2022 Video Winners
Photographer of the Year: Arturo Quezada, KMEX
TV Station of the Year: KNBC
Animal
first Place: TONY SHIN, KNBC
NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS
third Place: Alex Vasquez, KNBC
BEAGLES RESCUED
second Place: TONY SHIN, KNBC
A SPECTACULAR MOMENT
Breaking News
first Place: Alex Vasquez, KNBC
STOLEN TRUCK PURSUIT
third Place: TONY BUTTITTA, KTTV
ARSON SUSPECT
second Place: TONY BUTTITTA, KTTV
NOHO FOLLOW HOME ROBBERY
Feature
First Place: ArMANDO APARICIO, KNBC
ONE HEARTBEAT
THIRD Place: Cheantay Jensen, Long Beach Post
LOCKED OUT LISA STOVER
Second Place: THOMAS CORDOVA, LONG BEACH POST
HAUNT LB 2022
FIRE
FIRST Place: Alex vasquez, knbc
Coastal Fire
SECOND Place: jeremy bermudez, KNBC
laguna niguel
General News
First Place: Arturo Quezada, KMEX
CEMETERY jobs
Third Place: John Schreiber, kcbs
SRIRACHA shortage
Second Place: Alex Vasquez, KNBC
Cal Poly rose parade Float
Multi Camera
First Place: Cheantay Jensen & Thomas R Cordova, Long Beach Post
Cambodian Ceramicist Vanndearlyn Vong
Third Place: Alex Vasquez Kenny Holmes Edwin Calderon, KNBC
Riverside pursuit
Second Place: Cheantay Jensen & Thomas Cordova, Long Beach Post
Horror Makeup Artist Jay Quintana
Sports
First Place: Armando Aparicio, KNBC
Mathematically Impossible
Third Place: JOHN SCHREIBER, KCBS
RAMS GO TO DISNEYLAND
Second Place: JOHN SCHREIBER, KCBS
WORLD CUP FANS
We had two full days of judging for the video categories, with panelists each day, composed of retired professional videographers around Los Angeles led by our Video Contest Chair and Board Member Gary Brainard.
Animal
1st lmpressed by the depth of the story
2nd Recognized the extra effort to get the story
3rd Variety of shots stand out
Breaking News
1st Story had energy. Got the money shot
2nd Great nat sound
3rd Got the suspect shot
Fire
1st Kudos for the point of view commentary
2nd Amazingly in the middle of everything
3rd Good job capturing emotions
Feature
1st Photography and lighting was sweet. He captured vivid images
2nd Tailored the shots to fit the subject matter
3rd The variety of the shots told the story well
General News
1st Great composition and artistic use of focus
2nd Ultimate variety of shots
3rd Made good use of limited subject matter
Multicam
1st Great use of closeups
2nd A lot of closeups and great lighting
3rd They got the money shot
Sports
1st Lots of great shots during preps
2nd Captured the emotion
3rd Captured the excitement
VSOY
Best overall in artistry and care in video composition