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The Post receives recognition from Pictures of the Year International

We are delighted to announce that The Washington Post's photo department won this year Angus McDougall Overall Excellence in Editing Award at the prestigious Pictures of the Year International (POYi) contest, in addition to nine other recognitions. The Angus McDougall prize recognizes the best in visual editing by a media organization across all platforms. This year's win marks the third time in five years that The Post's photography department has taken home the top team editing award at POYi, after its wins in 2020 and 2023. The Post's winning submission included: In the same contest, Jabin Botsford earned a first-place award in the Impact 2024: On The Campaign Trail category for his dauntless work during the assassination attempt of then-presidential candidate Trump in Pennsylvania. His commitment to telling the full visual story of the event, not just the immediate aftermath, elevated his work to the top of the competition. Director of Photography, Robert Miller, and Opinions Photo Assignment Editor, Chloe Coleman, also were named finalists in the Newspaper Photo Editing category, while Dominique Hildebrand placed second in the Visual Editor of the Year category, with Natalia Jimenez receiving an Award of Excellence in the same category. Carolyn's Van Houten was named finalist for International Photographer of the Year. Carolyn was also the finalist in the Issue Reporting Story category, with Jabin Botsford receiving an Award of Excellence in the category, which honors a narrative picture story that explores an important social, economic, or political issue. Salwan Georges was granted an Award of Excellence in General News. And finally, the expansive project on one of America's last wild places, edited by Olivier Laurent and photographed by Carolyn Van Houten, earned a finalist recognition for Online Project of the Year. The photo department also won 14 awards in the Best of Photojournalism competition, organized by the National Press Photographers Association, with Jabin Botsford coming in first and second in the Breaking News category for his documentation of Donald Trump's assassination attempt. In the photo editing categories, Chloe Coleman and Olivier Laurent came first and second respectively in the Newspaper Section Front category for their work on the Department of Labor and Alaska's last wild place. See the full list of Best of Photojournalism awards below: Photojournalist of the Year – National Second Place – Jahi Chikwendiu – The Washington Post Breaking News First Place – Jabin Botsford – The Washington Post – Donald Trump Assassination Attempt Second Place – Jabin Botsford – The Washington Post – The Assassination Attempt of Donald Trump Breaking News Story Second Place – Jabin Botsford – The Washington Post – The Assassination Attempt of Donald Trump General News Story Honorable Mention – Carolyn Van Houten – The Washington Post – Silenced: Afghan Women Under the Taliban Picture Editor of the Year – National Honorable Mention – Chloe Coleman – The Washington Post Picture Editor of the Year – International Third Place – Olivier Laurent – The Washington Post Picture Editing Team of the Year – International Second Place – The Washington Post Newspaper Section Front First Place – The Washington Post – Chloe Coleman – The Canary: Michael Lewis on the Department of Labor Second Place – The Washington Post – Olivier Laurent – What to do about one of America's last wild places Newspaper General News Story Honorable Mention – The Washington Post – Jennifer Pritheeva Samuel – Mexico Cartels Newspaper Feature Story Honorable Mention – The Washington Post – Chloe Coleman Digital Project Third Place – The Washington Post – Olivier Laurent – When climate change upends sacred rituals, the faithful adapt Honorable Mention – The Washington Post – Olivier Laurent – A Year Along the Vital River That Flows Through Ukraine's Heart None of these wins would have been possible without our incredible partners from across the newsroom, from our design colleagues who consistently elevate our photography, to the reporters, graphic journalists, videographers, audio producers, editors and visual enterprise editors, copy editors, data scientists, off-platform curators and project managers, among many others.