Graduating students protests remarks by Washington University Chancellor Andrew Martin on May 13 at the university’s campus near Clayton, Mo. Full story here. (Brian Munoz | St. Louis Public Radio)
Each year we recognize the impactful photographs that our stations have made of our ever-evolving world. Here is a selection of moments that these dedicated photojournalists have captured throughout this past year.
Dancers perform at the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 24. Full story here. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)Kevin Hernandez, known as HAPPYTEARS, dances while wearing a halo and light up wings, during a renegade rave under a bridge on Oct. 11, in Seattle. Full story here. (Megan Farmer | KUOW)Thousands of spectators donned their best Western wear and packed the Show Place Arena in Upper Marlboro, Md., in September to watch Black cowboys and cowgirls compete in the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo. After “The Star-Spangled Banner,” attendees stand as “Lift Every Voice and Sing” is sung. Full story here. (Tyrone Turner/WAMU)Lion dancers do their thing as firecrackers explode during the annual Lunar New Year celebration Feb. 10 at the Far East Center in Denver’s Westwood neighborhood. Full story here. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)Nick Gelos, fire captain with CalFire at the Gabilan Conservation Camp, holds the fire line on Route 32 northeast of Chico along with an inmate hand crew in the early morning of July 26. Full story here. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)A photo composite of the total solar eclipse taken during the Kerrclipse Festival on April 8 in Kerrville, Texas. Full story here. (Michael Minasi/KUT News)Iowa high school students gather in the Iowa Capitol to protest gun violence on Jan. 8. Full story here. (Lucius Pham | Iowa Public Radio)A house is seen just off Richmond Highway in Appomattox County, Va., on June 3. A sign reads “Hang on” and “Trump is coming.” Full story here. (Shaban Athuman | VPM News)Jayson Tatum hoists the NBA Finals trophy during the Boston Celtics’ championship parade. Thousands of fans flocked to the streets of downtown Boston to celebrate the team’s 18th championship title. Full story here. (Jesse Costa | WBUR)The 2024 tree climbing championship held by the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture (MAC-ISA) took place this spring at the Crofton Country Club, situated midway between Washington, D.C., and Annapolis, Md. A competitor in the ‘work climb’ event makes their way through four stations in a large tree, performing tasks at each of them, before finally descending safely to the ground. Full story here. (Tyrone Turner/WAMU)Dua Lipa performs at ACL Festival at Zilker Metropolitan Park on Oct. 5. Full story here. (Renee Dominguez/KUT)Zachary Rigelsky, 10, of Highland Heights, Ohio, lies on the ground outside of the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland ahead of the total solar eclipse on April 8. Full story here. (Ryan Loew/Ideastream Public Media)Protesters at the University of Connecticut link arms in a circle during a rally on campus calling for the university to divest from companies they say are playing a role in the Israel-Hamas war. One person was arrested as more than 150 people attended the event on April 25. Full story here. (Mark Mirko | Connecticut Public)Fog rises off the Missouri River in front of the Missouri state Capitol building on the morning of Jan. 3, in Jefferson City, Mo. (Tristen Rouse | St. Louis Public Radio)Daniel Gonzalez grieves at the Biggest Big Game Bash watch party in downtown Las Vegas after the San Francisco 49ers lost the Super Bowl to the Kansas City Chiefs on Feb. 11. Full story here. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)A student analyzes a chess board during the St. Louis Public Schools’ annual chess tournament on May 10 at St. Louis Science Center in St. Louis’ Kings Oak neighborhood. Full story here. (Eric Lee | St. Louis Public Radio)People dance during the election night square dance in Townshend, Vt., on Nov. 5, as Sally Newton and the Turkey Mountain Window Smashers call and play music in the Townshend Town Hall. Full story here. (Raquel C. Zaldívar | New England News Collaborative)Norman Gansert of Johnston, R.I., hops into the back of his truck to unload his 1,104 pound pumpkin at the Woodstock Fair on Aug. 29. Full story here. (Tyler Russell | Connecticut Public)Forester and researcher, Joseph Barsky of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, surveys oak tree acorn production at Sleeping Giant State Park on August 20. Full story here. (Dave Wurtzel | Connecticut Public)Scuderia Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc of Team Monaco and Frédéric Vasseur, principal of the Scuderia Ferrari, celebrate their win at the Formula 1 Pirelli United States Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas on Oct. 20. Full story here. (Renee Dominguez/KUT)Kenny Violett launches candy towards crowds of costumed children from the Wizard’s Chest’s float in the annual Broadway Halloween Parade. Oct. 19. Full story here. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)A car sits abandoned surrounded by fallen trees and debris on Nov. 21, along Northup Way in Bellevue, Wash. Full story here. (Megan Farmer/KUOW)Miss Gay Iowa 2024 Nevae Love lip syncs at Studio 13 in Iowa City during the fifth season of “Star Search,” a RuPaul’sDrag Race-inspired competition. Full story here. (Madeleine Charis King | Iowa Public Radio)Voters wait in a long line down a spiral staircase before the polls open at 7 a.m. at the Charlestown Boys and Girls Club in Boston on Nov. 5. Full story here. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)St. Louis City SC goalkeeper Benjamin Lundt walks out to a matchup against Sporting Kansas City on Sept. 28, at CityPark in St. Louis’ Downtown West neighborhood. (Sophie Proe | St. Louis Public Radio)LaKendra Howard as Winnie Shankle performing during the annual Texas Pea Festival in Shankleville, Texas, on June 22. The FairyTale Project is an African-American dance group focusing on stories of Freedomtown and people in Texas. Full story here. (Patricia Lim/KUT)Spectators watch the solar eclipse at Cole Memorial Park in Chester, Ill., on April 8. (Cristina Fletes-Mach | St. Louis Public Radio)Fireworks blast over the Gateway Arch and St. Louis’ skyline on July 4, in downtown St. Louis. (Brian Munoz | St. Louis Public Radio)
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Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes resigned after an editor rejected her sketch satirizing tech chiefs, including the Post's owner and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
NPR's Eric Deggans speaks to Summer Harlow of the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas and V Spehar of UnderTheDeskNews about the role of influencers in journalism.
