Concentra Award Winners

Award winner Adam Ellick, NY Times

Last week, in Antwerp, we awarded the Fifth Annual Concentra Award for Videojournalism.

This year’s winner was Adam Ellick, a videojournalist for The New York Times.

We liked Ellick’s work for a number of reasons. A great and interesting story, very well shot and executed, great characters, great writing and great access. All the elements that make a great VJ piece.  We were also delighted to see that The NY Times is now allowing Ellick to do his own reporting, as opposed to shooting print reporters at work.  A big improvement.

Casey Kaufmann won the Breaking News Award for his work from Gaza.

While Ellick skyped into the ceremonies from Pakistan, Kaufmann made the trip from Doha to Antwerp, arriving just minutes before he won the award.  Upon meeting Kaufmann, I was astonished to learn that he had never met another VJ before in his life. The Stanford graduate simply started doing VJ work on his own and now has been covering the world for Al Jazzera as a VJ.

Here is a link to the award winners, as well as all of the nominees.

Congratulations. A great job.  The quality of the work continues to improve.

About the author

mrosenblum - For more than 20 years, Mr. Rosenblum has been on the cutting edge of the digital ‘videojournalist’ revolution. During this time, he has lead a drive for videoliteracy, and the complete rethinking of how television is made and controlled. His work has included: The complete transitioning of The BBC's national network (UK) to a VJ-driven model, starting in 2002. The complete conversion of The Voice of America, the United State’s Government’s broadcasting agency, (and the largest broadcaster in the world), from short wave radio to television broadcasting and webcasting using the ‘VJ” paradigm (1998-present). The construction of NYT Television, a New York Times Company, and the largest producer of non-fiction television in the US. Rosenblum was both the founder and President of NYT TV, (all based on the “VJ” paradigm – 1996-1998). The President and Founder of Video News International, a global VJ-driven newsgathering company, with more than 100 journalists around the world. (1993-1996).