VIEW AP’s STATION FIRE COVERAGE

AP’s coverage of September’s Station Fire, which burned 250 square miles of the Angeles National Forest, produced powerful multimedia reporting. For more, see the slideshow here.

WINNING PHOTOS IN AP CONTEST

SPOT NEWS PHOTO, DIVISION I, 1ST PLACE
Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times / China Quake.
Original caption… CHINA, ME-May 22, 2008:  Zheng Rongchong grieves for her daughter Liu Wenbo,10, who died along with 127 other students at Fuxin Primary School, on May 22, 2008. Mothers, Father and Grandparents grieve the death of their small children who perished when their school, Fuxin #2 Elementary School in Fuxin, collapsed during the earthquake.

SPOT NEWS PHOTO, DIVISION III, 1ST PLACE
Jane Tyska / The Oakland Tribune / Tears for Shanice.
Original caption… Consuela Starks (right) mother of murder victim Shanice Starks, 22, receives a hug from Ingrid Wolaridge while cleaning out Shanice's room on Thursday, April 17, 2008, in Oakland, Calif. Shanice was killed by a stray bullet on April 7 as she lay sleeping in her room.

SPOT NEWS PHOTO, DIVISION IV, 1ST PLACE
Mike Greener / Daily Republic of Fairfield / Thankful Reunion.
Original caption… Fairfield resident Adrina Aguirre shows her relief at finding her 4-year-old son, Anthony, safe after coming home to find her 2019 Oriel St. house engulfed in flames Friday afternoon. No one was hurt in the blaze.