{"id":4253,"date":"2019-09-26T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/public-vote-for-royal-rota-photography-competition-goes-live\/"},"modified":"2024-05-03T09:47:19","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T08:47:19","slug":"public-vote-for-royal-rota-photography-competition-goes-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2019\/09\/26\/public-vote-for-royal-rota-photography-competition-goes-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Vote For Royal Rota Photography Competition Goes Live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An online public vote for the&nbsp;<a href=\"\/Royal-Rota-Photography-Competition-2019\">News Media Association\u2019s Royal Rota photography competition<\/a> to promote the outstanding work of photographers in the UK news media will conclude tomorrow afternoon, with thousands of votes cast over the week.<\/p>\n<p>A showcase of 48 of the best photographs from Royal and political rota events from the past year is on the Royal Rota section of the NMA website and members of the public are invited to vote for their favourite image before the deadline of 5pm on Friday (27 September).<\/p>\n<p>To vote, please browse&nbsp;<a href=\"\/Royal-Rota-Photography-Competition-2019\">the showcase<\/a> and cast your vote by clicking on the red star at the bottom of your favourite image.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Rota Comp 2019 Grid\" src=\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Rota_Comp_2019_Grid.jpg\" alt=\"Rota Comp 2019 Grid\"><\/p>\n<p>The competition is open to NMA member photographers from local and national publishers, and other members of the rota system including agencies and freelancers. The categories are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>National Newspaper Rota Photo of the Year<\/li>\n<li>Regional\/Local Newspaper Rota Photo of the Year<\/li>\n<li>Rota Picture Agency Rota Photo of the Year<\/li>\n<li>Overall Rota Photo of the Year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Following the public vote to create the competition shortlist, the overall winners will be picked by a panel of expert judges:&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alan Sparrow, chairman of the UK Picture Editors Guild;<\/li>\n<li>Lindsey Parnaby, The British Press Photographers&#8217; Association chairman;<\/li>\n<li>Lynne Anderson, NMA deputy chief executive;<\/li>\n<li>Martin Keene, Press Association group picture editor;<\/li>\n<li>Dr Michael Pritchard, Director, Education and Public Affairs, The Royal Photographic Society.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The competition winners will then be announced in early October.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the competition received extensive coverage in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/fabulous\/7345204\/royal-rota-photography-competition-entries-2018\/\">The Sun<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-6223953\/Royal-photography-competition-celebrates-year-stunning-snaps.html\">MailOnline<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressandstar.com\/news\/local-hubs\/sandwell\/2018\/09\/24\/royal-photo-up-for-award\/\">Express and Star<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/lifestyle\/royal-rota-photography-competition-photos-of-royal-family-a3948196.html\">Evening Standard<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk\/gallery\/maidenhead\/136313\/advertiser-snaps-longlisted-in-national-competition.html\">Maidenhead Advertiser<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/gallery\/meghan-harrys-wedding-kiss-cheeky-13315189\">Daily Mirror<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsandstar.co.uk\/news\/News-Stars-Royal-photo-in-running-for-a-regal-accolade-7e71e1cd-166b-4fc1-b53b-ac92d20b55ec-ds\">News and Star,<\/a>&nbsp;with newspapers urging readers to vote for their photographers.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of votes were cast in a weeklong online public vote to find the best of the 48 showcased photographs submitted by national and local newspapers, agencies and freelance photographers.<\/p>\n<p>An image of Meghan Markle walking down the aisle on her wedding day taken by the Press Association\u2019s Danny Lawson, was named as the overall winner.<\/p>\n<p>The NMA manages the Royal Rota on behalf of its members, allocating passes for the hundreds of Royal engagements undertaken by members of the Royal Family each year and ensuring that the material is pooled among members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An online public vote for the News Media Association&rsquo;s Royal Rota photography competition to promote the outstanding work of photographers in the UK news media has gone live today.<br \/>\nA showcase of 48 of the best photographs from Royal and Political rota events from the past year is on the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Public Vote For Royal Rota Photography Competition Goes Live - News Media Association<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2019\/09\/26\/public-vote-for-royal-rota-photography-competition-goes-live\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Public Vote For Royal Rota Photography Competition Goes Live - News Media Association\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An online public vote for the News Media Association&rsquo;s Royal Rota photography competition to promote the outstanding work of photographers in the UK news media has gone live today. 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