Current Jury

The PJP is juried by a group of experts with unbiased views based on these Judging criteria: News Value, Human Interest, Visual Storytelling, Versatility, Photographic Quality, Editing, Writing, and Overall Reporting.

Alexia Singh

Senior Lecturer, BA Photojournalism and Documentary Photography at London College of Communication

Elizabeth Krist

Visual Thinking Collective

Mike Davis

Visual storytelling consultant / Editor / Educator

Jim Colton 

Head of Jury / Editor-in-Chief of zPhotoJournal.com

Pia Peterson Haggarty

Photo Director at Lonely Planet

Sarah Gilbert

Features photo editor at The Guardian

Sandra M. Stevenson

Writer / Visual Editor / Curator

Jim Powell

Photo Editor at The Guardian

Tara Pixley, PhD.

PROFESSOR OF JOURNALISM & MEDIA STUDIES / LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY

James Nacthwey

Photojournalist

Steve McCurry

Photojournalist

Paolo Pellegrin

Lucie Honoree, Achievement in Photojournalism

Alison Nordström

Independent Curator and Historian of Photography

Ismail Ferdous

Photographer and Filmmaker

Charlotte Cotton

Co-Founder of Stybd.com

Alex Pollack

Director of Photography at National Geographic

Svetlana Bachevanova

Director of the FotoEvidence