Daniel Cole (Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB))
Gold | Spot News
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Pro Catalan independence demonstrators throw paint at Catalan police officers during clashes in Barcelona, Spain, on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018. Catalan separatists clashed with police in downtown Barcelona as tensions increased before the anniversary of the Spanish region's illegal referendum on secession that ended in violent raids by security forces.
Alex Kormann (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Silver | Spot News
In their own bubble
Allanah Pabst blows bubbles while Colin Kurschner (left) and his brother, Marshall, try to pop them with debris from the storm. Tornados ripped through western Wisconsin on the evening of July 19, 2019, hitting towns like Turtle Lake especially hard. Thousands were left without power and property damage was abundant.
Josephine Norris (Central Michigan University)
Bronze | Spot News
Blue Grief
Family members react to receiving information from San Antonio Police Chief William P. McManus about the shooting on the 4000 block of Mystic Sunrise in San Antonio, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018. One person has been confirmed dead and two others were taken to the hospital for treatment.
Hannah Ruhoff (Ohio University)
Award of Excellence | Spot News
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Residents of Pleasant View Trailer Court spectate as emergency responders struggle to free an entrapped truck driver after a truck crossed eastbound and westbound lanes of traffic on Interstate 80 and slid down an embankment next to the trailer park June 27, 2019.
Daniel Cole (Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB))
Award of Excellence | Spot News
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A reporter of The Spanish Television is surrounded by Esteladas or Independence flags, as demonstrators block a train rail at the subway in Barcelona, during a general strike in Catalonia, Spain, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019. Strikers advocating for Catalonia's secession from Spain blocked major highways, train lines and roads across the northeastern region.
Istiak Karim (Pathshala South Asian Media Academy)
Award of Excellence | Spot News
A man is trying to save his home from fire.
On 16th august a massive fire caught on a slum that ravaged several thousand shanties at a slum in Mirpur 7 of Dhaka. As many as 125 firefighters brought the blaze under control just before midnight on Friday, according to the Fire Service and Civil Defense.More than 1,000 shanties of the slum were burnt in the fire.
The huge fire turned thousands of the lower-income slum residents homeless and left nothing for them other than charred valuables, and despair. The dwellers just fled their homes with whatever they found at hand. Their cries made the entire atmosphere gloomier, burdened with thoughts of their uncertain future.
Jacob Moscovitch (University of Missouri)
Award of Excellence | Spot News
Facing reality
A Jefferson City resident stands outside of her home on Stadium Boulevard near Lincoln University and stares at the destruction on May 23, 2019 after a tornado in Jefferson City. The homeowner attempted to reach the basement but she decided to run to a coworker's home. The women drove back to this scene to find track equipment, shoes, a cat and large metal pieces scattered across the property.