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The National Press Photographers Association has announced its winners for the Best of Photojournalism contest. The winners in the online categories were quite impressive this year. Steve Myers over at Poynter weighs in on some of the notables and trends.

Here are some that I liked a lot:

• Soul of Athens – First Place, Best Use of Web and Best Multimedia Package, The Athens News
• One School’s Struggle: Fixing D.C.’s Schools – First Place, Best Audio Slideshow, The Washington Post
• Hotel Poverty – First Place, Best Feature Slideshow (INDE), Shane Bauer
• Firsts and Goals – First Place, Best Sports Slideshow (UNDE), Palm Beach Post
• Our Hidden Poor – Second Place, Feature Audio Slideshow, The Chicago Tribune
• Getting the Boot – First Place, Best Feature Video, Lexington-Herald Leader

I really liked the video on this last one so I included it. It’s short and simple, but it easily gets the point across. Along with a story, talking about the video system, cost, etc., this makes a nice complete little feature package. As an aside, that system would not go over well at the University of Central Florida. Cars would be getting towed left and right.

Check out all of the winners at the NPAA site.