The Peninsula College Journalism Department is currently hosting a special exhibition honoring winners in the White House News Photographers Association’s annual ‘Eyes of History™’ competition.

The exhibition runs through Oct. 2 in the Pirate Union Building on the main campus, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles.

The exhibit includes the top winners in the still, video, multimedia and student contests.

Winners in the still category are freelance photographer Astrid Riecken, named “Photographer of the Year” and Win McNamee, who was awarded “Political Photo of the Year.” Riecken won first prize in the Feature, Picture Story International, and Portfolio categories. McNamee won for his image of President Barack Obama speaking in the Brady White House Press Briefing Room on the Trayvon Martin case was selected as Political Photo of the Year.

In the multimedia category, Jim Lo Scalzo won first place in the Linear Storytelling category for Iowa’s County Fairs, a story he produced for European Press Photo agency. Ben de la Cruz took second and third place for two stories produced for National Public Radio, GizmoUses Lung Cells To Sniff Out Health Hazards In Urban Air and Exploring The Invisible Universe That Lives On Us – And In Us. Coburn Dukehart received an honorable mention for Brotherhood, Pictures And Life With Cerebral Palsy, a story produced for National Public Radio.

In multimedia, Ken Geiger took first place in Non-Linear Storytelling for the iPad version of The Last Chase, a story produced for The National Geographic chronicling a devastating tornado and the last days of a storm chaser. Geiger also took second for Lions of the Serengeti and third for Last Song, about perils faced by migrating songbirds; all his entries were iPad versions of stories that appeared in the magazine and online. Linda Davidson of The Washington Post received an Honorable Mention for Refuge: Stories from the Syrian Exodus.

Kainaz Amaria won first place in the Innovation category for Planet Money Makes A T-Shirt, a story produced for National Public Radio that uniquely chronicles the hidden world behind clothes sold in the United States. Geiger also took second for The Serengeti Lion.

In the video category, John Landy of the British Broadcasting Corportion (BBC) took top honors. Lance Ing of WTTG – Fox – 5 News has been named Video Editor of the Year.

In the student category, Jabin Botsford of Western Kentucky University was named the WHNPA Student Still Photographer of the Year, and in the first year of the student video division Jon Kasbe of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was named the WHNPA Student Video Photographer of the Year. Additionally, Carolyn Van Houten of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was judged as the Award of Excellence winner in the still contest and Anahita Namaki of University of Maryland was the runner up in the video competition. Students from Syracuse, Florida Gulf Coast University and University of Maryland won in other judging categories.

The White House News Photographers Association is a 93-year-old non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the efforts of Washington’s professional photojournalists. The WHNPA aims to provide professional and educational outreach to its members and the community through scholarships, programming, an annual competition and a celebration of the industry at the annual “Eyes of History™” gala.