges-Still Division-Dominique Hildebrand
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C78-Judges-Still Division-Craig Walker
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C78-Judges-Multimedia Division-Andrea Patino Contreras
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C78-Judges-Multimedia Division-Guy Wathen
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C78-Judges-Multimedia Division-Kenzie Bruce
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Thank you, CPOY 78 Sponsors!
The People Who Made 78 Happen
Clayton Steward, Coordinator
Ellie, Frystak, Coordinator
Minh Connors, Lead Coordinator
Jackie Bell, CPOY Director
Lynden Steele, POY Director/Advisor
Caroline McCone, Webmaster
Minh deserves a nap
Social Media Blitz 78
Bailey Stover and Rhianna Brown, Mizzou Photojournalism seniors, ran the 78th social media, creating an incredible number of fun infographics, behind the scenes images and winning image posts. Thank you both!
Where do our 10,064 CPOY 78 entries come from?
the 49 countries with entries
8 countries with first-time entries
Spot News entries
Countries with one Spot News entry
International Picture Story entries from 12 countries
Countries with Domestic Picture Story entries
U.S. breakdown, Domestic Picture Story entries
judging week, CPOY 78
Categories 78 - By the Numbers
By The Numbers CPOY 78
Portfolio entries
Documentary Photographic Project entries
Multimedia: Individual Story or Essay entries
Sports Portfolio entries
Sports Portfolio breakdown
Sports Portfolio aperture & focal length
Sports Action breakdown
Sports Action focal length
Portraits focal length
General News breakdown
Feature category entries
Thank you entrants!
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