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The Washington Post’s immersive reconstruction of 2020 Minneapolis protests wins World Press Photo Interactive of the Year Award WashPostPR
Replay Video UP NEXT The Washington Post’s immersive reconstruction of the protests that erupted in Minneapolis in the wake of George Floyd’s killing in May 2020 has been named Interactive of the Year in the 2021 World Press Photo Contest. The World Press Photo Digital Storytelling Contest independent jury selected “Reconstructing seven days of protests in Minneapolis after George Floyd’s death by The Post’s Holly Bailey, Seth Blanchard, Matt Callahan and Jake Crump and The Pudding’s Matt Daniels and Amelia Wattenberger. The immersive, video-driven story provides an on-the-ground look at the protests that erupted in Minneapolis in the wake of George Floyd’s killing in May. The piece was an initiative between The Post’s Design team and Lede Lab, The Post’s experimental news team dedicated to explori
World Press Photo winners revealed
April 16, 2021
The World Press Photo Foundation has announced the winners of the World Press Photo of the Year, World Press Photo Story of the Year, World Press Photo Interactive of the Year, and World Press Photo Online Video of the Year.
Photo of the Year
The jury selected Mads Nissen’s photograph The First Embrace as the World Press Photo of the Year. In the image, Rosa Luzia Lunardi (85) is embraced by nurse Adriana Silva da Costa Souza, at Viva Bem care home, São Paulo, Brazil, on 5 August 2020.
“This iconic image of COVID-19 memorialises the most extraordinary moment of our lives, everywhere,” said jury member and photographer, Kevin WY Lee. “I read vulnerability, loved ones, loss and separation, demise, but, importantly, also survival all rolled into one graphic image. If you look at the image long enough, you’ll see wings: a symbol of flight and hope.”
Just announced: 2021 World Press Photo Contests category winners
The World Press Photo Foundation is proud to present the category winners of the 2021 World Press Photo Contests, selected by an independent jury.
The winners of the World Press Photo of the Year, World Press Photo Story of the Year, World Press Photo Interactive of the Year, and World Press Photo Online Video of the Year will be announced at an online Awards Show on 15 April, from 16:00 - 17:00 CEST. Register here to join the Awards Show.
2021 Photo Contest
The annual World Press Photo Contest rewards the best visual journalism of the past year in eight categories: Contemporary Issues, Environment, General News, Long-Term Projects, Nature, Portraits, Sports and Spot News.