Episode 23: Liz Martin on Photography

Host Sylvia Clubb speaks with Liz Martin, the head photojournalist at the Cedar Rapids Gazette in Iowa about what makes a good news feature photo and a good photo illustration, two categories Martin has judged in Quill and Scroll's Writing, Photo and Multimedia Contest.

This year's WPM Contest is open for entries. The final deadline is Feb. 1. Check out all the categories before deciding what to enter.

In the podcast (below the photos), Martin speaks of three entries from last year's contest.

Here's the first-place news feature photo from Claire Dierkman of Carmel HS in Carmel, Indiana.

Here's the first-place winner in Photo Illustration, from Paras Bassuk at Iowa City West HS in Iowa City, Iowa.

And here's the second-place photo illustration, from Grace Hu and Nicole Kalishman from Ladue Horton Watkins HS in St. Louis, Missouri.