World Press Photo has announced a London-based imagery-expert, Jassim Ahmad as the jury chair of the 4th annual
World Press Photo Multimedia Contest. The 2014 Multimedia Contest will open for
entries at the beginning of December 2013.
Ahmad, 41, is the global head of
multimedia innovation, in the media division of Thomson Reuters. He is responsible for developing high-impact visual storytelling,
spearheading innovative news experiences, and tracking multimedia markets.
Ahmad’s multimedia work includes Times of Crisis, Bearing Witness, and
Surviving the Tsunami—all Emmy-nominated projects, which have also received
such accolades as a PoYi Documentary Project of the Year award and Best
Multimedia Feature from the Online News Association.
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| Winning picture 2013 of Grieving Palestinians carrying the dead of two children killed by Israeli military attack in Gaza last year |
Ahmad expresses his view on the next Multimedia
Contest: “It is truly a privilege to chair the jury of the fourth World Press
Photo Multimedia Contest. There are few opportunities to review such an array
of international work. Though multimedia can no longer be considered new, it is
still in a state of constant evolution in response to the changing media and
technology landscape. I do not doubt the challenge of assessing entries given
the variety of production environments and target audiences. Above all, I hope
we will discover work that realizes the potential of the medium to bring us
closer to stories that matter. The most exceptional productions should serve to
inspire the next generation of visual journalists.”
The Jury
An international jury of leading professionals
from the fields of visual journalism and documentary storytelling will join
Ahmad at the World Press Photo office in Amsterdam, from 15 until 21 March
2014. The full list of judges
will be announced later. In the 2013 contest, there were a total of 287
multimedia productions entered.
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