JANUARY 2012 SFBAPPA Monthly Digital Clip Contest Winners:
Spot News:
1st - Chris Riley, (Vallejo) Times Herald, Kids with their hands up.
2nd - Kent Porter, The (Santa Rosa) Press Democrat, Girl struck by car.
3rd - Jane Tyska, Oakland Tribune, Police in tear gas.
General News:
1st - Randall Benton, Sacramento Bee, Makeshift memorial.
2nd - Renée C. Byer, Sacramento Bee, Dialysis patient awaits deportation.
3rd - Paul Kitagaki Jr., Sacramento Bee, Jeffrey Fehr celebration of life mass.
Feature:
1st - Susan Tripp Pollard, Contra Costa Times, Jump off kayak.
2nd - Michael McCollum, The (Stockton) Record, Sharing a wheel chair.
3rd - Charles Russo, Half Moon Bay Review, New dance class.
Sports:
1st - Jose Carlos Fajardo, Bay Area News Group, Alex Smith waits in the tunnel.
2nd - Nate Chute, (Marysville) Appeal-Democrat, Horizontal dunk.
3rd - Doug Duran, Contra Costa Times, Soccer header.
Humor:
1st - Susan Tripp Pollard, Contra Costa Times, Book babies.
2nd - Susan Tripp Pollard, Contra Costa Times, Naked wakeboarder.
3rd - Kent Porter, The (Santa Rosa) Press Democrat, Bikes, shorts, and party dresses.
Portrait:
1st - Susan Tripp Pollard, Contra Costa Times, Chicken hug.
2nd - Chris Riley, (Vallejo) Times Herald, Praise dancer Sharon Featherson.
3rd - Charles Russo, Half Moon Bay Review, Coastside Mixed Martial Arts founder James Pendergast.
Picture Story:
1st - Renée C. Byer, Sacramento Bee, Patient deportation.
2nd - Michael McCollum, The (Stockton) Record, Mormon Slough.
3rd - Conner Jay, The Salinas Californian, Homeless man rundown.
Judges were the photo staff of the The San Diego Union-Tribune.
Susan Tripp Pollard, Contra Costa Times - 55
Chris Riley, (Vallejo) Times Herald - 25
Renée C. Byer, Sacramento Bee - 25
Michael McCollum, The (Stockton) Record - 20
Jose Carlos Fajardo, Bay Area News Group - 15
Kent Porter, The (Santa Rosa) Press Democrat - 15
Randall Benton, Sacramento Bee - 15
Charles Russo, Half Moon Bay Review - 10
Nate Chute, (Marysville) Appeal-Democrat - 10
Conner Jay, The Salinas Californian - 5
Doug Duran, Contra Costa Times - 5
Jane Tyska, Oakland Tribune - 5
Paul Kitagaki Jr., Sacramento Bee - 5