Barbara Davidson won the Community Awareness Award, one of the premier categories, for her project documenting innocent victims of gang violence. Among the images is this one, of Jamiel Shaw Sr. grieving over the coffin of his son Jamiel Jr. at his funeral service. Jamiel, a 17-year-old high school football star was gunned down by suspected gang members near his home in Los Angeles.

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Los Angeles — Barbara Davidson won first place in the Issue Reporting Picture Story category for her collection of images documenting the physical and emotional pains that linger for victims of gang violence and their families. The image shows 10-year-old Erica Miranda who was shot three times in the back, knee and hip while playing basketball outside her home in Compton when a young man walked up to a crowded street corner and started firing a handgun in what police believe was a gang assault.

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Los Angeles — Barbara Davidson won first place in the Feature Picture Story category for her images of 4-year-old Josue Hercules, who was stuck in the back of the head by a stray bullet from a gang shooting. This image was taken several weeks later, with Josue resisting as a nurse prepared to draw blood. Doctors recommended intensive therapy in order to train the healthy part of Josue’s brain to take over functions previously performed by the wounded part.

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Michael Robinson Chavez's portfolio received a second place award in the Photographer of the Year-Newspaper category. His images included this one taken after the earthquake in Chile showing the parents of 7-year-old Cecilia Rojas watch her body being placed into a casket in a makeshift morgue at a school gymnasium.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times

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Kettleman, Calif. — Liz O. Baylen won second place in the Multimedia Portfolio category for a collection of online projects. One of the pieces, "A debilitating medical mystery," explored the mysterious issue of five babies born over 14 months in Kettleman City, CA, with cleft lips and palates, Down syndrome or heart problems. The piece also received third place in the Issue Reporting Story-Multimedia category.

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Barataria Bay, La. — Carolyn Cole placed second in the Impact 2010 category for her image of an oil-coated pelican struggling to move after the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Chandeleur Islands, La. — Carolyn Cole won third place in the Issue Reporting Picture Story category for her series of images documenting the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Sachi Cunningham's video "They've struck oil, but they're not rich" was awarded second place in the Impact 2010-Multimedia category. The video documented Phan Plork's passion, shrimping, which was his livelihood ­until an oil gusher fouled the waters off the Louisiana coast.

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Whistler, Canada — Wally Skalij received an award of excellence in the Sports Portfolio category for his body of work that included this image of a freestyle skier competing in the 2010 Winter Olympics.

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Whistler, Canada — Wally Skalij received a second place in the Winter Olympics category for this image of Italy's Peter Fill crashing on the last gate in the Men's Super-G competition.

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Hesperia, Calif. — Katie Falkenberg received an award of excellence in the Issue Reporting Story-Multimedia category for her project on the Prescott family, residents of the high desert community of Mission Crest, which has become a ghost town due to economic downturn, foreclosures and short sales.

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The Los Angeles Times photo editing staff won the Angus McDougall Overall Excellence in editing award and placed first in the Newspaper Editing Portfolio. It got Best Use-Online Publications and received a second place award for Best use of Photography for newspapers.

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